Homeland Security gives state $4M in border aid

DETROIT (AP) -- U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says Michigan will get a $4 million grant to improve security along the Canadian border with better communications systems. The grant to the Detroit-based project is part of a $25.5 million package of border security funding measures announced Monday. Napolitano says the programs are designed to improve emergency response capabilities along the U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico borders. Wayne County is leading the Michigan project, which covers points of entry from Detroit and Port Huron in the south to Sault Ste. Marie in the north. Participants include Wayne, Monroe, Macomb and Chippewa counties, Detroit and several Canadian units of government. Published: Wed, May 4, 2011