Public-Private Partnerships Drive Increased Security in Gloucester County
The county Prosecutor's Office has helped bring nearly $7 million in Homeland Security grants.
In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, polymer manufacturer Solvay Solexis saw the need to increase security around its sprawling plant in West Deptford, and almost immediately spent about $1 million on its own to begin the process. Not long after, the company used money from the federal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to install surveillance cameras, later upgraded in 2010, along the perimeter of its 170-acre facility. That work was part of a total of $6.88 million in DHS funding over the past decade, ranging from cameras to boats to additional training, much of which came through the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office. Charles Jones, Solvay Solexis's human resources manager, said their connections with the Prosecutor's …
