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Residents raise conflict-of-interest and safety concerns over Goshen-branded police EV at Manteno festival
Summary
Multiple residents urged village officials to reconsider allowing Goshen branding on a Rivian police vehicle and raised safety and liability questions about electric vehicles after seeing the car at Manteno Oktoberfest.
Several residents told the Village of Manteno Board of Trustees on Oct. 1 that the village should stop allowing private logos on police vehicles and that the department’s recently received Rivian marked “powered by Goshen” creates an appearance of undue influence and additional safety and liability risks.
The concerns were raised during the public-participation portion of the Oct. 1 meeting, where Michael Swartzenbauer said he was “deeply troubled” to see Goshen logos on the department’s new Rivian and called the presence of corporate branding on a squad car an appearance problem if a Goshen employee were involved in an incident requiring police response. He said, “It would be very hard to argue…
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