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Council approves grant-funded purchases for police: ballistic shields, vehicle radios, dispatch interoperability
Summary
Council approved grant-funded purchases to equip patrol officers and update radio systems. A small shortfall for ballistic shields and a minor vehicle-radio cost overrun will be paid from the department’s asset-forfeiture account; a dispatch interoperability purchase came in under the award amount.
The Freeport City Council voted unanimously on Feb. 18 to accept and approve three police equipment purchases tied to state and federal grants: ballistic shields, vehicle radio upgrades and dispatch radio interoperability work.
Miss Howell and Detective Fernandez presented the items. Howell said the department received a grant award for ballistic shields totaling $95,602.05 but that inflation and an updated vendor quote raised the price to $97,005.20 for 14 shields. That left a shortfall of $1,918.27, Howell said, which the department proposed to…
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