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Commissioners weigh high outfitting costs for new sheriff transport vans and cruisers
Summary
County staff told commissioners that outfitting newly ordered transport vans with prisoner boxes and security equipment is substantially more expensive than expected, prompting officials to recommend proceeding with one transport van now and staging cruiser outfitting to manage costs and timing.
Strafford County commissioners discussed the cost and timing of outfitting newly ordered sheriff’s office vehicles, including prisoner-transport vans and patrol cruisers, and agreed to proceed with a more limited initial outfitting plan to manage high equipment costs.
County staff said the vehicle purchase itself had previously been approved but that the build-out costs for transport vans — including security boxes and prisoner-transport components — were higher than anticipated. Staff described a line-item build-out figure…
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