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Commissioners debate bulletproof glass for county dozer; cost, heat exposure and visibility cited; decision tabled
Summary
Commissioners discussed replacing dozer windows with ballistic-resistant glass, heard estimates and safety concerns and agreed to gather more information before deciding.
Commissioner Cresswell proposed installing bulletproof (ballistic-resistant) glass in a county bulldozer after repeated breakages while the machine was used for wildfire response.
Cresswell told the court the dozer’s glass had been replaced multiple times and that a replacement blew out while he was operating the machine on the highway. He presented vendor pricing and said the county could outfit the two front doors and a center front window with ballistic-resistant glazing at an estimated total cost of…
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