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New Canaan police chief outlines FY26 capital ask, training and overtime drivers
Summary
At the Jan. 15 New Canaan Police Commission meeting, the police chief presented a proposed FY26 capital request that includes three vehicles and new duty firearms and described operating-budget pressures from contracts, overtime and staffing transitions.
The Town of New Canaan police chief told the Police Commission on Jan. 15 that the department—s FY26 budget proposal includes a capital request that would return the patrol fleet to a regular replacement cycle and fund upgraded duty firearms.
The capital request “will include three new vehicles,” the chief said, and the department plans to resume its regular replacement cycle after recent delivery delays. The chief said the new firearms program will complete a purchase begun last year and that the department has earmarked $60,000 for the…
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