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Board approves vehicle purchase for GIPD DEA task force post; funding from forfeiture and prior sale
Summary
Grosse Ile trustees approved purchase of a 2025 Jeep Grand Cherokee for an officer assigned to the DEA task force. The $42,751 purchase will use $25,000 from the sale of a prior vehicle and the balance from Department of Justice federal forfeiture funds; staffing and canine needs remain under review.
The Grosse Ile Township Board on June 9 approved the police department's request to purchase a new unmarked vehicle for an officer expected to be assigned to the Drug Enforcement Administration task force later this summer.
The board approved buying a 2025 Jeep Grand Cherokee for $42,751 through the state's MiDEAL vehicle program. Police officials told trustees the department will apply the $25,000 received from sale of a 2019 Ford Explorer (previously assigned to K-9 duties) and cover the remaining cost with DOJ federal forfeiture funds; no township general-fund transfer was reported for the purchase.
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