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Monroe council approves armored vehicle purchase for police using asset‑forfeiture funds
Summary
The council voted to authorize purchase of an armored response vehicle for the Monroe Police Department — to be funded with asset‑forfeiture funds — citing recent armed incidents and public‑safety needs; the vehicle cost was presented as about $330,000 including outfitting.
The Monroe City Council on April 8 approved the purchase of an armored vehicle for the Monroe Police Department, to be paid from asset‑forfeiture funds, after the police department described several local incidents in which such an asset aided officer and public safety.
Police officials described multiple episodes in which an armored vehicle was used or would have aided safety — including a man with a gun who stopped at a daycare facility and an earlier incident involving a subject who…
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