The Uxbridge police chief told the capital planning committee the department will return with formal capital requests for several priorities that vary from immediate safety/comfort fixes to longer-term technology investments.

Training facility and site access: The chief said an initially identified town parcel would have required roughly $1.2 million to build a quarter-mile road to make it fire-truck accessible, so staff are vetting alternative town-owned parcels (near Pond Street and other power-line access points) and asking the committee to leave the existing line item open while title and access issues are resolved.

Handgun replacement: The department received town meeting approval for $18,000; weapons have been issued and training completed and vendor trade-ins are expected to bring net cost to about $18,000 with final trade-in in the next month or two.

Commercial motor vehicle enforcement and vehicles: The chief said increased commercial traffic on Uxbridge roads creates a 1–3 year need to train officers for commercial motor vehicle enforcement and to obtain a heavier-duty pickup (250-series) capable of carrying scales and specialty gear; the state recommended pickups rather than Tahoes because equipment noise is better handled in a truck bed. The department will prioritize this item alongside other requests and will provide cost estimates when ready. The chief said the state likely receives the majority of penalties from federal motor-carrier enforcement and will confirm what portion, if any, the town receives.

HVAC and weatherization at police headquarters: The building has failing HVAC controls and poor insulation, causing wasteful simultaneous heating and cooling and recent low temperatures in the cell block (56°F reported). The chief recommended a three-step approach: (1) weatherize/insulate the building, (2) fix controls (potential capital request), and (3) replace the unit later. The department earlier declined to fund the local match for a Green Communities grant and lost the 50% match opportunity; completing steps 1–2 would improve competitiveness for future grants.

Body-worn cameras and cloud storage: The chief estimated about $100,000 for an implementation that typically uses vendor cloud storage; he said the state grant for body cameras does not appear to fund cloud-based storage solutions (requiring local servers), and he has contacted legislators and EOPS for clarification.

License-plate (Flock) cameras: The chief presented Flock stationary license-plate readers as a policing resource and described per-camera subscription costs of roughly $3,000 per year; he suggested exploring partnerships or private contributions.

Next steps: The department will return with cost estimates and proposed prioritization. No formal votes on these items were recorded in the transcript.

Representative quotes used in this article come from the department presentation to the committee (Speaker 6).