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Council debate stalls police vehicle purchase as spending concerns mount
Summary
Warwick council and administration clashed over a request to buy patrol vehicles worth roughly $525,000; council members pressed for limits amid broader fiscal worries while police and administration argued replacements are needed for reliable public safety service.
The finance committee and later the full council wrestled with a police request to buy eight Ford police utility vehicles on a cooperative contract, a package that includes upfitting and totals $524,892.56.
Major Robert Hart of the police department told the committee the 2025 package would replenish patrol, supervisor and specialty units and that the vehicles are in stock and ready for equipment installation. “These vehicles are in stock on the lot, but they have to be upfitted,” he said, adding the…
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