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Committee recommends allowing lieutenant take-home cars and backs purchase of traffic enforcement vehicle
Summary
Committee voted to recommend amending the employee handbook to allow lieutenants take-home command vehicles because of 24/7 response needs, and it recommended the board consider buying a dedicated traffic-enforcement vehicle funded from asset-forfeiture funds; committee discussed fleet size (16), an asset-forfeiture balance over $400,000 and EV vs. gas tradeoffs.
The Public Safety Committee recommended the full board consider two related vehicle items: (1) amending the employee handbook to allow commanders and lieutenants to use take-home command vehicles due to their on-call responsibilities; and (2) authorizing purchase of a dedicated traffic-enforcement vehicle, with asset-forfeiture funds suggested as the funding source.
Chief Spies said the department currently operates a fleet of…
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