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Roseville approves purchase of four 2026 Ford police interceptors to refresh patrol fleet
Summary
Chief Berlin told the council the city is short on patrol vehicles and proposed purchasing four 2026 Ford Police Interceptors (Explorers); the council approved the single-vendor state-price purchase, noting a $2,000-per-vehicle Ford rebate.
Roseville’s council authorized the purchase of four 2026 Ford Police Interceptors for patrol use at the Dec. 9 meeting after Police Chief Berlin described a shortfall in patrol vehicles and increasing mileage on existing units.
Chief Berlin said the department planned to surplus four patrol cars that each had more than 130,000 miles and that several vehicles had been taken out of service due to crashes. "We are short on vehicles in our patrol fleet," Berlin said, explaining the request to acquire four Ford Explorers as patrol vehicles rather than administrative units.
Berlin told the council the purchase would use state bid pricing (described in the packet as a single-source route through state vendor pricing) and that Ford was offering a $2,000 rebate per vehicle, making the deal below the state pricing. Following discussion, a motion to award the bid to Long and Hammer Ford of Owasso passed by voice vote.
The council did not depict a roll-call tally in the transcript. The city will proceed with procurement through the indicated vendor and surplus the high-mileage police vehicles listed in the presentation.
What’s next: Fleet replacement and disposition of retired vehicles will be handled by the police department’s fleet and procurement staff.
