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Northborough police outline fleet, equipment and communications needs; chief requests taser and radio upgrades
Summary
Chief Griffin told the Financial Planning Committee the police department handled about 16,000 calls for service so far this year and requested funding for two patrol vehicles, a detective/administrative vehicle, replacement Tasers (X10 system) at $130,000 and a major communications upgrade pending a consultant's study.
Chief Griffin presented the police department’s operations snapshot and multi-year capital needs at the Dec. 9 Financial Planning Committee meeting. He reported roughly 16,000 calls for service so far this year and said the department remains focused on traffic enforcement, mental-health responses and organized retail-theft investigations.
For FY27 Griffin asked the committee to fund two replacement patrol vehicles (Ford Interceptor utility; hybrid if available) and one detective/administrative vehicle. He said the town’s…
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