Lancaster County sheriff's office to buy replacement pickup after crash
The Lancaster County Board of Commissioners approved a plan for the sheriff's office to purchase a Ford F-150 after an unmarked pickup was totaled. Insurance will cover $22,279.04; the department will use about $33,847.96 from its budget for purchase and installation.
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Ben Houchin, chief deputy sheriff, told the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners on May 21 that an unmarked department pickup was totaled in a crash near 29th and Cornhusker about three weeks earlier and that insurance will reimburse $22,279.04. He said the department proposes buying a Ford F-150 through the state bid for $43,127 and reusing existing equipment from the totaled vehicle, though installation of that equipment would cost about $13,000.
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