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Police chief proposes Chromebooks for council tablets; cruiser 6725 needs roughly $10,000 in repairs
Summary
Chief Michael Maynard told the Oct. 6 South Bloomfield council the department plans to replace council Windows tablets with Chromebooks because of Windows 11 issues and reported cruiser 6725 needs an engine rebuild estimated around $10,000; he proposed transferring equipment to a replacement vehicle.
At the Oct. 6 Village of South Bloomfield council meeting, Chief of Police Michael Maynard reviewed September statistics and proposed replacing the council’s Windows tablets with Chromebooks, citing repeated Windows 11 update problems. Maynard said Chromebooks would be lower-cost than replacing the current tablets with like devices and said he plans to order them if the council had no objections; none were recorded in the public transcript.
Maynard also reported that cruiser 6725 needs an engine rebuild and additional repairs estimated at about $10,000. Because the vehicle is approximately 10 years old, he described a plan to strip the cruiser of its equipment and transfer that equipment to a new patrol vehicle, and to retain the old cruiser for parts.
In a separate note, Chief Maynard said he had been approached to loan a cruiser as a scene prop for an educational event about drunk driving; the item was presented for informational purposes and no decision was recorded.
Council members did not register objections to the Chromebook proposal on the record. The meeting transcript records no motion or formal appropriation tied to ordering devices or funding the cruiser repairs; such funding actions would require future council action or budget amendment.
