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Council accepts police surplus list and notes retiree weapon transfers
Summary
The council accepted a notice of surplus items from the Brownsburg Police Department and acknowledged that retiring officers (including Assistant Chief Andy Watts) may retain service weapons per statute; Chief Joe Grimes thanked officers for decades of service.
Chief Joe Grimes presented a request from the Board of Police Commissioners regarding surplus inventory and the retirement-related transfer of service weapons to retiring officers. Grimes said retiring personnel who meet state statute requirements after 20-plus years of service can retain issued weapons for private ownership, an established practice to honor long service.
Council members expressed appreciation for Assistant Chief Andy Watts's years of service; Grimes and councilors noted the difficulty of losing institutional knowledge as several command-level staff become retirement-eligible. The council made and seconded a motion to accept the notice of surplus and vote to approve the transfer process described in the request.
The motion to accept the notice of surplus (item 11.6) carried by voice vote after council remarks and expressions of gratitude to the retiring officer.
