![]() ![]() The 2008-09 procurement followed the county instituting a Police Fleet Implementation Group to study setting up a fleet vehicle program to address questions over the department’s use of mostly unmarked vehicles lacking uniform paint, police emblems and other official markings. ![]() About two dozen remain in use, and the department has previously said it will continue to utilize older fleet vehicles that remain in “operable condition.” The county first acquired marked police vehicles in 2008-09 when 33 sedans and SUVs, each costing $55,000 to $67,000, hit the roads. The price also covers additional options selected by the department, including locking rear cargo storage, mirror lightheads, mounted gun rack and computer mount. Each is fully equipped with lights, sirens and speakers, and comes under warranty and with decals already affixed. The vehicles are wired for the department’s police radios and in-car computers. Orchid Isle Auto Center is supplying the 10 six-cylinder, four-wheel-drive vehicles, each of which costs $61,502.07, or $615,020.70 in total. The new Fords are the first marked vehicles to be added to the police department’s county-owned fleet in about a decade. “One vehicle comes in about once a month to us, so a few more months before we get them all,” he added. The fourth vehicle is being prepared for assignment as well, Wagner said.
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