12.14.09
PURCHASING NEW CAMERA-EQUIPPED cruisers for columbus police
By: John Ivanic - Columbus City Council Highlights
Columbus police officers will soon be patrolling the city in new squad cars equipped with digital cameras. Public Safety Committee Chair Andrew J. Ginther is sponsoring ordinance 1687-2009 to authorize the expenditure of $2,315,142 from the General Permanent Improvement Fund for the purchase of 62 Crown Victoria police vehicles and optional equipment such as computers, docking systems, digital video systems, and sirens from Statewide Ford Lincoln Mercury Inc. and Germain Ford LLC. The new cruisers will permanently replace current vehicles that have accrued high mileage. The new cruisers are expected to be patrolling city streets by the summer of 2010.

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