Town Approves 475k in Police Expenses

Summerville Police Department will receive more than $475,000 in new units and technology to start the new year. 

Town Council convened last Monday during the first finance committee meeting of the year to approve the expenses. 

The purchases our of the budget capital include:

• 12 Dodge Charges from Benson Chrysler ($284,062)
• 12 Golden Eagle Radar Units from Kustom Signals ($17,912)
• 11 In-car video systems from Watch Guard ($57,547)
• 12 West Chatham Warning Devices ($46,247)
• 11 markings from Mr. Sign ($4,414)
• 12 XLT 2500 Radios from Motorola ($42,240)

The $22,611 purchase of a Live Scan Machine, which helps process finger prints and book criminals, was made through federal drug funds. 

An unrelated expense also was approved Monday. The town issued a purchase order of $13,550 to Florence & Hutchinson for engineering design work for the sidewalk along E. Richardson Avenue. The purchase is paid for through Community Development Block Grant funds.