EVERETT, WA - If an ordinance proposed by Snohomish County Council Chairman Mike Cooper is approved, county coffers will no longer have to pay out $570 each month to nearly a dozen elected officials.
Read More →GREENSBORO, NC - Most people involved agree on the benefits of Greensboro patrol officers having individually-assigned vehicles that they can drive home.
Read More →LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Controller Laura Chick released two audits raising questions about the hundreds of police and fire officials, elected officials, city department heads and staff who have been allowed to take home city-owned cars at a time when the nation’s second-largest municipality faces a $433-million deficit.
Read More →NEW ORLEANS - Inspector General Robert Cerasoli has fired the opening salvo in what’s likely to be a long and drawn out war over the use of city-owned vehicles.
Read More →FORT WAYNE, IN - Together, Fort Wayne and Allen County have cut nearly 100 take-home cars and trucks from their fleets since 2003, leaving more employees to drive their own vehicles to and from work.
Read More →MOULTRIE, GA — Colquitt County commissioners recently defended employees who drive county vehicles home, saying that the employees are on call or need them to travel to out-of-office work sites.
Read More →CONCORD, NH — New Hampshire does a poor job keeping track of the nearly 2,000 passenger vehicles used by state employees, according to a recent audit.
Read More →ROCHESTER, NY – Having already eliminated more than 30 take-home cars, the city now is looking at 80 more — a move that would hit the Police Department hardest, taking back cars assigned to undercover officers, homicide detectives and others.
Read More →ROCHESTER, NY – Having already eliminated more than 30 take-home cars, the City of Rochester now is looking at 80 more — a move that would hit the police department hardest.
Read More →PEEKSKILL, NY – The Peekskill Common Council is considering a new city vehicle use policy that could save taxpayers $100,000. There are 22 city vehicles in use. Four are designated for police undercover operations, and three are for fire department leadership.
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