The 12 e-bikes, which cost about $3,000 each, were donated by Brian Kelley of band Florida Georgia Line.
Many of the current squad cars on the Sheriff’s Department fleet have well over 100,000 miles on them and there is a constant need for repair.
The Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology (POST) Act aims to hold the NYPD accountable by requiring it to release information about the tools it uses and what safeguards are in place to prevent them from being exploited.
The Dorchester County, S.C., Sheriff's Office expects a yearly savings of between $3,000 and $6,000 per vehicle.
The Westport Police Department intended to use drones to monitor social distancing and use biometric readings to detect fever and respiratory rates, but then backed off after protests.
Tires were slashed on nine Somerdale (N.J.) Police vehicles, one fire vehicle, and three personal vehicles. The cost to replace all the tires could exceed $9,000.
The Desloge (Mo.) Police Department is using a lease-purchase funding model to acquire new vehicles to replace aging patrol cars.
In Central Illinois, money from drug busts is often being used to fund fleet purchases. That’s the case in McLean County, where many of the Sheriff’s Department’s fleet of marked vehicles is paid for by federal asset forfeiture money, according to Central Illinois Proud.
Peru's President Ollanta Humala recently made the official presentation of the country’s new police patrol fleet, which is composed of 500 vehicles, to strengthen Peru’s National Police (PNP) to fight crime and improve citizen safety across the country.
Safety concerns include prisoners being able to reach through the partition separating the front and back seat and improper seating that would cause safety issues if air bags detonated, Deadline Detroit reported.