Sheriff Delays Scheduled Transfer of Patrol Trucks to Public Works

Despite a joint agreement between the Sheriff’s office and the public works department, government use vehicles will not be changing hands. An issue of funding is currently preventing the Sheriff’s office from purchasing replacement vehicles. The current Sheriff is looking to hopefully end the purchase agreement between the two departments.

Key Takeaways:

• Sheriff is delaying the transfer of patrol trucks to the Public Works Department despite the departments’ agreement to transfer ownership of the trucks at a certain time, the Parsons Sun reported.
• Four years ago, Public Works and the Sheriff’s Office jointly paid for Dodge Ram pickup trucks, with Public Works set to receive the trucks after the Sheriff’s Office use.
• However, the new sheriff says he doesn’t have the funding to replace his vehicles so he can’t give up the trucks requested by Public Works.

“The Labette County (Kan.) Sheriff is delaying the transfer of patrol trucks to the Public Works Department despite the departments’ agreement to transfer ownership of the trucks at a certain time.”

http://www.government-fleet.com/channel/law-enforcement/news/story/2017/02/sheriff-delays-scheduled-transfer-of-patrol-trucks-to-public-works.aspx