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Vehicle Ops
Maryland Transportation Authority Police Lose Take-Home Vehicles
The Maryland Transportation Authority (MdTA) Police Lodge 34 lost its bid to force state officials to provide them with take-home vehicles as part of an agreement made during Gov. Robert Ehrlich's administration, according to court documents.
June 30, 2011
Vehicle Ops
Albuquerque Reinstates Take-Home Patrol Vehicles
In exchange for revisions to the take-home car program, the APOA gave up retention bonuses for veteran officers (costing about $750,000 annually), loan reimbursements (costing $83,000), and mortgage incentives for signing a seven-year commitment (costing $98,000).
January 31, 2011
Patrol
Fewer Take-Home Vehicles for Denver Officers
A budget-cutting agreement between Denver Mayor Wellington Webb and Police Chief Gerry Whitman will slash by about 14 percent the number of city cars police officers can take home.
May 21, 2002
Vehicle Ops
New Mexico City Restores Take-Home Vehicles
The unanimous vote came after Belen Police Chief Dan Robb proposed to trim his budget to offset the money that the city would have saved by taking away the vehicles. He said the department could switch to 12-hour shifts to save on fuel costs, according to the newspaper.
December 28, 2010
Vehicle Ops
Tennessee City To Charge Officers for Take-Home Vehicles
Calling it the "fiscally responsible thing to do," Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield announced that officers and other city employees would be charged .20 cents per mile (off duty) for their take-home cars (.30 cents for employees who live outside city limits).
December 30, 2010
Patrol
Protesters Follow Georgia Officers Home, Vandalize Take-Home Vehicles
Three protesters were arrested in Gwinnett County, GA, Wednesday for allegedly vandalizing and trying to burn take-home police cars with Molotov cocktails outside of the homes of the officers.
June 5, 2020
Vehicle Ops
N.Y. Gov. Cuomo Questions Troopers' Take-Home Vehicles
The Cuomo administration says it's looking at whether New York state needs to buy, fuel and maintain nearly 60,000 vehicles in fleets, including nearly 3,500 trooper cars. About half of those vehicle are assigned to investigators and command officers.
February 6, 2011
Vehicle Ops
Audit: San Jose Could Save $600,000 By Curtailing Take-Home Vehicles
About 90 police vehicles, including sedans, motorcycles and SUVs, should not be taken home. Those vehicles are mostly driven by officers who work in traffic enforcement or with police dogs, but they also are used by deputy chiefs.
October 21, 2010
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February 3, 2011
Vehicle Ops
N.J. Borough's Cops Protest Take-Home Vehicle Cutback
The borough council meeting in Manville, N.J., drew a crowd of police officers and firefighters who protested a resolution that would have limited take-home use of borough vehicles.
July 1, 2011
Vehicle Ops
North Carolina City Approves New Police Vehicles for Recruitment Effort
The goal is to have enough vehicles in the fleet that officers can take them home. Chief Brian James said the department is losing officers to other departments that already offer this option.
December 10, 2021
Patrol
Atlanta PD Rolls Out Take-Home Program, New Car Design
Officers voiced a desire for a take-home vehicle program, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens explained. It doesn't just have benefits to the officers, either. Dickens said seeing vehicles parked around the community brings people a sense of safety and security.
November 10, 2022
Vehicle Ops
Michigan Sheriff Makes the Case for Assigned Take-Home Cars
Vehicles are currently shared by two deputies, and the change would allow the department to keep vehicles for six years instead of three. This would also reduce employee contact, which is important during the pandemic. It would take a few years to build up the fleet, but wouldn’t cost the county extra.
January 29, 2021
Vehicle Ops
Take-Home Cars Help With Wash. City Crime, Budget
Yakima, Wash., city and police officials say giving each patrol officer a personal police vehicle to take home is paying off, and not just financially.
February 24, 2014
Vehicle Ops
Chattanooga Reverses Take-Home Fees for Officers
In early January, the city began charging officers 20 cents a mile for those who live in the city and 30 cents per mile for those living outside city limits. Those who live outside the city will continue paying the take-home vehicle fee.
February 13, 2011
Vehicle Ops
Massachusetts State Police Transition to Hybrid Patrol Vehicles
Now the SUV makes up the vast majority of the Massachusetts State Police frontline fleet, and the agency is hoping to transition to the new PIU Hybrids when possible, ordering 161 hybrid versions this year.
April 16, 2020
Patrol
Iowa Officer's Home and Take-Home Car "Targeted" by Shooter
The attack "was deliberate. It was an act of intimidation and we will not tolerate it,” Cedar Rapids Police Chief Wayne Jerman said, in a statement.
April 11, 2022
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NC Deputy’s Home, Take-Home Car Targeted in Drive-By Shooting
The deputy's marked vehicle was hit by multiple bullets. Another vehicle in the same driveway was also hit by a bullet. Officers canvassing the area found the deputy's home and a residence directly behind it had also been hit.
April 13, 2023
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