The Guilford County Sheriff’s Department recently bought a slew of new vehicles to chase you down with, and – as everyone knows when it comes to law enforcement vehicles – they have to be packed to the brim with gear and equipment.
Now it’s time for Guilford County government to buy about $635,000 worth of those needed items for the department.
The Guilford County Board of Commissioners is expected to vote to approve the money for that equipment at its Thursday, June 2 meeting.
According to information provided to the commissioners in advance of the meeting, the Guilford County Purchasing Department has secured approval to get an exemption to the competitive bidding process. When it comes to some larger dollar purchases like these, the county doesn’t need to obtain competitive bids because the purchase is being made with “a piggyback contract purchase” from vendors authorized through state purchasing contracts made under “a group purchasing consortium/program.”
The following are all being made through state purchasing contracts:
- 25 in-car radios from Motorola Solutions for $166,326.
- 35 in-car camera systems for $174,72 from GovDirect.
- The purchase and installation of equipment such as lights and sirens from Dana Safety Supply for $294,860.
The Board of Commissioners approved money for purchasing the squad cars and other vehicles in December of last year, and the Sheriff’s Department had to work extra hard to find the vehicles they needed.
Due to pandemic-related supply chain conditions and other economic variables, it’s difficult to find quality new and used cars – and the Sheriff’s Department’s needs are much more specific than those of a usual buyer.
However, now that it has the cars, the department needs to equip them to catch and pull over bad guys and bad drivers. The purchase is expected to be made on a unanimous vote by the board this week.
Unreal. Good ol Rogers
How about more deputies?
It’s so nice to hear how the Parasitic Sector is doing so well! Every day we learn about how they intend to spend all their money. Raises for the precious “educators”, more money for the saintly First Responders, and bonuses galore!
[Why do they get bonuses anyway? When I sold expensive home improvements, I’d get a bonus for selling 5 in a week. Or eight. Or ten. Are their bonuses funded from their productivity?]
We live in an era of Public Sector profligacy and Private Sector privation.
The parasites are feeding very well with their noses in the trough. The rest of us are struggling with $4 gasoline, outrageous inflation caused by Joe Biden, and as if that’s not enough, our local greedy pig parasites are jacking up our Property Tax Bill by 25%.
There is no limit to Government Greed.
And they say capitalism is greedy…
They cannot recruit enough employees to fill the current vacancies, very few qualified applicants have any desire to work for Danny Rogers. When Guilford County has a competent Sheriff, then the Guilford County Commissioners should authorize additional expenditures.
While the sheriff’s department outfits their vehicle in new gear, GPD patrol officers still share cars to remain the only agency of its size in the state (and most smaller agencies) without a true take home car policy.
Still waiting on your public safety plan Justin and Nancy….Maybe in the $70 million increase in the city budget you could find a couple of million for vehicles to make GPD at least competitive.