The Sandy Springs City Council has approved spending about $88,000 as its share of a four-city agreement to acquire a police command vehicle jointly owned with Dunwoody, Brookhaven and Johns Creek.
The vehicle, a Freightliner M2 Multi-Purpose Command Transport 20, will cost about $246,437 total and be acquired from summit Bodyworks LLC. It will ensure a unified command in a variety of law enforcement situations, from SWAT calls to natural disasters, community festivals and lost child searches, Deputy Police Chief Keith Zgonc told the Council.
The unit will have two work stations with radios, additional monitors and whiteboards for operations planning. The four communities split the cost based on their respective sizes; Sandy Springs, with the largest population, will pay the biggest share. The vehicle initially will be based in Sandy Springs.
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