The Henry County Board of Commissioners recently passed a resolution allowing $2,970.66 in federal asset forfeiture and seized funds to be used to outfit a county SWAT vehicle.
The Henry County Police Department approved last fall the purchase of a 2016 T-350 high roof extended-length cargo van and is now in the process of equipping the vehicle. The department requested the purchase of six super LED surface-mount blue lights for $810.66 as well as $200 in supplies for the installation and a $650 spray-on floor liner.
Expenditures like this for the police using money seized from criminals are typical and legally appropriate, officials said.
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