2004 Annual Report - City of Fairbanks

DEPARTMENT FLEET
The Fairbanks Police Department maintains a fleet of vehicles which includes
marked patrol vehicles, unmarked investigations vehicles, summer-use
motorcycles, and two command vans which are used by our Tactical Team and
Investigations Unit.
Our fleet was upgraded in 2004 with the purchase of one new Ford Crown
Victoria patrol sedan, and Two Ford Expeditions. The Expeditions were an
exceptionally welcome addition, as they are the first four-wheel-drive equipped
patrol vehicles in the history of our Department! The purchase of five new Ford
Crown Victoria Police Interceptors in 2005, as allocated in our capital
appropriations budge, will enable the Department to remove (and sell at
auction) several of the older 1993 Ford Police vehicles that are still in use.
The two vans that were recently added to the inventory are special purpose
vehicles that were acquired and outfitted at a cost of just over $250,000.00, all
of which was funded from two federal grant programs: The Local Law
Enforcement Block Grant and the Community Oriented Policing Services
Technology Grant, through the Department of Justice.
The vans give our Department the ability to deploy command, control, and
communications capabilities to the scene of any incident, serving as a “mobile
command center.” The vehicles also provide for the ability of rapid deployment
of the department’s Tactical Police Team and their equipment.
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