Bill aides in procurement of new police vehicles
Speaker Judi Won Pat and Vice Speaker B.J. Cruz have introduced legislation that would appropriate $481,000 to the Guam Police Department to purchase brand new police vehicles.
By KUAM NewsGuam - Speaker Judi Won Pat and Vice Speaker B.J. Cruz have introduced legislation that would appropriate $481,000 to the Guam Police Department to purchase brand new police vehicles. "Everyone is saying and the legislature has taken the position too that education, health and public safety are our top priority, so that's when the idea came about where we should consider then appropriating the monies to be used to purchase police vehicles," said the speaker.
According to the bill, the funding would come from the same pot of money being used to purchase security cameras for Department of Education schools. It was during a recent briefing at the Legislature, GPD told senators they were in a state of emergency with only ten cars to patrol the entire island and another ten waiting to be repaired. After that briefing Senator Brant McCreadie requested that senators lapsed funds be used to repair some of the vehicles.
"Yes you can always kind of do small type repairs here and there, and its, but if you can address that in a larger act or legislation then I think this would be the route to go," he said.