The county Department of Public Works, which performs
vehicle maintenance for the police department, was down to 11 of their original
39 mechanics before this new hire. This
workforce cut down was due to a budget shortfall of more than $500 million. Three mechanics were added in October to help
ease the severity of the problem.
In addition to the broken down cars, new police cars are
awaiting body and technical work before they can hit the roads. Of the 40 new police cars that were
purchased, only 22 have been placed into service. These cars will not be fully equipped with
radios, printers and computers until the end of August.
Legis. Kate Browning, chairwoman of the Public Safety
Committee is worried that doubling up in police cars is a public safety problem. However, Suffolk Police Chief Mark White has
said that the police car repair backlog has had “minimal effect” on policing.
Read more about the Suffolk County police fleet backlog in Newsday.
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