Officer Larry Oakley, pictured with his new toy the “Segway X-2,” which allows him to travel at a speed of 13 miles per hour--increasing the beat officer’s ability to respond to an urgent call three or four blocks away vs. the time it would take to walk the same distance.
Chief William Gagliardi was able to get federal grants in order to purchase two Segways at no cost to the New Britain Taxpayers while providing better police response by the police beat officers.
I am also told that the Chief is looking into funding the plate finder that will help the department with their finding unregistered cars misusing plates, uninsured vehicles, wanted criminals, and vehicles that owe back taxes and unpaid parking ticket violations thus making our community much safer for our citizens and visitors who come to our city to transact business or just shopping at our stores.
Officer Oakley has been walking the downtown beat for approximately five years and now that he is riding again, with his Segway, hopefully he will give the people the omnipresence of his perceived as being “everywhere” all day long! Chief Gagliardi should be commended for helping his department make the downtown district safer!
5 comments:
they better get him some snow tires for tomorrow!
How much in back car taxes are due
the city? Will purchasing the plate
finder be reimbursed by taxes collected? What's the answer Phil Sherwood?
Obviously, Alderman Sherwood lacks the political "juice" to get an answer to such a question, otherwise he would have kept his promise long ago and provided us with the answer.
Way to go, Larry Oakley!!
Let's get the plate finders for the Police department so they can better serve this city
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