City spending $900K on new police vehicles
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This article was published 25/06/2025 (190 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The City of Brandon is spending more than $900,000 on new police vehicles after council unanimously approved the purchase.
Nine new 2025 vehicles from Kelleher Ford will be delivered and retrofitted for Brandon Police Service use, with most coming later this year.
The cost for the vehicles themselves is $703,543. After the city brings them up to par for policing, the total cost will rise to $922,660.
A Brandon Police Service cruiser is shown during a call in 2023. The city has approved spending more than $900,000 on nine new police vehicles. (File)
“A standard vehicle doesn’t come equipped to be a police interceptor,” Coun. Barry Cullen (Ward 3) said at Monday’s council meeting.
Additional bumpers, guards, separation devices, radios and computers “have to be made (and placed) in order for us to use them within the service,” Cullen said.
Police cars are replaced every three years “due to high kilometre and type of use,” according to a city council report.
The first five vehicles will be delivered in December, with retrofitting being completed by the end of March 2026. The other four will be delivered next year.
All nine vehicles should be ready for use in the early summer of 2026.
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