The
police will soon have six Ford Crown Victorias, four Ford Taurus
detective cars, a Ford Expedition for the traffic bureau and new
prisoner and animal control vans.

Ward 6 Alderman Rebekah
Gewirtz asked Holloway at the Board's Nov. 12 meeting if the department
had considered hybrid vehicles or sharing cars. The chief said neither
is a viable option since hybrids aren't certified for use with police
equipment and officers need to be able to split up at a moment's notice.

"I don't want them sitting in the station saying 'I can't go out because Tony Holloway has my car'" Holloway said.

"We're working right now at the bare minimum," he added.

Holloway
said the new vehicles, which will cost 40 percent of the city's
Capitalization fund, are meant to last 10 years. The old vehicles will
be sold at auction for an estimated $5,000 each.

The fire department also slated to receive new vehicles, with three Toyota Priuses and a new $500,000 pump truck on the way.