At its regular meeting in August, the Geary City Council accepted the donation of four police vehicles from Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office.
Included in the donation were a 2014 Ford SUV, and three Dodge Chargers: 2008, 2010 and 2011.
Police Chief JJ Stitt wrote he had reached out to various law enforcement departments about donating vehicles and OCSO responded with the four cruisers.
The value of the donation is between $25,000 and $30,000. Most of the vehicles were still fitted out with law enforcement package interiors such as a prisoner cage, working radar and radio equipment. Geary PD currently has five of its own vehicles, but one of those is struggling.
Stitt suggested accepting the donation, then going through the total nine squad cars to determine which are worth fixing and which could be sold as surplus minus the specialized equipment.
Council agreed with him, accepting the donation.
Council member Sandra Cleveland wondered if the graphics on the donated vehicles should be updated to match those on current Geary squad cars, but backed away from the idea when Stitt told her it would be at least $250 per vehicle.
During the police department report, the chief asked the council to accept a new schedule of fines and bonds. Geary PD had researched its existing schedule and reissued it in line with the uniform bond set by the Oklahoma Supreme Court, even though Geary is not a court of record.
Bonds for crimes against children or law enforcement remain the highest, he said, but others were reduced, as were some fines.
Stitt also informed the council that the Geary dog pound was full, and he intended to waive adoption fees to alleviate the crowding.
He also let the council know that there was a contract in place with the Blaine County Sheriff's Office to house Geary prisoners.