CRESTVIEW — At Police Chief Tony Taylor's request, the City Council unanimously approved accepting the donation of approximately $25,000 worth of K-9 and other police equipment.
The donation includes two K-9 outfitted patrol vehicles, which Taylor said the agency would use as backups should the existing Crestview K-9 vehicles become inoperable.
In addition to the vehicles, the donation included an assortment of policing equipment including five fingerprint kits, three tint meters, three M26 Tasers, four spike strips, three shotgun racks, a Hazmat bio suit, a radar unit and an in-car camera system.
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