Troy acquires new patrol fleet

The Troy Police Department is now cruising their city in style, thanks to the efforts of City Clerk Tracy Rebo, who pursued a grant for the purchase of three new police vehicles.

“This all was made possible because our city clerk Tracy Rebo took advantage of a grant she was told about, a United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development Grant,” said Troy Police Chief Bob McLeod.

Rebo said she was investigating the purchase of one new police car and then learned about the availability of a grant that would allow the city to purchase three.

 “We were looking to get one car and a member of the USDA contacted me and told me that we would likely qualify for the rural development grant,” Rebo said in an August interview with The Western News. “I started doing the paperwork and after a long process we got approved. The grant is for right around $50,000 and will be used to purchase three new police cars. The city will be paying for one and we will receive three.”

Members of the Troy police department helped put the cars together as a means of keeping the costs down. 

“Myself, and both officers Chris Pape and Henry Roy put them together,” McLeod said. “From the decals to the lightbars, inside partitions, camera and radar systems. We also installed the police radios and consoles. With Chris’s experience he programmed all the electronics, he also programmed the flash sequence of our new LED lightbars.”