b"PUBLIC SAFETYPOLICEDigital Radios Replacement &ExpansionProject Number: 17Category: Public Safety (Police)Location: Police DepartmentEstimated Cost: $140,000Project Description:One of the projects on the 2017 voter-approved SPLOSTwas to replace all of our Public Safety radios. This projectwould be a continuation of that project. The purpose is to beable to purchase new radios as needed for the PoliceDepartment. This would include broken radios, expansion ofthe department, etc., and would keep all personnel on asingle source of equipment. SRT VehicleProject Number: 18Category: Public Safety (Police)Location: Police DepartmentEstimated Cost: $350,000Project Description:Peachtree City's current Special Response Team (SRT)vehicle is a repurposed 1998 Freightliner Ambulancethat was donated to the Police Department in 2012. The current vehicle affords no ballistic protection to officers. It has also had continuous maintenance issues. In 2021, the SRT had to be activated five times and three of those incidents involved either active shooting or an armed person. Peachtree Cityremains a very safe community, but Peachtree City wants to protect our police officers as theyperform their sworn duties. An armored SRT response vehicle provides protection, high groundclearance, the ability to recover civilians in harm's way, transport of tactical officers, and can alsoassist with getting EMS support to victims in hostile situations if they arise. PTC SPLOST 2023|20"