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• • POLICE DEPARTMENT i <br /> Town of Chapel Hill <br /> 4 828 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. <br /> Chapel Hill,NC 27514-2600 <br /> phone(919) 968-2760 fax(919)968-2846 <br /> www.townofchapelhill.org <br /> June 5, 2023 <br /> i <br /> Orange County ABC Board <br /> 601 Valley Forge Road <br /> Hillsborough,NC, 27278 <br /> Dear Orange County ABC Board Members: <br /> The Chapel Hill Police Department greatly appreciates the strong partnership we have with you to promote <br /> alcohol education and to encourage people to make healthy and responsible choices about alcohol use. Along <br /> with the assistance of our community partners, we have developed sustainable policies and programs to <br /> minimize the impact of alcohol misuse and make the community safer. <br /> These initiatives include having a dedicated investigator to manage alcohol education and enforcement in <br /> Chapel Hill and surrounding communities. Over the last four years, our ALE team has organized and led 150 <br /> initiatives, including ALERT operations, compliance checks, and BARS training. We average 40 annual <br /> ALE operations that include follow-up investigations and meetings. <br /> As we continue to advance these efforts, we are requesting funding for the purchase of a vehicle dedicated to <br /> our ALE operations, alcohol education, enforcement, trainings, and associated meetings. <br /> Providing our investigators and officers with the appropriate resources to further our alcohol initiatives is <br /> essential. As a strong partner in our work, in 2009, you generously funded a vehicle to aid our ALE <br /> investigator with these initiatives. Unfortunately, after 14 years of daily usage, the vehicle's maintenance <br /> repairs greatly exceeded its value. We removed the vehicle from service in September 2022 without <br /> reasonable repair alternatives. Like many other law enforcement agencies nationwide, we have experienced <br /> challenges maintaining our vehicle fleet. Low inventory, high demand, and the soaring cost of new vehicles <br /> have hindered our ability to add vehicles to our aging fleet. The department's ALE investigator temporarily <br /> uses an aged vehicle requiring increasing maintenance. <br /> Keeping consistent with the Town of Chapel Hill's commitment to becoming more environmentally <br /> responsible, we initially requested funding for an electric vehicle. However, we understand flexibility with <br /> options is crucial considering the expense of a new vehicle. We are providing you with different vehicle <br /> types for consideration: <br /> i <br /> • 2023 Ford 150 Crew(Hybrid eco-friendly) $42,143 <br /> • 2023 Mustang Mach-E(Electric eco-friendly) $49,525 <br /> • 2023 Mustang Mach-E(Electric extend-battery eco-friendly)$65,043 <br /> �..* 2023 Camry(Hybrid eco-friendly)$29,090 <br /> • wsw- <br /> 2023 Toyota Highlander XLE(Hybrid eco-friendly) $44,555 <br /> • 2023 Chevrolet Traverse$28,507 <br /> Thank you for your support, and we are grateful for our partnership with you. Please let me know if you have <br /> any questions. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Paul Bell <br /> Assistant Police Chief of Operations <br /> I <br />