Council approves $502,000 forfeiture appropriation for police vehicles and gear after a September deferral
Who it touches
- Terre Haute Police Department
Tracked in the archive
The council approved Additional Appropriation 2026-42, a $502,000 request from the prosecutor's office to spend seized drug-case forfeiture money on Terre Haute Police Department vehicles, an investigative-leads subscription, and equipment — a request presented Aug.
4 and tabled Sept.
1.
Before the vote, Council President Steve Ellis asked, as he said he has before, whether any of the money would go to a business he owns; a prosecutor's-office representative said nothing currently planned would go toward firearms or any business he's known to own.
Sources
- $502,000 forfeiture appropriation first explained, Aug. 40:52:29 (52 minutes 29 seconds)
- Tabled again, Sept. 12:56:20 (2 hours 56 minutes 20 seconds)
- Motion to approve; conflict-of-interest question1:20:18 (1 hour 20 minutes 18 seconds)
- Staff: nothing planned for a business he owns1:20:37 (1 hour 20 minutes 37 seconds)
- Roll call passes 7-01:21:02 (1 hour 21 minutes 2 seconds)
Outcome
Passed 7-0 by roll call.
Passed 7-0 by roll call.
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