Vernon police to add four e-bikes to force with $21K grant from the Gary Sinise Foundation

By Eric Bedner,, Journal-Inquirer, September 20, 2023

The Vernon Police Department is getting a grant from the Gary Sinise Foundation to purchase four new e-bikes. Photo: Sandra Diamond Fox / Hearst Connecticut Media

VERNON CT — The police department is set to double its bicycle capacity through a grant from the Gary Sinise Foundation that is providing funding for four new e-bikes to be used to patrol areas where cruisers can't go and provide a more personal connection with residents during summer events.

The $21,523 grant will cover the entire cost of four state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly electronic mountain bikes to compliment four traditional bicycles that officers currently use.

There is no cost to taxpayers for the new e-bikes, according to town officials.

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