COLUMBUS, Ind. — The Columbus Police Department is donating one of its older vehicles to a community in eastern Kentucky that was severely impacted by recent flooding.
The Columbus Board of Works has approved the Columbus Police Department’s request to transfer a 2016 Ford Taurus to a sheriff’s department in Perry County, Kentucky.
Columbus Police Chief Michael Richardson said that the Perry County Sheriff’s Department had lost one of its cars during the floods.
“We have a car that we were getting rid of anyway,” he said. “… We talked to the sheriff down there. He said even in good times, they have trouble affording vehicles. Obviously, it’s a poor area. So we would like to help them out with one of our older cars that’ll at least hopefully get them through for a year, until they’re able to get back on their feet.”
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