NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The City Council on Tuesday approved the purchase of a new police cruiser.

 

The council authorized the transfer of $81,164.81 from the parking meter reserve account to purchase a 2026 Ford F-150 SuperCrew. The account currently has $170,484.16.

 

Chief Mark Bailey said truck will be the supervisor vehicle and can still be used prisoner transport and transporting other items. 

 

"We're going for a police truck is because it's easier for us to get barricades out there, road closure signs out there when needed really quickly," he said. "We do have the trailer that we can get out, but to bring a trailer to an incident like last night's fire on Walnut Street is cumbersome."

 

The SuperCrew has four full-size, front-hinged doors and greater leg-room space in the rear cab. It's actually a little cheaper than the last cruiser, which was purchased this spring for $89,251.16.

 

Bailey said that's because it doesn't have to be fitted out with cameras because the city received a grant to outfit all the vehicles with cruiser and license plate recognition (LPR) cameras. 

 

The current supervisor vehicle will become the K9 cruiser as it already has air-conditioning built in.