The Ocala City Council will consider spending $954,000 to acquire bulletproof vests and two armored vehicles for the city’s police department.
The council will vote on multiple measures related to the purchases during its upcoming meeting on Tuesday, April 1.
According to a memo by city staff, in March 2021, the Ocala Police Department began utilizing the Florida Department of Management Services’ (“DMS”) Alternate Contract Source (“ACS”) agreement for body armor and ballistic resistant products. That contract was awarded for an initial 20-month term through November 2022…