Old, failing police equipment will be replaced

City police will lease, rather than buy, most of the needed equipment for its emergency services and explosive disposals units to replace tools that are old and failing.In a report, Sgt. Rodney Burrows of ESU notes all the equipment being sought to be replaced is old and not working well.The robot was used when it was donated to the police department and has undergone “numerous repairs” over the last two decades.“It is literally held together by wires and tape, requires repairs