Murrieta City Council made the final approval for the Murrieta Police Department to purchase five police vehicles from an out-of-state dealership, citing availability problems in 2023. The approval was made after a question arose in earlier meetings why the police vehicles were not purchased locally.Responding to the council’s requested approval of the department’s upcoming police car purchase and equipment installation was Capt. Phillip Gomez at the Tuesday, May 7, meeting. Gomez explained that previous purchases of police department vehicles have been made through local Ford, Chevrolet and Dodge dealerships, but in this case the only Ford Explorer pursuit vehicles available were at a Colorado dealership.He said police cars are manufactured once a year at the three car compani
