MIDDLETOWN – The City of Middletown dismantled its SWAT team back in 2010 and the police department is now getting rid of the last vestige of the former unit.
The city will be selling two Remington Model 700 scoped rifles, .308 caliber, to two town police departments, said Mayor Joseph DeStefano.
“We don’t need that type of equipment. We have access to it with the State Police and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. I also think it is symbolic of the outreach that we are doing with the community that our police are adequately armed. So, it’s not something that we are reducing the police firepower,” he said.
The rifles will be sold to the town police departments in Blooming Grove and Chester for $1,000 each.
