VirTra Inc (VTSI)

[stk42]

Charlie Bunny,

I concur ... great find! It's interesting that the Virtra IVR300 is 7th (sic) on the Duluth, Georgia Police Department's Purchase Request (priority order?)

That meeting was held on May 10th, 2004.

The minutes from that meeting http://www.duluth-ga.com/Meetings/2004/05-10-04min.pdf (page 7 of 8) indicate:

"A motion was made by Councilmember Garner, seconded by Councilmember Dugan, to approve the expenditure requests as presented from the City of Duluth Federal Forfeiture Account, 850-13425 as requested".

"ALL FOR. Motion carried unanimously."

A quick perusal of the minutes/agendas for subsequent meetings did not reveal anything further on the matter (tho - of mild interest, was the termination of a Police department dispatcher who, among other things, fell asleep on the job and had a personal telephone call in excess of 30 minutes during an on-site murder investigation).

Duluth, GA is approx 23 mi north of Atlanta. The 2000 census has the population at 22,122 in 8,735 households. The uniform division of the Police Dept. (4 Sections - Patrol (30 officers); Traffic (5 officers); K-9 (4 officers) & Communications (7 civilians).

How many OTHER communities, this size or larger, exist in the United States? Granted, the $$ came from a "slush fund" (The federal asset forfeiture acct contains $$ seized, primarily from drug dealters. The $$ has been declared forfeited by a Federal court & can only be used for the purchase of law enforcement-related equipment).

Still ... the market for Vitra must be huge.

So ... if the sale was approved, I wonder if it has been made?

-stk42