Martinez police chief seeks ‘injection of capital’ to purchase new equipment

The good news is that the Martinez Police Department has filled almost all of its police officer and dispatcher vacancies, thanks in large measure to a half-cent sales tax approved by voters in November 2018.

But those new officers need vehicles, radios, firearms and other tools of the law enforcement trade, and police Chief Manjit Sappal asked the Martinez City Council  last month for a one-time “injection of capital” of nearly $450,000 to pay for that equipment.