Even the cops cannot cover from the repo man. In response to a press launch, the Lorain County Sheriff’s Workplace in Ohio was making ready for repossession of 41 police cruisers by “eradicating gear, gear, and private objects” from the automobiles due to some unpaid payments. The Lorain County Deputies Affiliation said concerning the repossession:
It has come to our consideration that the Lorain County Commissioners have defaulted on our automobile fleet mortgage with Enterprise Fleet Administration. The commissioners, the “good stewards” of taxpayers’ cash, didn’t pay over $57,000 in lease funds to Enterprise as a part of the contract. That implies that 41 of our Police Cruisers are set to be repossessed on Monday.
These are some sturdy phrases for the county commissioners, rightfully harsh although, if these claims are true. Nevertheless, commissioners had some sturdy phrases of their very own in return, denying that the repo would occur. From Information 5 Cleveland:
The Lorain County Board of Commissioners has been made conscious of false info being shared by the Sheriff’s Deputies Affiliation. This manufactured disaster said that the Commissioners defaulted on the county’s automobile fleet lease with Enterprise Fleet Administration and that 41 police cruisers had been set to be repossessed.
As quickly because the Commissioners had been made conscious of this subject, our County Deputy Administrator, Karen Perkins, made a quick cellphone name to Enterprise Fleet Administration to substantiate the automobiles in query weren’t going to be repossessed, nor had been they ever going to be.
So, false alarm? Possibly.
Mutual finger pointing
County commissioners additionally insist that blame for the late fee lies not with them, however with the Sheriff’s workplace.
The Lorain County Sheriff is an elected official and is liable for the administration and funds for his or her division. The Sheriff’s Workplace is liable for processing their very own invoices, together with Enterprise Fleet Administration. The Sheriff’s Workplace didn’t pay the complete bill of $13,583.81 by December 2025, which generated an automatic discover of default to the Lorain County Sheriff’s Division.
The Board of Commissioners authorized the Sheriff’s 2026 annual price range on December 19, 2025.
It is virtually as if the 2 organizations are on totally different planets. Every entity blames the opposite for not paying their payments, and the quantities that every says the opposite was speculated to pay are fairly totally different, so it is exhausting to say precisely who’s mistaken right here. What is obvious is that Lorain County has some points. The repossession drama comes throughout a time of price range cuts to providers like emergency short-term shelters. From Information 5:
“We have put all of the businesses in a tough place,” Commissioner Marty Gallagher stated final week. “Sadly, we needed to make these powerful selections. All of us need to hunker down. We’ve to price range our cash higher. Sadly, a number of the providers need to be lower.”
Hopefully, the commissioners are appropriate, and the Sheriff’s Workplace is not going to be shedding the 41 cruisers to a repossession. It could price a terrific deal greater than the fleet contract to name deputies all Ubers to reply to calls, because the Deputies Affiliation (sarcastically?) referenced in its assertion. They are saying, “A Lannister at all times pays his money owed,” however plainly there are not any Lannisters within the Lorain County authorities.
