Uniontown replaces 16-year-old police car

Uniontown police department has just purchased a used police car with a $9,999 grant of federal stimulus funds. The new car is a trade-in from the Pullman Police department.

Now patrolling the town streets is a 2005 Ford Crown Victoria with less than 60,000 miles on the odometer. The new car replaces Uniontown’s 16-year-old patrol car which the city will put up for sale, Police Chief David Lehmitz said.

Their new car was purchased for $8,000 out of the grant proceeds.

The rest of the $9,999 grant went to converting the car, which had been stripped of its Pullman police markings and equipment,...