Norwalk police unveil crime fighter trucks

City police will be able to roll the SWAT team out faster, while detectives will be able to work crimes scenes more effectively thanks to two new state-of-the-art vehicles the city just bought with federal funds.

Police Chief Harry Rilling and Mayor Richard Moccia rolled out the vehicles — which cost $330,000 — in the police department’s parking lot Wednesday afternoon to show the city is using federal grants to make law and order improvements around the city and make the police department better equipped to handle dangerous crime scenes.

The new tactical response vehicle will carry members of the city’s 24-officer SWAT team, called the Tactical Response Unit, to incidents such as hostile situations and drug busts with all needed equipment.

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