Public Safety Vehicle Study
SECTION 166.
The secretary of public safety and security shall conduct an audit and inventory of the commonwealth's public safety vehicles and equipment including, but not limited to, those in possession of the department of the state police, sheriff's offices, the department of correction, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority police department and any law enforcement council incorporated or formed under the authority of a general or special law. The audit and inventory shall detail the type, age and use of the vehicles and equipment, whether similar vehicles and equipment are owned by multiple departments or underutilized by 1 department whereby the sharing of underutilized vehicles and equipment may be suitable for realizing cost savings and any other information as the secretary deems pertinent. The secretary shall report the findings to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the chairs of the senate and house committees on ways and means and the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on public safety and homeland security not later than January 1, 2011.