Medford donates old police cars for parts

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Next time a Talent police patrol car needs parts, the town may not have to spend money on a new replacements or send a mechanic off to look for used ones.

The Medford Police Department has given two non-running Ford Crown Victoria squad cars to the Talent Police Department so Talent can use them for parts.

"With these Medford cars I think we can keep our old, marked units on the road and serviceable and safe," said Talent Chief Mike Moran. "We don't want to have officers driving unsafe vehicles.

"We will have good spare parts from headlights to axles. It should save us a lot of money."

Medford Police Chief Randy Schoen said the cars have about 120,000 miles each on them. Medford replaces squad cars with new vehicles every three years, he added.

Besides the donor cars, Medford also gave Talent an unmarked 1999 Crown Victoria with 88,000 miles for detective work to replace the city's unmarked unit with 120,000 miles. The agency also gave two running Crown Victorias to the Josephine County Sheriff's Department, which recently added deputies under a grant. Last year it donated cars to the Butte Falls Police Department.

— Tony Boom, for the Mail Tribune

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