Crime & Safety
New Avon-Canton Animal Control Van on the Road
Miller Foods staff, Animal Control Officer Beverly LaPlume and Public Works Deputy Director Alex Trujillo gathered Tuesday at the Avon Canine Shelter for its send-off.
About eight months after the start of the Waggin' for Wheels fundraising campaign, Avon-Canton Animal Control Officer Beverly LaPlume has her long-awaited van.
She, Avon-based Miller Foods staff that spearheaded the fundraising and Public Works Deputy Director Alex Trujillo celebrated the send-off of the 2012 Dodge Ram cargo van Tuesday morning with coffee and doughnuts at the Avon Canine Shelter.
The van is now outfitted with two-way police radio, LED roof lights, emergency lights, a spotlight on the roof, and trays and cage dividers in the interior.
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The new van replaces a 1998 Ford Windstar that was donated to LaPlume by a community member. The town sold the old van for $601.09 in a publicsurplus.com auction, which helped pay for the $19,000 van, along with a $18,398.91 donation from the Waggin' for Wheels campaign.
Mitchell Auto Group, of Simsbury, sold the van for a discounted price, as that model typically runs for $24,770, according to Mitchell records
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