Honesdale Borough police requested 10 ballistic helmets at $8,000 each — four times market rate — with no documentation provided to council. A Pocono Review investigation breaks down the pricing, the justification, and the questions nobody answered.
Honesdale Borough Council
Honesdale’s Borough Council sets the budget and rules that govern daily life in town, and this outlet has tracked how those decisions hold up under scrutiny. In one case, the council considered spending as much as $80,000 on ballistic helmets — a figure this outlet found was inconsistent with the actual cost.
The council has also pushed a budget vote through with just nine days to the deadline, and separately rewrote the borough’s fireworks rules without a clear plan for enforcing them.
If it happens in Honesdale Borough Council and it’s of public interest, we’ll cover it — check back here to stay current.
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