Military Police receives new vehicles, MOD saves over 100,000 euros
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Military Police received today (7 December) 21 new pick-ups. Having procured the vehicles via an e-action, the MOD saved €103,982 and spent the money on more vehicles for Military Police. Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš and General Secretary of the MOD Service Office Ján Hoľko handed over the new vehicles to military policemen in a handover ceremony at the SVK MOD.
Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš said: “Our soldiers and military policemen, who are very well trained for their job, need modern and reliable equipment in order to perform their tasks. And our task is to provide them with such equipment. I am very pleased to have handed over new vehicles to military policemen, to replace the old ones whose cost of repairs would have exceeded their residual value.” He added that the MOD is committed to pushing ahead with systemic and systematic modernization and living up to its “everything for the soldier” motto.
Secretary General of the MOD Service Office Ján Hoľko pointed out that, compared to the set limit of €824,600, the price was reduced to €720,618 thanks to the e-auction. “For the €104,000 saved, we bought another 4 vehicles,” he explained.
As Director of the SVK Military Police Col Michal Migát added, with the replacement of the outdated vehicles by new ones, military policemen will be able to better perform their duties. “All vehicles will be used to the maximum for all types of activities performed by Military Police as per legislation.”
Military Police will use the new vehicles for incident response to support investigation teams, crime technicians, military working dog (MWD) handlers, and patrol teams as they conduct preventive law enforcement, inspections of offence and crime scenes, detection and collection of trace evidence, and patrolling. The vehicles will be assigned to MP units based on their current requirements.
Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš said: “Our soldiers and military policemen, who are very well trained for their job, need modern and reliable equipment in order to perform their tasks. And our task is to provide them with such equipment. I am very pleased to have handed over new vehicles to military policemen, to replace the old ones whose cost of repairs would have exceeded their residual value.” He added that the MOD is committed to pushing ahead with systemic and systematic modernization and living up to its “everything for the soldier” motto.
Secretary General of the MOD Service Office Ján Hoľko pointed out that, compared to the set limit of €824,600, the price was reduced to €720,618 thanks to the e-auction. “For the €104,000 saved, we bought another 4 vehicles,” he explained.
As Director of the SVK Military Police Col Michal Migát added, with the replacement of the outdated vehicles by new ones, military policemen will be able to better perform their duties. “All vehicles will be used to the maximum for all types of activities performed by Military Police as per legislation.”
Military Police will use the new vehicles for incident response to support investigation teams, crime technicians, military working dog (MWD) handlers, and patrol teams as they conduct preventive law enforcement, inspections of offence and crime scenes, detection and collection of trace evidence, and patrolling. The vehicles will be assigned to MP units based on their current requirements.
