NORWICH – The Norwich City Police Department has begun its sale of vehicles and other miscellaneous items on eBay.

Ebay, the on-line website used by millions, is designed to sell items in an auction type fashion. The items for sale by the local police department include impounded vehicles, unclaimed bicycles and a limited amount of surplus office equipment. All items have been declared surplus to the needs of the city government by the Common Council. All proceeds from the auction will go back into the city’s general fund.

“The police department has been using eBay for approximately six years to sell surplus patrol cars. With our impound yard filling up, we decided to sell off some of those vehicles also,” said Deputy Chief Dale Smith.