The degrees of connection within any industry are less than six or four. Choose a handful of random fleet professionals, and I’d bet one of them knows someone you know or have worked with.
Read More →Pursuits can be deadly for everyone involved, but they can't be prohibited in all cases. So agencies need to have policies and procedures in place to reduce the danger.
Read More →Often, innovation is driven by the private sector. But public sector agencies are also leading the way in designing transportation systems for the future.
Read More →In law enforcement, police chiefs, sheriffs, and other top brass have been known to request higher trim grades and other vehicle upgrades, which can present challenges to the public fleet manager who must repurpose the vehicle after the chief switches into a new vehicle.
Read More →I’ve often wondered how much of an influence the parents of second-generation fleet professionals had on their careers.
Read More →Ford's Police Responder Hybrid Sedan offers several important differences from other retail hybrid cars that should make it well suited for the demands of a police duty cycle, while also providing lower costs to operate.
Read More →While shootouts and ambush killings of police officers provide high-profile examples of the hazards of police work, more often than not officers lose their lives while driving patrol vehicles.
Read More →Fleet managers are taking steps to combat the technician recruiting problem, and these steps are adding up to results.
Read More →As I am sure everyone has seen in the last several months, perception versus facts (even alternative facts) have been all around us. Unfortunately, it seems fact’s stock has taken a hit and perception, as a mechanism for making decisions, has gone up.
Read More →Starting this spring, law enforcement agencies will no longer be able to order a pursuit-rated sedan from General Motors.
Read More →Each fall, the Michigan State Police and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department evaluate the current crop of police vehicles with a battery of road tests and provide a mountain of data about their performance, braking, and vehicle dynamics.
Read More →Whatever your political opinion, there’s no doubt Trump’s agenda on the environment is vastly different from President Obama’s.
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