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Ford and Telogis will offer a factory telematics system to law enforcement agencies that's designed to reduce hazardous driving by officers, the companies said while announcing the product at the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference.
Read More →The City of Montgomery, Ala., closes its city body shop and will outsource all city vehicle body work. The change is expected to save the city between $75,000 and $100,000 per year.
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The Los Angeles Police Department has purchased the Zero MMX battery-electric motorcycle to use for stealth enforcement, the company has announced.
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Chrysler introduced the Dodge Charger Pursuit in 2006 as a Crown Vic competitor. Agencies who buy Chargers enthuse about the muscular V-8 HEMI and aggresive styling. View our gallery of in-service Chargers, and then read "The New Recruits: In-Service Cop Cars" for detailed stories of agencies using them. Photos provided by the respective agencies, Christopher Holmes, and Jay Baumgardner.
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The LAPD has outfitted a Lamborghini Gallardo as an agency black-and-white for use as a community relations vehicle rather than a patrol car.
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Roughly half of officers don't wear seatbelts even though traffic accidents are now the leading cause of police duty deaths, according to a study by a California police training board.
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While it's unlikely that all-electric cars will replace their gasoline-powered counterparts for law enforcement patrol duty, smaller electric vehicles have made inroads into police fleets.
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Earlier this year, the Los Angeles Police Department ordered 100 Dodge Charger Pursuit patrol cars, 50 Ford Police Interceptor Utility vehicles, and 38 Ford P.I. sedans.
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LOS ANGELES - The LAPD's fleet manager is implementing cost-control measures for an aging fleet.
Read More →CHICAGO - The City of Chicago sent a notice of its intent to prohibit Central Auto Body Shop, the shop Fleet Commissioner Mike Picardi was recently suspended for doing business with, from doing any more city work.
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