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Officer Carrick R. Cook is the Public Information Officer for the Arizona Department of Public Safety and a former motor officer with that agency.

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As the POLICE Web editor, Paul Clinton contributes posts about patrol cars, motorcycles, and other police vehicles. He previously wrote about automotive electronics as managing editor of Mobile Electronics. Prior to that, he was an award-winning newspaper reporter.

Final Michigan Vehicle Test Report Arrives

The Michigan State Police Precision Driving Unit has released its final testing report.

January 11, 2011 | by Paul Clinton - Also by this author

Photo courtesy of Michigan State Police.

The Michigan State Police's Precision Driving Unit has published final reports of its 2011 model year vehicle evaluation of new patrol vehicles at the agency's Web site.

The Precision Driving Unit tested 18 patrol vehicles for acceleration, braking, high-speed handling, and other tests. Four motorcycles were included in the group.

New arrivals included the Chevy Caprice PPV, Dodge Charger Pursuit and Kawasaki Concours 14P motorcycle. Ford Motor Co.'s 2012 Police Interceptors were tested; however, results were not published.

POLICE Magazine attended the event and has published coverage of the patrol vehicle and police motorcycle tests.

View final reports of vehicle description and photographs; vehicle dynamics; acceleration, top speed and brake; ergonomics and communications; fuel economy; scoring and bid adjusting methodology; performance comparison of 2010-11 vehicles; and motorcycles.

The reports can be viewed at the agency's Web site. Agencies can also e-mail Lt. Keith Wilson of the Michigan State Police for a print copy.

2011 Michigan Vehicle Tests: Motorcycles

Tags: Michigan State Police, Patrol Cars, Motorcycles, Vehicle Reviews

Comments (2)

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JD @ 1/21/2011 11:17 AM Love the new Caprice, but it is doomed due to the foolish center console gear-shift. Who would have said that would be a good idea for a police vehicle. Oh well, Chevy tried. Our department really was excited, but no longer.
avg_guy @ 1/27/2011 2:30 AM True, the console mounted gear shift in the Chevy sucks. But the front-wheel-drive in the Ford sucks way more...

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JD @ 1/21/2011 11:17 AM

Love the new Caprice, but it is doomed due to the foolish center console gear-shift. Who would have said that would be a good idea for a police vehicle. Oh well, Chevy tried. Our department really was excited, but no longer.

avg_guy @ 1/27/2011 2:30 AM

True, the console mounted gear shift in the Chevy sucks. But the front-wheel-drive in the Ford sucks way more...

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