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Vehicle Ops
Texas Sheriff Cancels Drone Planes After Fed Feedback
The Collin County Sheriff's Department's plan to buy several unmanned aircraft for surveillance has been grounded, the Dallas Morning News reports.
June 15, 2009
Vehicle Ops
Bell Sells Two 412EP Helicopters to NYPD
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced the sale of two 412EP helicopters to the New York Police Department (NYPD) for use as air-sea rescue helicopters.
June 7, 2009
Vehicle Ops
Philly Police Deploy Segway Patrols
The Philadelphia Police Department began using Segway personal transporters on Tuesday to patrol areas of the city about a year after an initial test, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
June 2, 2009
Vehicle Ops
Arizona Man with Police Siren Pulls Over Off-Duty Officer
Officer Matt Lydic said a man driving a black Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor model turned on a police siren while driving behind him, authorities said. Lydic pulled over to the side of the road believing there was an emergency vehicle he couldn't see. The driver pulled up beside him and told him to slow down.
May 14, 2009
Vehicle Ops
NYPD Adds 40 Hybrid Cars to Fleet
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) deployed 40 hybrid vehicles to help green its fleet of patrol cars, bringing its number of hybrid vehicles to more than 100.
May 7, 2009
Photo courtesy of NYPD.
Weapons
California Man Charged with Stealing Guns from Police Vehicles
A San Pablo man described as being obsessed with weapons and "tools of warfare" has been arrested in connection with the theft of rifles and shotguns from Contra Costa County sheriff's and California Highway Patrol cruisers, authorities said Tuesday.
April 22, 2009
Technology
WatchGuard Video Receives Historic Order for Digital In-Car Video
WatchGuard announced today that the California Highway Patrol has placed an initial order for 2,000 overhead-mounted WatchGuard DV-1s, a digital police in-car video system that records high-resolution digital video in real time onto rewritable DVDs that play on regular DVD players.
April 22, 2009
Vehicle Ops
N.Y. Department's Patrol Cars to Get Priority Start Voltage Monitors
The Priority Start voltage monitors cost $100 apiece, so Sanders wanted to try them out before buying 25 of them to outfit all of the patrol cars.
April 15, 2009
Vehicle Ops
Patriot3 Giving Away Tactical Vehicle Through NTOA Grant Program
Through the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) Special Product Assistance for Needed Tactical Officers Assets (SPA) grants program, Patriot3 is giving away its demo RAID (Rescue, Access, Intervention, Deployment) vehicle equipped with the Liberator ETS (Elevated Tactics System).
April 8, 2009
The Patriot3 RAID tactical vehicle can seat 10 fully equipped operators and features the Liberator ETS ramp and ladder system.
Vehicle Ops
Five U.S. States on Short List for Carbon Motors Plant
Carbon Motors Corp. announced today that five U.S. states have made the short list for the location of the Carbon Campus, which will house the entirety of the company’s operations.
March 2, 2009
Vehicle Ops
Cash-strapped States Mull Seat Belt Law Changes
Drivers better buckle up or pay the price: More cash-strapped states want to give law enforcement officers the authority to pull over motorists just for not wearing their seat belts.
February 3, 2009
Vehicle Ops
NYPD and Federal Marine Experts Search for Missing US Airways Engine in Hudson
Police harbor officers are using sonar-equipped boats and working with a sonar expert from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration as they search the area where the plane came down Thursday, near the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. The NYPD is also monitoring the river from the air because sensitive equipment could be damaged by ice and must be removed if the river gets too icy.
January 19, 2009
Vehicle Ops
Plainclothes N.C. Cop Carjacked, Pursuit Ends in Fiery Fatal Crash
Police say that in their haste to get away, robbery suspects crashed one car and then carjacked an SUV from a plainclothes Gastonia police officer.
January 8, 2009
Vehicle Ops
Drunk Drivers Hitting More Washington State Troopers
Impaired drivers hit troopers 25 times in 2008, up from 11 in 2007. About half the crashes happened after a trooper had stopped another violator or pulled into the shoulder to handle an accident. In a recent crash, a trooper's patrol car was pushed into another vehicle already involved in a crash, the Washington State Patrol reported.
December 30, 2008
Vehicle Ops
MPRI Sells 12 Driver Simulators to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
MPRI today announced that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) has purchased 12 PatrolSim IV driver simulators. The simulators will be used to provide basic training to uniformed police and land management professionals.
December 15, 2008
Vehicle Ops
Ford Says It Will Build Best Cars on the Road, Including Patrol Cars
With the nation's car makers reeling from the economic meltdown and the credit crunch, Ford Motor Co. Chairman Bill Ford said today that the company is committed to making the best cars on the road.
December 11, 2008
Vehicle Ops
Chicago Police to Buy Up to 2,000 Tahoe SUVs
The Daley administration has signed a $59.2 million contract with a suburban dealership that could pave the way for the Chicago Police Department to convert most of its squad car fleet by 2011 to Chevrolet Tahoe SUVs favored by Police Supt. Jody Weis.
December 2, 2008
Vehicle Ops
Small Town Georgia Police Chief Dies in Wreck
The 32-year-old police chief of the small town of Nelson was killed Monday in a wreck being blamed on icy weather conditions.
December 2, 2008
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