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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 7, 2011

N.Y. Gov. Cuomo Questions Troopers' Take-Home Vehicles

The Cuomo administration says it's looking at whether New York state needs to buy, fuel and maintain nearly 60,000 vehicles in fleets, including nearly 3,500 trooper cars. About half of those vehicle are assigned to investigators and command officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 5, 2011

Texas DPS Adds Two AS350 B3 Helicopters

In addition to law enforcement and patrol missions, the mission scope of Texas DPS now includes search and rescue, tactical operations and homeland security missions throughout the state. The AS350 B3 copters will give Texas DPS additional payload, range and endurance to enhance their capacity to respond to these vital missions.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 5, 2011

Go Rhino Unveils Pair of New Heavy Duty Partitions

Go Rhino! has unveiled two new heavy duty partitions for patrol vehicles, including a sliding window partition, as well as a 50/50 partition with a flat- or recessed-panel option.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 4, 2011

Illinois Police Deploy Snowmobiles After Blizzard Hits

Two snowmobiles owned by the Round Lake Park (Ill.) Police Department were put into service Wednesday afternoon to assist with some 40 vehicles that had slid off roadways.

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Articlesby David GriffithFebruary 3, 2011

High-Tech Engines in the New Cop Cars

The end of the Crown Vic has heralded one of the most exciting eras in the history of law enforcement vehicles. The first true 21st century police cars have extremely sophisticated engines.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 2, 2011

S.C. Cop Crashed Cruiser Off-Duty While DUI

Former North Charleston (S.C.) Police Officer Nicholas Lomma violated several agency policies, including driving a city vehicle while intoxicated and driving a city vehicle outside a 10-mile radius of the city limits while off duty.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 2, 2011

Vegas Officers Put On Leave After Arizona Joyride

Officers Brad Gallup and Jake Grunwald will remain on paid leave during the investigation. The officers were caught speeding in a marked patrol vehicle by a Mohave County Sheriff's deputy.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 1, 2011

Albuquerque Reinstates Take-Home Patrol Vehicles

In exchange for revisions to the take-home car program, the APOA gave up retention bonuses for veteran officers (costing about $750,000 annually), loan reimbursements (costing $83,000), and mortgage incentives for signing a seven-year commitment (costing $98,000).

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ProductsJanuary 28, 2011

Universal Sedan Partition

Pro-gard Products' universal partition for police package sedans can be transferred between any of the three current police package vehicles: Ford's Crown Victoria, Dodge's Charger, and Chevrolet's Impala.

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ProductsJanuary 28, 2011

Bumper Safety System

Lund's specially designed and patent pending Police Audio visual Safety System (PASS) encloses the siren speaker(s) in the upright of the company's bumper system, greatly improving sound on the ground plane in front of your vehicle.

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