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Newsby Staff WriterApril 2, 2010

Chevrolet Offers Full Line of Police Vehicles

When the 2011 Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle (PPV) begins production later this year, Chevrolet will be the only brand to offer a full line of police vehicles, including the front-wheel-drive Impala, the Tahoe PPV, the industry's only SUV designed for police, including high-speed emergency vehicle operations, and the V-8 powered, rear-wheel-drive Caprice PPV.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 1, 2010

L-3 Debuts In-Car Video System for Small Agencies

L-3 Mobile-Vision is introducing a new, low cost version of its popular FLASHBACK2 digital in-car video system. The FLASHBACK2-Lite is designed for agencies that don’t require wireless transfer and have a minimum of videos to store and manage.

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Photo Galleriesby Staff WriterMarch 31, 2010

Michigan State Police Vehicle Evaluation

Each year, the Michigan State Police driving unit evaluates law enforcement vehicles from the new model year. The unit evaluates patrol cars, SUVs and motorcycles using a series of tests that test each vehicle's performance, ergonomics and mechanic-friendly qualities. The results are tallied and included in a report that's used by police fleet managers to aid in the decision to purchase patrol vehicles.

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ProductsMarch 25, 2010

New Heavy Duty Partition

Go Rhino! unveils its new heavy-duty Partition for law enforcement vehicles. Now available is a sliding window partition as well as a 50/50 partition with a flat panel option or a recessed panel option. They are easy to install with no drilling necessary.

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ProductsMarch 25, 2010

Docking Station for Panasonic CF52

Havis' DS-PAN-401, a fully rugged docking station for Panasonic's CF-52 Toughbook, is designed with extensive port replication and built to survive the rigors of mobile computing.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 22, 2010

BMW Will Supply Diesel Engines For Carbon Motors' E7 Patrol Car

The BMW Group will supply 240,000 clean-diesel engines to Carbon Motors Corp. for the E7 patrol car under a partnership announced Monday in Washington D.C.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 18, 2010

Unmarked NYPD Cars Routinely Towed by City, Mayor Unsympathetic

The Detectives' Endowment Association complained that tow trucks working for Internal Affairs have met their quota of four tows a day by tailing detectives and then hooking their cars.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 17, 2010

WatchGuard Video Introduces Feature That Allows Recording After the Fact

WatchGuard Video announced today the release of Version 6.0 software for the WatchGuard DV-1 police in-car video system. The Version 6.0 upgrade includes a powerful new patent pending feature called "Record-After-the-Fact" that allows officers to retrieve buffered video not previously recorded to a DVD.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 16, 2010

TASER and OC Fail To Stop Bulldog Attack on Patrol Car

When he felt his patrol car shaking while writing a report, a Chattanooga (Tenn.) police officer exited his vehicle to investigate. Officer Clayton Holmes, who had been running radar, saw a bulldog chewing on his vehicle.

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Videosby Staff WriterMarch 14, 2010

Ford Police Interceptor Concept

At a fleet event in Las Vegas, Ford revealed its new Police Interceptor sedan for law enforcement. Ford executives said it will exceed the durability, safety, performance and fuel economy of the Ford Crown Victoria, which enjoys a 70 percent share among LE agencies. Ford also confirmed production of a Police Interceptor utility vehicle. Source: carmgn56 (YouTube).

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