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News•June 20, 2024

Georgia Sheriffs Use Take-Home EVs as Recruiting Incentive

Sheriff Levon Allen spent $3 million on 2023 Chevrolet Bolts. His use of taxpayer funds for the Chevy Bolts last year has rankled some county residents.

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News•May 21, 2024

Florida Agency’s Recruiting Video Features Rolls Royce Patrol Vehicle

The department says the luxury vehicle is being loaned to them by Braman Motors — a Florida-based car dealership that also sponsored the cost to wrap the Rolls-Royce in MBPD's black-and-white design.

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News•May 20, 2024

Suspect Attacks LAPD Officer Steals Patrol Vehicle and Crashes

An officer was working as part of a security detail downtown at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday when she was attacked by a man who jumped in the patrol SUV and took off, police said. At some point, the officer was ejected from the SUV.

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News•May 9, 2024

Group Burns Portland Police Vehicles Over Pro-Palestinian Protests

The group posted their claims on social media, saying they cut through a fence at the training facility and set 10 fires, which spread to 15 police cars.

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News•April 19, 2024

North Carolina Highway Patrol Adds Mustangs to Patrol Fleet

The agency said on Facebook that fielding the 25 new muscle cars continues a legacy of the Tarheel State’s troopers using Mustangs in the 1980s and early 1990s.

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News•by Christy Grimes•February 26, 2024

Deadline Extended for Police Fleet Innovators Award Applications

The Police Fleet Innovators Award is for fleet operations teams that have come up with innovative solutions to common problems in law enforcement fleets.

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News•February 12, 2024

Order Banks Now Open for the 2025 Ford Police Interceptor Utility

The 2025 Ford Police Interceptor Utility is offered with three different engine options.

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News•December 13, 2023

LASD Still Driving Hundreds of Crown Victorias

The department made a last-minute order of 600 cars in 2011, the final year of the Crown Vic’s production, as accountants reckoned it'd save money in the long run.

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News•December 4, 2023

Ohio Agency Acquires Special Vehicle for Water, Ice, and Mud

“One nice thing about it is we can drive it across the ice. If there’s an ice floe, we can fall through and then drive back up on the ice and rescue people,” Sheriff Stephen Levorchick said.

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News•November 3, 2023

Ford Adds More Standard Features to 2024 F-150 Police Responder

Ford has added more standard features to the F-150 Police Responder, including a perimeter alert system that monitors the exterior of the vehicle for motion and potential threats to officers.

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