Each year, law enforcement agencies in Michigan and Southern California evaluate new pursuit-rated police vehicles from the upcoming model year. This year, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department tested 21 sedans, SUVs, and motorcycles from the 2014 model year. Read the full story here . Photos by Paul Clinton.
LASD 2014 Model Year Vehicle Testing
The Victory Commander 1 heads out of an S curve at the back of the road course.
Victory Motorcycles produces a stealth version of its Commander that wasn't tested.
A Chevrolet Caprice heads onto the road course for 32 laps of testing.
Ford personnel ready a Police Interceptor sedan for testing.
A schedule taped to a sheriff's vehicle shows the order of vehicles tested.
A Dodge Charger Pursuit races toward the finish line.
A Dodge Charger Pursuit and Chevrolet Caprice finish their test laps at the same time.
Evaluators tested this lineup of police motorcycles.
A female LAPD vehicle evaluator gets behind the wheel of the AWD V-8 Dodge Charger Pursuit.
An all-electric Zero DS arrived for display and wasn't tested.
This Moto Guzzi arrived for display and wasn't tested.
An LASD deputy rolls the Ford P.I. Utility EcoBoost toward the road course for testing.
A pit crew swarms a Ford P.I. sedan following its 32 laps.
Vehicles are lined up for testing in Fontana, Calif.
The Honda ST1300 accelerates into a straightaway.
Another Ford P.I. sedan is readied for testing.
A Ford P.I. Utility gets a backdrop of California's Foothill Mountains.