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Vehicle Ops

The New Recruits: In-Service Cop Cars

Agencies with fleet-replacement budgets have begun selecting the Chevrolet Caprice PPV, Dodge Charger Pursuit, Ford Police Interceptor sedan, and Ford P.I. Utility to patrol their jurisdictions. And the first wave of new-era patrol cars—with agency badging, logos, and color schemes—have reached the streets.

August 5, 2012

Vehicle Ops

In-Service Cop Cars: Dodge Charger Pursuit

In the the race to replace the Ford Crown Vic on patrol, the Dodge Charger Pursuit arguably had a leg up on the competition, because Chrysler introduced it in 2006 and has worked out some of the initial kinks in the transition from a retail to police vehicle. Agencies who buy Chargers enthuse about the muscular V-8 HEMI and aggresive styling. View our gallery of in-service Chargers, and then read "The New Recruits: In-Service Cop Cars" for detailed stories of agencies using them. Photos provided by the respective agencies unless otherwise noted.

July 30, 2012

Vehicle Ops

Ohio City To Install GPS Trackers on Cruisers

The Columbus, Ohio, City Council approved funding to equip its city fleet with GPS trackers that, if installed on police cruisers, would monitor officers for speeding, traveling to unauthorized locations, and idling.

July 11, 2012

Patrol

Ohio Cop Saves Woman From Burning Home

A Middletown (Ohio) Police officer is being hailed as a hero for saving the life of a former high school classmate, whose house caught fire.

July 11, 2012

Weapons

Cleveland PD Picks Stag Arms Model 2 Rifle

The Cleveland Division of Police has chosen a custom-configured Stag Arms Model 2 rifle as the official rifle of the department. The rifles are being delivered this week.

June 20, 2012

Patrol

Ohio Agency May Swap Police Job for Chemist

The Newark (Ohio) Police Department's chief has proposed hiring a chemist to test drugs confiscated by the agency instead of hiring a police officer to fill an open sworn position.

June 17, 2012

Training

Ohio Highway Patrol To Grow Force By 17%

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is hoping to find 180 qualified cadets to fill two upcoming training academy classes, a significant recruiting surge that signals new stability for the patrol’s once-fluctuating budget.

May 30, 2012

Patrol

Video: Wrestler Gets 3 Years for Assaulting Deputy

A former standout wrestler who attacked a Greene County (Ohio) Sheriff's deputy pleaded guilty to attempted felonious assault and was sentenced to three years

May 24, 2012

Patrol

Ohio Court OKs Keeping Names of Officers Secret

When a Columbus police officer’s fatal shooting of a suspect inflamed passions in a South Side neighborhood last year, city authorities refused to identify the officer to protect him from "credible threats."

May 10, 2012

Vehicle Ops

Ohio Deputy Shoots, Kills Armed Suspect After Cruiser Theft

A Morrow County (Ohio) Sheriff's deputy fatally shot a man who approached him armed with the patrol rifle he stole from another agency's cruiser.

May 7, 2012

Patrol

Ohio Deputy Fired for Making Inmates Dance

An Ohio sheriff's deputy has been fired for making inmates dance if they wanted to use the jail microwave. Summit County (Ohio) Sheriff's Deputy Dominic Martucci, 35, was fired for violating departmental policies.

May 3, 2012

Patrol

Ohio Officer Shot Outside Bar

A man with a gun outside a bar in Dayton, Ohio, touched off a brief foot chase that ended early Saturday morning with the shooting of the 21-year-old suspect and a Dayton undercover detective.

April 15, 2012