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Vehicle Ops
How To Use Police Vehicle Tests
POLICE
Agencies rely on the Michigan and California evaluations as a starting point for selecting new patrol vehicles.
December 11, 2012
Vehicle Ops
2013 Police Vehicle Testing
Evaluators in Michigan and Southern California have completed their testing of the 2013 model-year patrol cars, SUVs, and motorcycles. View these photos from the test sites that show the vehicles in action. Read "How to Use Police Vehicle Tests"Â for the full story.
November 1, 2012
Vehicle Ops
How to Use Police Vehicle Tests
The agencies that test new model-year, pursuit-rated vehicles offer complementary evaluations and differing methodologies that give them equal weight among vehicle purchasers.
October 31, 2012
Vehicles
2013 Vehicle Tests: Michigan Vs. California
The Michigan State Police and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department provided Police Magazine with preliminary results from the vehicle tests conducted in September and October of pursuit-rated patrol vehicles for the 2013 model year.
October 31, 2012
Vehicles
Michigan State Police Release 2013 Motorcycle Test Results
The police agency tested four models, including the BMW R1200-RTP, the Harley Davidson Road King (FLHP), the Harley Davidson Electra Glide (FLHTP), and the Victory Commander I.
October 23, 2012
Vehicles
BMW's M5 Patrol Car
BMW has been showing off a concept police version of its M5 sedan. The latest generation of M5, which was introduced in November 2011, arrives with a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V-8.
September 27, 2012
Vehicles
Michigan State Police To Test 2013 Patrol Vehicles
The Michigan State Police will test 19 law enforcement vehicles later this month slated for release by automotive and motorcycle manufacturers for the 2013 model year.
September 2, 2012
Vehicle Ops
2012 Michigan Vehicle Tests: Motorcycles
Michigan State Police tested new cruisers from Victory Motorcycles—the Commander I and Vision—among the six police motorcycles to be offered in the 2012 model year.
November 10, 2011
Vehicles
Troopers Test New Police Motorcycles In Michigan
This year, the Michigan State Police tested new offerings from Victory Motorcycles—the Commander I and Vision cruisers—among the six police motorcycles to be offered in the 2012 model year. The state police also tested BMW's R1200-RTP, Harley-Davidson's Road King, and H-D's Electra Glide.
October 3, 2011
Vehicles
Beyond the Crown Vic: MSP Tests 19 Vehicles for 2012
For the first time in two decades, Ford's mainstay Crown Vic Police Interceptor will be absent from the track, when the Michigan State Police commence their annual test of law enforcement vehicles in September.
August 11, 2011
Vehicles
BMW Considers Sport Bike for Police Market
BMW plans to field-test a sport bike now being used by police agencies in Europe as an off-road option for American law enforcement. BMW is currently selling a civilian version of its F800-GS in the United States, and could easily convert it for police use, the company's law enforcement manager tells POLICE Magazine.
June 29, 2011
Vehicles
Rating the 2011 Police Motorcycles
Emergency vehicle operators with the drivers' training divisions of the LASD and LAPD evaluated the Honda ST1300, Kawasaki Concourse 14, BMW R1200 RT-P, Harley-Davidson Electra Glide and Harley-Davidson Road King. The testing regimen includes a 32-lap high-speed course, vehicle dynamics pursuit evaluation, hard-braking test, and ergonomic review.
May 18, 2011
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