Thread: Texas Highway Patrol HLF

Was wondering if anyone knows who makes the HLF in the Texas Highway Patrol cars. State's using Whelen Liberty's and Freedoms now, but the HLF has been the same since they were using Tomar rotators.

They like to use the Random HLFs that flash all the diffrent patterns double single slow fast double single slow fast.... etc i dont really know which ones they use by name though.

HLF's are pretty random. Also, keep in mind that different reigions have been known to run different lights. I've never seen tomar lights up here in DFW, nor did I ever see an Edge bar, but know they used them out west.

Most recently, like in the past 5 years, I know DPS has bought Whelen, Fed Sig, and Code 3 bars. Each are also offered on the State contract for agencies that purchase off that. I did a series of cars for an agency that bought off the state contract and had Liberties and DPS Freedoms. The HLF was factory Dodge.

Dodge factory is actually programmed into the BCM its not an external flasher..

Not sure the exact model, but the Sound Off Select-a-Pattern HLF has the pattern that they use.

Texas DPS contract is Sound Off "Q-Switch" and an exclusive model just for TXDPS "ETQSSSTX" 3 Pattern with MN Star Harness. They have been using them since 2000 and current. I have a pallet of about 1500+ of these,exclusively from them. If any one wants to buy them,let me know.

Originally Posted by medicop88

Was wondering if anyone knows who makes the HLF in the Texas Highway Patrol cars. State's using Whelen Liberty's and Freedoms now, but the HLF has been the same since they were using Tomar rotators.

Uh.

Originally Posted by medicop88

the HLF has been the same since they were using Tomar rotators.

Hmm.

Originally Posted by medicop88

Tomar rotators.

You sure about that?

Buy the flasher from Hector, great guy to deal with.

To echo what nerdy_dood is trying to illustrate, the Texas DPS has never used a Tomar anything on their cars. I'm not going to go as far back as I can, but the Texas DPS primarily used a combination of speaker MX7000's and all-light MX7000's all the way up to the LED change. They also used some JetSonics, since I have a Texas DPS JetSonic in my collection, but that came off of a Driver License Lumina, not a Highway Patrol Crown Victoria.

Before that, the Texas DPS used clear LP6000's as well, but there wasn't any Tomar lights on DPS cars.

Originally Posted by dg0223

To echo what nerdy_dood is trying to illustrate, the Texas DPS has never used a Tomar anything on their cars. I'm not going to go as far back as I can, but the Texas DPS primarily used a combination of speaker MX7000's and all-light MX7000's all the way up to the LED change. They also used some JetSonics, since I have a Texas DPS JetSonic in my collection, but that came off of a Driver License Lumina, not a Highway Patrol Crown Victoria.

Before that, the Texas DPS used clear LP6000's as well, but there wasn't any Tomar lights on DPS cars.

Plus I'm pretty certain that TOMAR has never made any rotating lights, which was the main point of the post.

Originally Posted by dg0223

To echo what nerdy_dood is trying to illustrate, the Texas DPS has never used a Tomar anything on their cars. I'm not going to go as far back as I can, but the Texas DPS primarily used a combination of speaker MX7000's and all-light MX7000's all the way up to the LED change. They also used some JetSonics, since I have a Texas DPS JetSonic in my collection, but that came off of a Driver License Lumina, not a Highway Patrol Crown Victoria.

Before that, the Texas DPS used clear LP6000's as well, but there wasn't any Tomar lights on DPS cars.

Somebody told me they were Tomar at one point. Thinking back however, I do remember the bars looking a lot like the Code 3s. I do know that they were (and some still are) using Motorola Spectras for the siren function. Anyone know what they are using now?

Originally Posted by medicop88

Somebody told me they were Tomar at one point. Thinking back however, I do remember the bars looking a lot like the Code 3s. I do know that they were (and some still are) using Motorola Spectras for the siren function. Anyone know what they are using now?

Prob still using the Spectra. Ga State Patrol was still using them until very very recently, when they switched from Whelen to Code 3 products and started using mastercoms. Previously, it was Spectra's with a Whelen control box with a pursuit switch.