Thread: 2011 Ford Crown Vic Police Package POV

This POV I built is owned by an Alaskan City reserve police officer NOT A COMMISSIONED Police Officer. This is Privately owned and does not/ and cannot have Red/Blue lights on it.
Please do not swamp my thread informing me of the color of my clients lights.


The vehicle has the following installed:

Starting from front to rear-

-Pair Light Force Striker "Moose Lights"
-Pair Whelen TIR3 Amber LED Signal Alert pattern Bumper mounted (also used as secondary turn signal)
-Setina Pushbumper
-Opticom 3M Coded/Secure Traffic Pre-Emption power supply with Whelen Single Dashmiser Strobe with IR Lens mounted behind grille
-Federal Signal Rumbler systemIMAG0128.jpgIMAG0132.jpgIMAG0134.jpgIMAG0135.jpgIMAG0139.jpgIMAG0140.jpgIMAG0156.jpgIMAG0165.jpgIMAG0172.jpgIMAG0173.jpg
-Sound-Off High Beam Flasher Unit
-1 EA Whelen SA314 100Watt Siren Speaker
-Pair Whelen Clear Hide-a-way Strobes permanent mounted in Corner parking lights with heavy gauge marine wire & connectors
-Set of Heavy Duty Rubber Mud/Splash Guards in wheel wells
-Pair of Sound-Off Interesctor Amber LED's mounted under mirrors (also used as a secondary turn signal)
-Pair of Whelen Mirror Beam Strobe 500 Series Clear/Clear
-Whelen Inner Edge Lightbar 8 Amber LED & 2 Clear Take Downs
-Eyewitness Police video dash cam & overhead control w/LCD monitor and wireless microphone
-1 EA NMO mounted 3/8 Wave VHF 110 Watt Antenna
-Whelen 8 LED Traffic Advisor (each outter-most LED is also a secondary turn signal)
-Whelen deck mounted 500 Series Strobes Red/Red using a Whelen Talon housing around 3rd taillight
-1 EA Antennex VHF 50 Watt low profile antennas one for Motorola XTS5000 convertacom
-1 EA Antennex UHF 50 Watt low prfile antenna
-1 EA Trimble GPS antenna
-1 EA Antennex Low Profile 3G Wi-Fi Antenna
-1 EA Antennex Low Profile 802.1 WLAN Antenna
-Sound-Off Bask Flash unit
-Pair Whelen Hide-A-Way strobes mounted in tail lights Red/Red

Troy Console CC-MC-25 has the following:
Master Switch
Barrel Key Switch (to disable all non-factory installed equiptment functions)
Motorola DEK siren/PA controls
Motorola Astro W9 control/display head
2 EA Motorola AUX Switchboxes
Whelen Traffic Advisor controller TACLTD1
Whelen DIP8 LED Diagnostic Strobe Indicator Panel
Troy AC-INTHBH-G beverage holder with rubber grommets
Troy FP-TICK 3" Open Stroage Box
Motorola Speaker
Troy AC-ARM MNT 5"x10" Leather Arm rest adjustable

Dash has Havis C-MCB-CV Dual Mic Clip
Console has a side mounted Motorola XTVA (convertacom) for a VHF XTS5000
Motorola MW-800 Touchscreen Computer with DVD-RW, GPS, Wi-Fi, and AT&T 3G Internet Data Air Card w/ external Antennas

Siren/PA & Airhorn is driven by a Motorola Systems 9000 110Watt Siren/PA Amp controlled from the radio control head and also has an electric airhorn with Rumbler feature activation when steering wheel horn ring is depressed.

Trunk has Havis Full width tray that slides out

Whelen ISP188 8 Outlet 180 Watt Strobe Power supply

Seems odd for a police officer to have all amber/clear lights with a Rumbler siren system...does it not?

Originally Posted by ISU_Cyclone

Seems odd for a police officer to have all amber/clear lights with a Rumbler siren system...does it not?

Reserve Officers are not commissioned and cannot have red/blue lights on their POV's. Rumbler is with use of the airhorn to supplement the audible speaker.
Last thing one needs, is to be impersonating a LEO and can lead to bad repercussions. So, sticking to using amber and clear lights is highly desirable.

Originally Posted by Alaska Limousine

Reserve Officers are not commissioned and cannot have red/blue lights on their POV's. Rumbler is with use of the airhorn to supplement the audible speaker.
Last thing one needs, is to be impersonating a LEO and can lead to bad repercussions. So, sticking to using amber and clear lights is highly desirable.

Good looking install!

Thats a sharp car and install!

Is a reserve officer the same as a Village Public Safety Officer (VPSO)?

Seems like a tremendous amount of money spent on what is essentially a part time hobby. Looks good though, the real police will be jealous.

Originally Posted by Alaska Limousine

Last thing one needs, is to be impersonating a LEO and can lead to bad repercussions. So, sticking to using amber and clear lights is highly desirable.

What ?
I'm not too fond of the constant bashing about any guy who can't positively justify he's allowed a red bulb, but that statement strikes me as very odd... This is a current police car model black in color, that looks, smells, roars like a cop CVPI, and you preach caution about NOT being misconstrued for a real cop ?

When it's not lit up, it still screams "I'm the Lawman" !!! A very interesting rationalization you came up with !! (or your customer did)

Having said that, it's a really well done project, clean and professional.

Definitely not something you see everyday for setups. Very nice and clean looking install. I like the mix of strobe and LED. Curious why the use of strobes on the rear deck tho...seems that LED would have punched through the window tint better. Either way looks good. Great work.

Looks good.

the install looks good..

Someone has a lot of money to play with..Im guessing its your car since it looks identical to the older car you have posted as your POV here

Alaska Limousine's ShowCase :: Alaska Limousine -My POV for National Guard Military TDY trips

why would a reserve officer need an eyewitness camera and traffic preemption?


"Opticom 3M Coded/Secure Traffic Pre-Emption power supply with Whelen Single Dashmiser Strobe with IR Lens mounted behind grille"

AS 11.56.825. Unlawful Possession or Use of Traffic Preemption Device.

(a) A person commits the crime of unlawful possession or use of a traffic preemption device if the person possesses or uses a traffic preemption device and that person is not, at the time of the possession or use, operating an emergency vehicle.


(b) This section does not apply to


(1) an employee of the state or a municipality who, at the time of the possession or use of a traffic preemption device, is authorized to install, repair, or maintain traffic preemption devices and only uses a device in the process of installing, repairing, and maintaining the devices; or


(2) a person operating a motor vehicle involved in highway maintenance or public transit that has been authorized by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities or by the municipal assembly or council, as appropriate, to possess or use a traffic preemption device.


(c) In this section,


(1) "emergency vehicle" means a police, fire, or emergency medical service vehicle that only uses a traffic preemption device when responding to a fire or other emergency or when transporting a patient to a hospital or clinic or for transfer to another emergency vehicle;


(2) "traffic preemption device" means a system that uses infrared light or other technology on a motor vehicle to transmit a signal to a receiver connected to a traffic light or other traffic control device for the purpose of giving the vehicle transmitting the signal the right-of-way by changing the traffic light or control device.


(d) Unlawful possession or use of a traffic preemption device is a class A misdemeanor.

So the Rumbler is just to honk at people? The pre-emption is for.....? The MDC and eyewitness camera are to do what?

Besides everything logistically that makes no sense, the car looks awesome and you did a great job on the installation.

It looks like a good, solid installation. I just can't, for the life of me, understand why someone who can't run lights/sirens would have a need for... well, lights and sirens.

And a police car...

I can promise you that, as a recenty retired National Guard Warrant Officer and G-section branch chief, absolutely nothing about being in the National Guard warrants, requires, authorizes, dictates, necessitates, or in any way permits you to possess or use any of that equipment. I am certain your Adjutant and the Alaska IG will be interested in your postings. So, keep digging that hole a little deeper...

Not to mention it looks identical to an Alaska State Trooper ummarked.. hmmmm?

I see this thread magically disappearing in the near future.

Also... The plate is an exempt plate...?

Charitable Exempt Plates

What model are those Light Force Striker lights? I did a google search and found different models.

this is a sweet looking vic

Originally Posted by Respondcode3

Also... The plate is an exempt plate...?

Charitable Exempt Plates

I'm pretty sure it's a standard plate, I see nothing that says Exempt, and it looks the same as the standard plate on the DMVs website:
https://online.dmv.alaska.gov/dos/Pe...onalizedPlate/

OK, everything aside, wtf is the antenna on a post for, and what does it do? Links, details, etc? (old car image)

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Originally Posted by timlinson

I'm pretty sure it's a standard plate, I see nothing that says Exempt, and it looks the same as the standard plate on the DMVs website:
https://online.dmv.alaska.gov/dos/Pe...onalizedPlate/

Well his plate does say excempt on it at the bottom.....

Originally Posted by timlinson

I'm pretty sure it's a standard plate, I see nothing that says Exempt, and it looks the same as the standard plate on the DMVs website:
https://online.dmv.alaska.gov/dos/Pe...onalizedPlate/

read the fine print at the bottom....

Are the moose lights bright? Where can I find them?

Good install, like it. But i have to agree with above posts, why all the lights in amber/clear, siren, complete radio system, MDT, camera system, all the radio antennas, oh and a CVPI for a reserve officer who really has no powers nor needs to have all that.

Just a few observations:

1) The plate on the front of the car is not the same plate that is on the car in the video. The plate in the video does not appear to have "exempt" on it. Therefore I would state that the plate in the pictures is a phony.

2) After spending about 30 minutes digging around on the internet I discovered a couple of things. Out of respect I will not reveal any names yet, but it is not hard to find. This guy is a local Alaskan ham radio operator, member of the Alaskan Live Steamers Groups, and the licensee for a tower site that I am assuming is used for model railroading since it has RR frequencies licensed to it.

3) Someone who I am assuming is this guys mother is on the city council in the town he lives in. Whether it is his mom, or some other relative it may be giving this guy a false sense of security about getting away with looking like a cop.

4) In Tennessee (and I know everywhere is different) even reserve officers have to have a commission from their department in order to have law enforcement powers. At my department all employees carry, as part of their department ID, commission cards from our chief of police stating that we are commissioned officers with the Blah Blah Police Department. When I look at the vehicle showcase, and taken into account all the other info I have found online with the help of google I think what we have here is a non-reserve, non-commissioned WHACKER!

THE PLOT THICKENS!!! As I was digging and doing some more research I confirmed that this guys mother is on the city council in the town he resides in. His mother also has owned and operated a SIGN shop for 29 years, which is where the pictures of this Crown Vic were taken.

we should move this into the whacker thread then, hahaha.

According to this guys facebook he majored in Criminal Justice and is a volunteer firefighter in the town where he lives.

Also he is in the Guard and has been to Iraq. Sooooooooooooooooooo that being said...

I hate to bust someones balls that has or is currently serving, just fess up and admit this is your crown vic and that you like lights. I mean at least yours are amber.