Thread: Cool, interesting, odd etc Police vehicles--locked due to new section

Several things I like about this: First, the trunk lid offers a large amount of open space where graphics can be visible from the rear, unlike the CVPI. Second, I like the blue and white paint job with simple graphics, and third, I like the unusual lightbar setup. Found here.

I like the car, minus the dumb floor shifter

Originally Posted by FireEMSPolice

I like the car, minus the dumb floor shifter

+1

That's different! Nice! I like it!

Found another Caprice. Somehow they apparently managed to get ahold of a bunch of Whelen Patriots, but then they made the corners clear to the back. It's fine to the front, but in back it's most definitely not fine.

Originally Posted by nerdly_dood

Found another Caprice. Somehow they apparently managed to get ahold of a bunch of Whelen Patriots, but then they made the corners clear to the back. It's fine to the front, but in back it's most definitely not fine.

Alot of Departments have clear corners to the rear. Also almost all major police departments in Texas have strobes still, just tradition I guess. Also a lot of police have Opticoms like the ones you see there...

Originally Posted by lafd55

Alot of Departments have clear corners to the rear. Also almost all major police departments in Texas have strobes still, just tradition I guess. Also a lot of police have Opticoms like the ones you see there...

I actually prefer strobes over LEDs, but only if they're reliable, which I've heard the Patriot is not. As I understand it, the Patriot hasn't been available for a few years now, which is why I find it curious that they're using them on such a new car as the Caprice, and looking at their other cars, it doesn't look like they're recycling old bars.

Originally Posted by nerdly_dood

...the trunk lid offers a large amount of open space where graphics can be visible from the rear, unlike the CVPI.

They removed the Chevrolet badge which sits in the middle of the trunk lid on other Caprice PPVs. That may be why it appears to have so much room.

It's an interesting color combination and it looks good. Generally when police cars are a non-white color with white front and rear doors and a white roof I think it looks better to have the area from the A to the C pillars white as well.

Pretty low-budget job: a strobe Premier Hazard Maxim and cheap graphics on a Lumina. From here.

Originally Posted by Station 3

OMG im in love with this car

Thats my car! lol.. glad you like it!

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Budge Cuts Anyone?

But seriously, this police car is part of the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement division... a 1994 Chevrolet Caprice Wagon.

Originally Posted by nerdly_dood

Pretty low-budget job: a strobe Premier Hazard Maxim and cheap graphics on a Lumina. From here.

I wouldn't pull over for that...

Originally Posted by nerdly_dood

Found another Caprice. Somehow they apparently managed to get ahold of a bunch of Whelen Patriots, but then they made the corners clear to the back. It's fine to the front, but in back it's most definitely not fine.

If you're referring to the linked photos of the Hannibal Police cruisers, those are NOT Capriice PPV's. Those are Impala PPV's.

Originally Posted by Sarge619

If you're referring to the linked photos of the Hannibal Police cruisers, those are NOT Capriice PPV's. Those are Impala PPV's.

The page I linked was actually the "police car of the week" - that was a couple weeks ago. The cars in the top section of this page were the "police car of the week" at the time, and they hadn't yet been added to the page specifically for Kent. Next week, that page might have a Charger on it, or maybe an F150.

City of Pacifica - Operation `59

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This is an active Traffic Unit Cruiser.

It is given to a Traffic Unit member (Patrolman) on a one month basis in the nicer weather.

A 17-C on the '59.

Originally Posted by dmathieu

A 17-C on the '59.

Maybe. It's hard to tell for sure, but it looks to me like there are more than two bulbs under the dome and the PAR-46 might be mounted to the roof. Really need a closer shot to be sure.

Originally Posted by IshyFlynn

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Budge Cuts Anyone?

But seriously, this police car is part of the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement division... a 1994 Chevrolet Caprice Wagon.



I wouldn't pull over for that...

those caprice's are fast i used to own one the will easily do 160+ with the 5.7

Originally Posted by mredd007

those caprice's are fast i used to own one the will easily do 160+ with the 5.7

Well the Police Caprice did have the same engine as the Corvette... That with posi-trac is what almost every cop loved.

Originally Posted by nerdly_dood

The page I linked was actually the "police car of the week" - that was a couple weeks ago. The cars in the top section of this page were the "police car of the week" at the time, and they hadn't yet been added to the page specifically for Kent. Next week, that page might have a Charger on it, or maybe an F150.

Gotcha! Forgot they change that page regularly... my bad.

Now THOSE are Caprice PPVs and some damn mean looking ones at that!!

One of our local PD's used to use the Caprice wagons instead of SUV's for some of the special units like Dive team and K-9. They would hold just as much gear as the Broncos that were also being used at the time, but were more practical for patrol use also (better gas mileage, faster, better handling)...

I LOVE Avon, Colorado Police Department's trucks. All they have are SUVs.









All were shot by me today, thanks to this very weird winter...

Weird Paint Scheme... Westchester County Police...

Honda Pilot Patrol vehicle. Winhall, VT

CUNY Public Safety K-9

Gotta love a nice red cop car.

From here. I've always loved Ridley's cars because they're just so damn weird.

Originally Posted by nerdly_dood

Gotta love a nice red cop car.

From here. I've always loved Ridley's cars because they're just so damn weird.

I always wondered why they chose red as their color. Firefighter wanna be's?...lol..either way, I love it!

Originally Posted by firedude

CUNY Public Safety K-9

They had better be careful. I could see a prankster changing the Y to a T!

Originally Posted by crescentstar69

They had better be careful. I could see a prankster changing the Y to a T!

Why do that when all of our brains did it automatically when we read it. Oh jeezzze... the bitch soccer moms got a police dept.

Originally Posted by nerdly_dood

Gotta love a nice red cop car.

From here. I've always loved Ridley's cars because they're just so damn weird.

Philly use to have Red cars years back, and I believe Ridley use to buy in with philly for the price discount. As the years progressed, Ridley never wanted to change there color scheme due to tradition. Philly use to buy there cars red, so if they need cars for the fire department or police department, they could interchange them as needed.