Awesome National Park Service Slicktop PI Sedan
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TritonBoulder47
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TritonBoulder47
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Hoff
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Hoff said:
The video belongs to Tackleberry so somewhere in the NE (Mass. or a park in Maine) as a guess.
pdk9
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I honestly can't complain about anything...big, solid color grill lights, plenty of intersection & rear warning, & no split crap.
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HILO
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You want to know what makes this NPS vehicle truely "Awesome"? ...It is the first NPS LE vehicle to have POLICE on it. I won't even get into the Sh*t Strom this has caused among the "Traditionalist Senior Leadership". They think the word POLICE is a negative term, and we do so much more then "Police" and we should be proud of being a "Park Ranger".
This is coming from an agency who, for a number of years, restricted LE Rangers to carrying their LE Badge as a credential badge only. Not to be worn on the uniform because it "presented too much authority".
Yes, it's my vehicle and thank you. I work in the downtown city streets of Lowell, MA.
This is coming from an agency who, for a number of years, restricted LE Rangers to carrying their LE Badge as a credential badge only. Not to be worn on the uniform because it "presented too much authority".
Yes, it's my vehicle and thank you. I work in the downtown city streets of Lowell, MA.
HILO said:
The rear originally only had the lower ILS, but it's useless from a distance due to the angle of the trunk and vehicle. So higher warning was needed.
TACKLEBERRY said:
Outstanding vehicle, but more importantly, it's outstanding the progress your agency is making.
JohnMarcson
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It's just an over all clean but well lit setup. No split fail, no blobs of purple, no disco patterns.
GPC
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I like it but, except for the two grill lights. They just look kind of funky for to me for some reason. Maybe colored lenses would help them?
Mattdecker
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Nice car. Wish I could have gotten a video of some of the LE vehicles at Mammoth Cave when I worked there.
They had 1 unmarked Impala for the supervisor, 2 CV's which one was slicktop, 3 Tahoes 1 marked and to unmarked, and 1 F-350. All of them were sharp and ha excellent lighting.
They had 1 unmarked Impala for the supervisor, 2 CV's which one was slicktop, 3 Tahoes 1 marked and to unmarked, and 1 F-350. All of them were sharp and ha excellent lighting.
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I noticed that it said police as was like WTF. I've never seen that before. That's a huge problem I think with NPS everyone comes from the interp side of the system. Rarely do you get someone from protection whether its police or ems. they don't know what we do. Your lucky we have 2 LE rangers, and they are held over from before Park Police took over.TACKLEBERRY said:
11b101abn
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"POLICE" is likely more for the public than the employee, in my view. The average citizen doesn't understand or differentiate "Ranger" or "Police". They just want a cop when they want a cop.
Love, love love the lights. Not a huge fan of the pattern on the rear ILS, although the upper rear lights beg for a single flash pattern and to be used as stand alone flashers.
Love, love love the lights. Not a huge fan of the pattern on the rear ILS, although the upper rear lights beg for a single flash pattern and to be used as stand alone flashers.
11b101abn said:
In my experience, and others in this thread may very well have a different view/experience on it, but this is generally how the public thinks:
"Police":
"Ranger":
Sometimes when there exists a strong perception, wording can make a huge difference, even if to us the distinction is pointless.
acala91 said:
I agree with everyone...awesome installation; but being a National Park vehicle, why are the lights all blue? I'd think that being a federal unit it would have some red....somewhere.
Skip Goulet said:
You follow the state's guidelines/laws/regulations which you're primarily patrolling in. Unlike say a DOD installation where people know they've crossed onto federal lands National Parks aren't clearly defined. Most vehicular traffic isn't even visitors; it's just people commuting A to B.