Have seen a few more - Blue (dark metalic) 2016-2019, Maroon 2020, Black 2015, and Gold 2016-2019....The gold one was actually sitting on the post road in Darien, and had two ion surface mounts mounted to the rear hatch door about 4 inches above the bottom ( never seen that on any CSP cars) and wouldn't have realized it was in fact CSP if it didn't have a UTZ plate. There's also been the plates that are like AW0AA2 or somethng like that, but still recognizable - it's the AM #### and the BA #### ones that are 2014/15 models or 2016-2019's that really are sneaky once the sun goes down and you can't see the dark tints & silhouettes of lights in the windows (and the plate lights, but those are hard to see until last minute).
Connecticut State police lighting
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Anyone know why the PIU's all seem to have different CRUISE lights/? What I mean is: some will have just the outter half of each side of the FST and or RST lit up, some have the whole thing, some have the RST in R/B and others have the R/A/B...Some have the Amber STATE POLICE lit up, while others are just in RB. Just the other night I actually came across two 2020PIU's doing a traffic stop that had the AMBER flashing with the R/B on the FST's rather than the usual white (That was definitely a first). Does that mean that the FST's are TRI-COLOR? Seems like a waste just to be able to have two extra Amber lights per side.
this is an example - see it's different from the first picture at the start of this thread- no amber. 
I have seen variations as well. Along with every light head on the vehicle in cruise mode.
I do not have solid knowledge on these but my guess is that it’s all in the programming. I guessed that the cruise button in their controller is multi-level. Press it once and you get front corner modules in cruise, second press puts front and rear corner modules in cruise, third press is the center “state police” in the front in cruise, fourth is front and rear center SP in cruise, etc.
State lease. DAS = Department of Administrative Services. DAS leases cars for the state and assigns them to wherever.
Most documentation I've seen have, however some I saw a photo of a '68 Ford with a visibar in the double red twin beacon ray set up along with the siren speaker were used but I appeared to have been more rare.
All state police cars have flashing white rear..??? Are you saying they are all illegal?
A question I have is how did they set the lightbar up to be removed when off duty? I have been trying to find some pictures on how theirs is setup cause I’m thinking on doing the same for my Charger for days when i may want the bar and when traveling I can remove it
I am not sure of the brand.
They used several over the years.
Large square connector from the 80’s or earlier.
Edge bars and *maybe* the very early liberties used more of a rectangle connector.
The last generation of liberty and legacy bars used a round connector.
I tried searching for images as reference but none came up in my searches.
They used several over the years.
Large square connector from the 80’s or earlier.
Edge bars and *maybe* the very early liberties used more of a rectangle connector.
The last generation of liberty and legacy bars used a round connector.
I tried searching for images as reference but none came up in my searches.
Yeah. I was told that the State Patrol here in Washington has used those for years so they can easily remove their bars.
As I said, I don't know if CT used those, but if you're just looking for a removable option then those would definitely do that.
As I said, I don't know if CT used those, but if you're just looking for a removable option then those would definitely do that.
Guys, look 2 posts up and click the link. I'll bet that Whelen supplied plug is your answer for CT.
Yeah I looked at that earlier, the ones they use now is a circular one and a housing that looks like a shark fin.
Not sure if this is what they use, but here’s a Code 3 version.
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Yeah I have seen that one too, this is what they used on the CT cars and is was by Whelen. Buddy sent me a picture of one last night.
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Fun fact, for that Code 3 quick connect they want $329.02 for that thing. Just got pricing on it the other day.
Im not old enough for 50s/60s But in the 70s They were all blue with red or yellow signs when we had to fight them because that's what us volunteer fire fighters used
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Do you remember how rare it was to spot one of these Mickey Mouse/Rookie Racks with a red lens over the PAR46? Or when they would turn the cruise light on inside the middle light?
There were some with red lens on one of the Par46s. I don't think there were many, and I don't know the reason why it was done.
As far as I know currently every emergency law enforcement agency in CT uses Whelen lighting products. I guess Whelen has a tradition in CT for emergency lighting, however in many cases other lightbar manufacturers were in use but mainly in the past. For municipal law enforcement agencies prior to 1970 Federal Signal products were most common. In the 70s when lightbars became commonly used Whelen Crossbars and 6000, and 8000 series bars were in use often but Twinsonics and Visibars were the most widely used. It wasn't until the late 80s that Whelen had annihilated the market. It was the Edge series bars that became the standard but rare cases in witch Federal, and a couple others would be seen. The last time I saw any lightbar on a police vehicle that wasn't a Whelen product was in the late 2000s when I saw a strobe Federal Vista being used. In the 70s and 80s Whelen was relatively common along with Signal Stat and Yankee, but Twinsonics ruled. At least half of the agencies moved from Twinsonics to 8000s and often even Edges.
Examples:
Our Capitol Hartford used Twinsonics in the 70s.
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As you can see by the early 90s. http://www.policecarwebsite.net/fc/copcarpics/newhav5.jpg.
Other examples. http://www.policecarwebsite.net/fc/copcarpics/nwalk27.jpg,
West Hartford used candy cane Aerodynics in the 80s through early 90s.
I know that Haddam used Blue Aerodynics in the 80s on their Caprices I saw footage of it from a few news clips achieved from the 1989 Tornado. The Strobe Vista I mentioned was from Meriden.
Do you mean Whelen has a virtual monopoly since the late 80s due to their bidding process, particular due to them being located locally?
Connecticut's nickname is Corrupticut for a reason. Bid rigging is just one of those reasons. There are many instances of this in all areas of the state government. I've even witnessed it get down to product XYZ must weigh 1234 grams and the supplier MUST be exactly 7.2 miles from location Bravo. Now they build into the bids certain functionality, dimensions, and location that only one company can supply.
They built a 9-mile long, billion-dollar busway a few years back and the big players in the state (Tilcon, Manafort, and O & G) thought they had it in the bag...were not even concerned...and flipped out when an out-of-state contractor lowballed the ENTIRE bid...and the state couldn't disqualify them. This happened with the SP cars in the 80's and 90's...a company in RI managed to lowball the upfitting...
Stupidest waste of money in my opinion…. But that’s not for this thread.
Huh... My cousin was issued a maroon Crown Vic (late eighties, last of the boxy style), and he was a very highly regarded and well respected Trooper, both by fellow law enforcement and criminals alike. Actually, it seemed to me that Troop D had quite a few maroon cars back then.
And the father of a girl I grew up with (went to elementary and high school together) was also a Trooper (though not our Resident State Trooper... I think our town had its own constables, though that didn't mean much) and he was issued a Mustang... And word is he wasn't the brightest beacon blinking, nor was he well liked among his comrades.
You are correct. You got what you got if you were in GP. There was no "preference" for colors unless they were super, super rare. Like bright red...there was a Capt of central traffic who had a white one which definitely was the envy of some...but nobody really cared.
As seen in my local news yesterday, the wording is now dual color….
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Monroe, Fairfield, Stratford are using Federal and I think Madison uses Soundoff.