Hollywood said:
Hell yea!! Your in Hawaii, just get a Moped if you want to go somewhere on your personal time... You don't have to spend money on another car and it's nice almost all year round...
Honolulu Police Vehicles (More pictures)
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Hell yea!! Your in Hawaii, just get a Moped if you want to go somewhere on your personal time... You don't have to spend money on another car and it's nice almost all year round...
Honolulu PD Shift change on Young Street at the Beretainia Station (My guess in the mid to late 70's). I can identify an Old Cutlass and some sorta pontiac. Man, back then police cars were real police cars! Note that all of these cars had the old Rota-beam Model 22 or 44s strapped to the roof.
lafd55 said:
Whelen Linz6's in the grill with 2 vertex leds in the fog lights and 2 in the rear brake lights
warubozu47 said:
I didn't realize/know that Honolulu PD (1) had a reserve program and (2) allowed said reserves to deploy their own vehicles for service. Very cool.
HPD actually pays full-time officers to use their POVs for LE work. There've been other postings on ELB about officers adding lights beyond the provided single beacon. I remember something about news media coverage of the extra lights violating the agreement between HPD and the officer or something and officers' concerns about adequate visibility.Dave@P1 said:
jph2 said:
I knew of the stipend for full time officers using their own POVs, just didn't know that policy was also utilized for reserves.
jph2 said:
Simple solution: only allow police package/SSV vehicles to be used or purchased by the officer.
Civvie cars for police work are stupid and no one can convince me that it's anything but stupid.
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warubozu47 said:
Ok, so this rota-beam has been confirmed by the telecom section as being the LAST rota-beam left in service with HPD. BTW, telecom is now replacing all the single dome beacons with the new Whelen Responder LP Series Super LED Mini Lightbar. So far, one district down, seven more to go!
warubozu47 said:
Are these also set up with cruise light function, and are they the linear version?
dmathieu said:
Yep, they have the cruise light function in the bar, and they are the linear version.
This is probably the closest thing we've got to a real working Super Beacon Ray with the HPD cruise light. (I'll try get a better shot)
Some pretty cool stuff! Back before "cheetah straps" were used... So they had quick disconnect nipples for the rota-beams
Where are criminals on Hawaii going to run? Into the ocean?
I'd assume they need to be more worried about boat pursuits than car chases :haha:
I'd assume they need to be more worried about boat pursuits than car chases :haha:
A close up of the ROTA-BEAM light on the black Chevy looks different to me. The base looks odd to me in comparison to the typical Model 44.
Anybody else?
Anybody else?
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dmathieu said:
Hey Dan, I actually manage to find a hard copy of the magazine on ebay the other week. I'll send you a color scan so you can take a better look at it, and post it here. These were taken off of the "Maka'i Connection" page, a website for former/retired Honolulu POs.
11b101abn said:
The reason behind this started decades ago, and still has merit today. Vehicles cost a lot more because they have to be shipped from the US. The PD simply found it more affordable to pay Officers to use their own vehicles than to purchase cars. And just for the record, all Police cars are 'civvie' (civilian) vehicles, the correct term is 'retail', a PPV or SSV is a fleet vehicle. A JLVT, a Humvee, an RG-33, those are some vehicles that are not civilian vehicles.
They definitely used the Cheetah bar.
The light is a Northern Signal, or North American Signal Co., depending on the vintage.
The light is a Northern Signal, or North American Signal Co., depending on the vintage.
HILO said:
ci·vil·ian (s-vlyn)
n.
1. A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the military, the police, or a belligerent group.
I like my definition better. Whatever floats your boat. Retail it is, then.
dmathieu said:
Dan, I tried to scan the article the best I can. The original photo shows a standard base with metal retaining ring around the lens. I think the shadow may make the base look a little funny.
Reno911 said:
Honolulu always used Rota-beams, 1200s or 800s on the 501 straps. Now they got the whelen responder LPs on a riser with a air dam.
dmathieu said:
I can send you a color copy of the article if you like. AND of course anyone else who might want a copy.. PM me with name and address.