FDNY 10-75 said:
This Durango test vehicle should be lettered by now
Is it me or does the lightbar look pointed down? Either way its ugly
New York State Police 2012 Chevy Caprices
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Is it me or does the lightbar look pointed down? Either way its ugly
pdcarmech said:
Is Hugo Blue like a Nevada dk. blue or Delaware new 2013 Caprice or is it even a lighter color?
lafd55
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More Nevada then Delaware. Most likely NYSP will have it's own color similar to that of the current vehicles. They might even use the same color code that the Tahoes use.
Wow! I've heard the rumors of stealth marked Troopers, but I've never actually seen any evidence. Interesting!
i live on long island and always wondered somethign about NYSP...does the agency have any unusual police vehicles like hummers, trucks, motorcycles, atvs, ambulances, fire trucks, utility trucks, semi trucks, ect? all i ever seen here on long island is standard crown vic and tahoes..
lafd55
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My friends website with his collection of NYSP vehicles. New York State Police Units
The NYSP's unmarked cars, for the most part from what I seen, are Impalas, Grand Prixs, various vans, and Chargers. And they do have motorcycles, boats, airboats, etc, etc. And, yes, a small fleet dump truck.
The NYSP's unmarked cars, for the most part from what I seen, are Impalas, Grand Prixs, various vans, and Chargers. And they do have motorcycles, boats, airboats, etc, etc. And, yes, a small fleet dump truck.
thanks guys, ive been a frequent visitor to the police car website but they just show the usual police car or tahoe. trying to see if any members had any pics of their own stashed away :thumbsup:
lafd55
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lafd55 said:
This.
I've also seen an unmarked 2012 Charger R/T, an Avalanche and a Buick LeSabre. Though, most commonly, I see the dark blue Tahoe's.
Anyone got any more pics of stealth graphic units? I love the oddball cars.
lafd55 said:
This.
I've also seen a 2012 Charger R/T, an Avalanche and a Buick LeSabre. Though, most commonly, I see the dark blue Tahoe's, with various lighting setups.
Anyone got any more pics of stealth marked vehicles? I love the oddball cars.
lafd55
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That's the only stealth marked one i think, i know they are using more and more unmarked tahoes for interstate patrol.gabrod said:
lafd55
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lafd55 said:
What setup do they use by you? I've seen multiple setups for the Tahoes around me.
There's one that's got a R/W (more W than R) full interior Edge (or similar) bar in the front and rear (rear had a T/A as part of it) and countless surface mount LED's that I see once in a while, but more commonly, I see them running the same setup the slicktops have, with reds in the grille, R/W foglights, and R/B Slimlighters in the rear windshield. I remember more details but I'll save the keyboard mileage for now. lol
Wasn't there an internal directive from the State Police that they weren't allowed to use unmarked vehicles for traffic enforcement after a series of thruway rapes by police impersonators?
blue70chevelle said:
There was until a couple of years ago when they decided to change it. Unmarked NYSP cars in any form are still a rarity.
According to some troopers I've spoke with, the NYSP definition of unmarked is different from what most people consider unmarked.
The Tahoes, CVs and other vehicles that are painted the same color blue as the marked cars with regular NYSP license plates (i.e. #X## format) may not considered unmarked by NYSP standards.
For example: New York State Police
New York State Police
New York State Police
They are also testing slick-top cars.
What they consider unmarked are vehicles like BCI vehicles that are not painted blue and either have regular NYS GOV plates, or regular passenger car plates
The Tahoes, CVs and other vehicles that are painted the same color blue as the marked cars with regular NYSP license plates (i.e. #X## format) may not considered unmarked by NYSP standards.
For example: New York State Police
New York State Police
New York State Police
They are also testing slick-top cars.
What they consider unmarked are vehicles like BCI vehicles that are not painted blue and either have regular NYS GOV plates, or regular passenger car plates
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lafd55
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That Impala is before Stripping and neither the Tahoe or Crown Vic are used for patrol anyways. That type of set-up Tahoe is very very common with ERT and Dive Units and some investigators and never used to pull people over.
The Tahoes I have seen for patrol have an interior lightbar that's R/W with a bad flash pattern, surface mount lightheads above the rear license plate as well as license plate lights(not 100% remember), mirror beams, grille lights, and rear side windows, also some have traffic backer or criss-cross tailights. All lights are either split-fail or terrible flash patterns lol. Should have just had grille lights the usual slick-top talons upper passenger/center windshield and wig-wags, traffic advisor and 2 single deck lights and traffic backer.
The Tahoes I have seen for patrol have an interior lightbar that's R/W with a bad flash pattern, surface mount lightheads above the rear license plate as well as license plate lights(not 100% remember), mirror beams, grille lights, and rear side windows, also some have traffic backer or criss-cross tailights. All lights are either split-fail or terrible flash patterns lol. Should have just had grille lights the usual slick-top talons upper passenger/center windshield and wig-wags, traffic advisor and 2 single deck lights and traffic backer.
What troop are you in?
Down here in Troop F, I have never seen one of those new kind of Tahoes. In fact the only new Tahoes for highway use I have seen are fully marked ones with unusual numbers. ie F109, F107 etc. I am told those are dedicated traffic safety units (kind of like a highway patrol inside the SP).
I have seen one of those semi-unmarked cars pull someone over a few times. I believe it is either the zone sgt. or the troop sgt. (unit # 2F52)
Down here in Troop F, I have never seen one of those new kind of Tahoes. In fact the only new Tahoes for highway use I have seen are fully marked ones with unusual numbers. ie F109, F107 etc. I am told those are dedicated traffic safety units (kind of like a highway patrol inside the SP).
I have seen one of those semi-unmarked cars pull someone over a few times. I believe it is either the zone sgt. or the troop sgt. (unit # 2F52)
lafd55
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lafd55 said:
Sounds just like the first one I described. Only the one with the interior bar that I saw didn't have Mirror beams, but DID have surface mounts on the running board if I remember correctly. In my experience, it seems that no two unmarked Tahoes have the same setup. And on top of that, it seems they just throw whatever random lighting equipment they have laying around onto their unmarkeds in general. The interior bar'd one is really mucked up though - the interior lightbar I believe was W/R/W/R/TD/W/TD/R/W/R/W, or something similar, just way too much white. It had taillight wig wags, going from the bottom red bulb to the middle white bulb, but on the passenger side, it activated an LED hideaway that flashed on a Whelen 'stutter' pattern, instead of just illuminating the taillight bulb. I thought it looked pretty silly and kind of half assed to be honest. You're dead on about the patterns, they seemed to be all just programmed at random.
FWIW, I'm in Troop L. I dunno how it is by you, but around here we see all sorts of weird stuff all the time, for instance: a CVPI Slicktop with the addition of a standard issue Liberty on the roof. There's even a Tahoe running around here that's still got a Streethawk on it. They even swapped out one of the rear facing amber lenses for a blue one!
patrol530
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Left NY in '88, the State running 2 troopers per car now? Trying to figure out the second spotlight. I can see it's use in an FTO's vehicle, as I tried to convince my employer I needed a second spot when I was training to no avail.
patrol530 said:
Rigging the second spot to the takedowns and pre-aiming it makes for some awesome officer safety at night.
cgb said:
You're referring to one of the CITE (concealed identity traffic enforcement) tahoes. There are at least a half dozen in every troop now.
See video: State Police Unveil Unmarked Tahoe In Time For 'Operation Hang Up' - Rochester
These aren't all navy with black rims anymore either, there are silver, maroon, tan, etc and they blend right in...
lafd55
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What do you mean...? All plates have zone number / troop letter / car number(which depends on unit type)vc859 said:
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I meant specifically the CITE cars. The one pictured has an NYSP license plate. I would think they would put regular passenger plates on the cars so they blend in more.
lafd55
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Saw this today at local Ford Shop. First BLUE Interceptor for the State Police, that I have seen, all the others are black. Special Order sticker says Troop G.
RyanZ71
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RyanZ71 said:
Oh yeah, I totally agree, it sucks when people can tell when you're braking, amirite?
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Interceptor with ghost graphics
Interceptor with ghost graphics
Huh.
So are those blue cars actual purchases? And more ghost cars... Looks like the NYSP is going to have an interesting variety again.
And in regards to the question about the CITE Tahoe's, all of the ones I've seen in person have Trooper plates on them. That may not be a 100% across the board thing, but then I've never seen a CITE Tahoe that wasn't blue yet either.
So are those blue cars actual purchases? And more ghost cars... Looks like the NYSP is going to have an interesting variety again.
And in regards to the question about the CITE Tahoe's, all of the ones I've seen in person have Trooper plates on them. That may not be a 100% across the board thing, but then I've never seen a CITE Tahoe that wasn't blue yet either.
lafd55
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Why or how would they not be purchased vehicles? And not to mention, they are testing vehicles to replace the CrownVic, the only reason to have a variety of cars....
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lafd55 said:
I suppose I should rephrase that. Given that these are the first units we've seen that aren't painted in 'testing' black, I'm wondering if these vehicles are going into permanent service, or if it's just another round of testing. As far as the variety thing, well, that's a given, lafd55. I'm just happy to see something other than CVPI's and Tahoe's.