Philadelphia Police (through the years)
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Phillyrube said:
... and the joke at the time was Frank made the change so that his brother Joe (who he made Fire Commissioner) could tell the police cars from the fire trucks.
ful-vue said:
was wondering what overheads model /type or brand the 2013 PPD cars are sporting . cannot for the life of me figure why the ends are consistantly lit .
seems like a head start for the perps . much appreciated in advance , retired #1119
They are Whelen Liberties, they have the cruise lights activated when the ignition is on causing the lights to be in all the time. And I think it's stupid too.
I can't post the video but Code3, Inc on Facebook has a video of the new H27 rpc on their page.
The vehicle is suppose to be on display at the IACP conference at the convention center this weekend.
I added the Youtube video:
The vehicle is suppose to be on display at the IACP conference at the convention center this weekend.
I added the Youtube video:
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lafd55 said:
There was an accident. Truck was involved and a vehicle on the other side where I was. I guess he was confused on what side to go to. :crazy:
flahotrod said:
Just think of it as a Mustang variant. Mustangs have been used by police for ages, right?
A-TAD said:
Is all of the added intersection warning due to the recently high number of PPD collisions in intersections? Hopefully these lights will help reduce that number, although I am sure that there may be other factors at play here (but I won't get into that without any knowledge of the situation).
A-TAD said:
Ok, you old guys...what does the "LO" in the phone number mean? Example, growing up, the phone exchange in my area was "OS" for Osborn.
A-TAD said:
They should get a really old wagon, with the Federal 28 mounted sideways behind the pushbar.
here is one for the philly people mu6-1776 the old city hall exchange replaced by 686-1776 and now 311. mu meant muncipial all city hall numbers were mu numbers
Here are a couple more older ones:
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Sadly, it seems many of the first page early pics must not have survived one of the server migrations.
Can anyone tell me if the all-red bars Philly PD used in the early 70s were Sireno Condors or FS TwinSonics? The best pic I can find is from policecarwebsite.com and I can't really tell for sure. I want to recreate this bar with the blue Sireno rotator on top.
This was a great thread! Too bad the photos didn't survive one of the software upgrades. It would be nice if they could get re-uploaded.