odugoose said:where is that yard? i've allways herd rumors of it but never knew where.
RL1 said:I saw a GSP car with a Code 3 bar for the first time the other day and it wasn't bad. The car, a Charger, is the first 2010 I've seen with GSP and is set up differently than most. Instead of blue and gray, it was all gray but still with the orange lettering. It also had a regular push bumper instead of the wrap around that Chargers usually get. As for lights, the old set up was a Liberty, 2 2 head dominators in the grill, 2 angle lin 3's on the PB for intersection warning, a 6 head dominator on the rear deck, and OEM HLF/TLF all ran off a Whelen switch box and Motorola siren. This car had a Code 3 with clear lenses (as bright was a liberty but didn't seem to hurt my eyes as bad up close), Code 3 par 36 LEDs in the fog lights (pretty bright, but wasn't too impressed since one was filled halfway with water and went from flashing to an extremely dim steady burn), a Code 3 2 head tir 6 dash light on the rear deck in teal blue (not impressive) and OEM HLF/TLF. The siren speaker was mounted on the push bumper used the middle bar and flush with the passenger side vertical pole. It didn't look the best but has to be louder than what the older Chargers had. For a control box, it looked like a V-Con with a pursuit switch. It was also the first time I've seen a GSP car with a Stalker Dual Radar, which I am very jealous of.
Overall, I believe Code has stepped up their game and, if they are cheaper then Whelen, can definitely see why OHP, GSP, and others are switching. I am sure, now that the big guys have switched, a lot of smaller departments will start shopping Code 3.
11b101abn said:Those cars a re contract overruns from another state agency, purchased by GSP.
No, single red in the top of the rear window.RL1 said:I thought there was a red light above the rear view mirror.
dustymedic said:Do you mean the install yard? It's on the west side of Alum Creek Drive, Just north of the nursing home at 1599 Alum Creek Drive.
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Johnny_Law said:This is the color that's been chosen by OSP..... However, this particular Charger was bought off of the showroom floor just to be temporarily decaled and have a new lightbar put on top to get the general idea of what the new cars will look like. Also, they wanted to give the techs at CI a chance to form a plan as to how they will go about the installations and building of cars once the Chargers show up.
If I'm not mistaking, this particular Charger will ultimately end up as a Liquor Enforcement vehicle. OSP's won't have the sporty rims that you see here, but this is the color that I was talking about in my earlier post.
It could be Parr Public Safety Equipment. Not sure who else has a shop up that way.FireEMSPolice said:To the Ohio people, I am told there is a place in Dublin where OSP builds their cars. If so, where is it at in Dublin? It was my understanding that all builds are done at Central Install.
mjw357 said:It could be Parr Public Safety Equipment. Not sure who else has a shop up that way.
FireEMSPolice said:Parr Public Safety is not in Dublin. They are in Plain City. Parr just provides equipment, their shop next door, Public Safety Concepts does the installs.
ccmedic17 said:Oh wow......That is Hideous!!
Hoser said:Here ya go Charger with a canoe..........
TritonBoulder47 said:Where do you see a Vista...? LoL
Johnny_Law said:Their cars will no longer be white. They are going with the Dodge factory Gray, or maybe a grayish-silver color patrol car again.
MeefZah said:I was under the impression that after Tpr Vasquez was killed by an OVI driver a few years back, OSP researched the issue and found the gray cars were not as visible; and then switched to white. I'm surprised they are switching back. Do you have a link of any sort?
Johnny_Law said:Other than the pictures that have been shared here, sorry, I don't have any links...... Funny that you mention that thing to do with Frank Vasquez..... That, IMO, was purely political posturing by a former superintendant, to further his own political ambitions, but that's neither here nor there.
From what I've been told, was that Ohio was the only state using that color of gray on a patrol car, so Ford was going to discontinue that particular color, unless of course Ohio wanted to pay the hefty price tag to continue to have their patrol cars painted that color.... Ohio opted to not pay the price tag and just start using a color that was readily available, so they went with white.
To me, whenever there were still gray cars in the fleet, I always found it easier to see a gray cruiser with yellow reflective decals at night rather than a white cruiser with silver reflective decals.
Johnny_Law said:Other than the pictures that have been shared here, sorry, I don't have any links...... Funny that you mention that thing to do with Frank Vasquez..... That, IMO, was purely political posturing by a former superintendant, to further his own political ambitions, but that's neither here nor there.
From what I've been told, was that Ohio was the only state using that color of gray on a patrol car, so Ford was going to discontinue that particular color, unless of course Ohio wanted to pay the hefty price tag to continue to have their patrol cars painted that color.... Ohio opted to not pay the price tag and just start using a color that was readily available, so they went with white.
To me, whenever there were still gray cars in the fleet, I always found it easier to see a gray cruiser with yellow reflective decals at night rather than a white cruiser with silver reflective decals.