I serve on three different police departments as a sworn officer. I do this unpaid at one department, part-time at another, and full-time for the remaining one. My unpaid department I help out with equipment aquisition, grant writing, policy adoption, etc. Basically for the last ten years this town had no active LE and is stuck in the dark ages. Two years ago they upgraded their town police car from a 1994 Crown Victoria to a 2003 Impala 9C1 purchased used from a neighboring agency.
It had a full compliment of lighting, only about half of which worked. I've been addressing issues as time permits and I found the siren in this car to be severely lacking. I don't know who the manufacturer is, I don't have it in front of me, only that it has pathetic tones, a cheap PA mic (looks like it belongs on a fisher-price play set), and perhaps the scariest thing of all, is it has ADJUSTABLE volume for not only the PA, but the siren tones as well :lol:
Now, IIRC, for you fire guys out there, the .gov has a set standard at which a siren must operate in order to meet OSHA and traffic safety requirements, correct? Would anyone happen to know if this also applies to law enforcement vehicles? If so, a point in the right direction to look for in terms of the code and regulation would be helpful. What I'm trying to do is present this to the council and give them the ultimatum- either upgrade to an inexpensive, but properly designed siren system (I'm thinking the new Sho-Me is a good cost-effective replacement) or face possible civil liability if the siren is found to be inadequate and an accident or incident occurs.
It had a full compliment of lighting, only about half of which worked. I've been addressing issues as time permits and I found the siren in this car to be severely lacking. I don't know who the manufacturer is, I don't have it in front of me, only that it has pathetic tones, a cheap PA mic (looks like it belongs on a fisher-price play set), and perhaps the scariest thing of all, is it has ADJUSTABLE volume for not only the PA, but the siren tones as well :lol:
Now, IIRC, for you fire guys out there, the .gov has a set standard at which a siren must operate in order to meet OSHA and traffic safety requirements, correct? Would anyone happen to know if this also applies to law enforcement vehicles? If so, a point in the right direction to look for in terms of the code and regulation would be helpful. What I'm trying to do is present this to the council and give them the ultimatum- either upgrade to an inexpensive, but properly designed siren system (I'm thinking the new Sho-Me is a good cost-effective replacement) or face possible civil liability if the siren is found to be inadequate and an accident or incident occurs.
