In 1976 General Motors managed to pull the NYPD (New York City Police Department) fleet contract away from Mopar. General Motors was trying to expand Pontiac’s presence in the police car market. Precincts got mostly Pontiac LeMans with a few … Continued
In 1976 Pontiac began offering an “Enforcer” police package on LeMans sedans with either the 400 or 455 V8s that included Turbo Hydra-matic transmission, variable ratio power steering, heavy duty power front disc brakes and suspension tuning. That same year … Continued
Rick Rindels has always had a thing for antique cars and decided one day that he was going to own a vintage police cruiser. Not a surprise since Rick is a Lieutenant with the Granville Police Department in Granville, Massachusetts. … Continued
Named Best Police Vehicle at this year’s Lights and Sirens Cruise – the kickoff to the Woodward Dream Cruise in Michigan, LaSalle Police Car 48 beat out 44 other police vehicles. It was the first time a Canadian vehicle won … Continued
This original 1970 Plymouth Satellite was manufactured at Chrysler’s Lynch Road Michigan plant and purchased by the Seattle Police Department on April 17, 1970. During that year Chrysler manufactured only 53 of the “Special Order” police versions nationwide, with Seattle … Continued
In 1968, Plymouth became the most sold police vehicle in the world; USA, Mexico, and Canada. By 1970, when you asked for police assistance, the officers arrived in a MoPar 85% of the time. From then, MoPar never looked back … Continued
In December 2020 I shared with you a vintage Cleveland (Ohio) Police 1978 Ford LTD ‘Traffic Unit’ police car. This month I want to share with you an example of the Safety Green Cleveland Police cruisers used during that time … Continued
Cuyahoga County (Cleveland) is a unique area of Ohio. In fact, I’ve referred to Cuyahoga County in the past as the State of Cuyahoga. They’ve just always had their own unique way of doing things. One of those things in … Continued
The car you see here is an original 1989 Ford Mustang SSP (Special Service Package) police car, it was issued to the Canadian Royal Mounted Police, specifically to Corporal Brad Popowich. Unusually for an SSP the car is fitted with … Continued
I’m sure you’re use to seeing patrol cars on this site from the 1980’s – 1990’s, so I thought I would throw you a curve ball. This is the NYPD (New York Police Department) 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. It is … Continued