PA State Police

01silverado2500 · March 10, 2005

So I am on the PA Turnpike today heading west near the Monroeville exit when I see a car on the side of the road with the hazard flashers on. So as I get closer to the car I see it is a silver 2004 + Nissan Maxima. So the closer I get my radar detector starts going crazy, and as I drive by I clearly see a radar can hanging out the driver side window along with a State Police officer sitting in the car. What are they gonna think of next?

R Dogg 56 · March 10, 2005

No real suprise. More and more PD's are opting for the smaller cars. Heck, MN has Impalas as State Patrol cruisers.

SnakeEyeSS · March 10, 2005

Yeah, Ok had a ton of Implalas. In fact Tulsa has two low-profile Impalas with hidden lights that are supposedly making them some big $$$

doverarjim · March 10, 2005

Well here you can be going down the road and you better watch out for white Camaros because the State Police here use them here. If you see it from the drivers side as you pass it you think it is just a white car but if you are passed by it on the passenger side they have the normal State Police star.

99silveradoz71 · March 10, 2005

The town I took mc training in Michigan was like that; decals on only 1 side of the cars for their traffic unit. We're not that tricky. I will say the last batch of Crown Vics we got are small enough...the seats have more padding in the back, and it's too low...so it presses right about where my belt/gear is, and that's not fun. I could only imagine if we went to Impalas. We just need to get more forfeited Suburbans like the supervisors drive now.

2002HeavyChevy · March 10, 2005

On another positive note,

State police and Sheriffs Departments have been using seized vehicles for years, if they are in decent enough shape for patrol and road assignments. We just seized a 2003 Jeep Cherokee that is now stickered and lit for our snowmonile patrol, it is now our primary tow vehicle for the snowmobiles. In our department the more money that is not spent on new vehicles so to speak and seized property that is taken away from unlawful individuals and actually put to good use instead of transporting or being used in a crime is better off for us (and the public). We are now able to save tax payers money on not having to purchase vehicles as often and putting that money to better uses such as department issued bullet proof vests....

Just my 2 cents

Chris

Wingnut · March 10, 2005

When I went to Dallas last Saturday, the Texas smokies had Camaro SS's. Hood scoops and all.

First time in my life I ever wanted to be a state trooper.

Truckman031 · March 10, 2005

The police in S.C. have Camaros too. I have seen a few Tahoes, Suburbans, Exploders driven by policeman around here.

antig24 · March 10, 2005

The best car the cops in my town have is a Dodge Intrepid.

SnakeEyeSS · March 11, 2005

When I went to Dallas last Saturday, the Texas smokies had Camaro SS's. Hood scoops and all.

First time in my life I ever wanted to be a state trooper.

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I have a friend whose aunt is a dectetive in the New Orleans PD, I believe. she's a car nut, and took him to see their garage one time.......he told me that had Camaro SS and Mustang Cobra patrol cars.......she's buying all types of sweet rides from the police auctions all the time, she has a 1980's BMW 745i Turbo, just bought a MGB.....

I need him to take me down there sometime and get me into one of those auctions!

Shaners · March 11, 2005

On Presque Isle State Park in NW PA (Lake Erie), the park police drive white Chevy Venture Minivans (unmarked)!!! What a perfect vehicle for them to have because every family visits the park in their minivan, so they blend in all too well!!!

silverado3500 · March 11, 2005

FHP has some camaro's with the covette motor, and are rated at 160 with full equipment, and 2 passengers (driver/prisoner). The sheriff's dept has vehicles ranging from minivans, to unmarked sivler mustang gts, explorers. expidetions, jeep cherokee, and several tahoes.

SnakeEyeSS · March 11, 2005

FHP has some camaro's with the covette motor, and are rated at 160 with full equipment, and 2 passengers (driver/prisoner). The sheriff's dept has vehicles ranging from minivans, to unmarked sivler mustang gts, explorers. expidetions, jeep cherokee, and several tahoes.

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uhh, all 4tj gen camaro V-8's, stock or law enforcement, have the "corvette motor".....it's called the LS1

Scyry · March 11, 2005

Where I grew up, Santa Barbara County, CA, the highway patrol has a few Volvos they use. They are all white and have the thin little light bar on the top. Impossible to spot them really. The local sheriff has HD2500 to go out patroling with too.