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News•November 18, 2013

Emissions Plummet with L.A. Sheriff's New Prisoner Buses

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is using a regional air-quality grant to accelerate the replacement of the nation's largest fleet of prisoner transport buses.

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News•November 18, 2013

Minn. County's Solar Array to Feed Fleet Facility’s Electricity Use

Minnesota's Dakota County will pay $130,000 for the $1.3 million installation by taking advantage of incentive programs for renewable energy, and it should make that money back in energy savings in 12 to 14 years

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Articles•November 13, 2013

Electric Motorcycles on Patrol

While it's unlikely that all-electric cars will replace their gasoline-powered counterparts for law enforcement patrol duty, smaller electric vehicles have made inroads into police fleets.

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News•November 13, 2013

Iowa Troopers Weigh SUVs vs. Sedans

The Iowa State Patrol is leaning toward replacing half of its fleet of 380 marked enforcement vehicles with Ford Police Interceptor Utility SUVs to replace aging Ford Crown Victoria sedans.

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News•by Paul Clinton•November 13, 2013

Police Moto Guzzi Motorcycles Arrive In U.S.

Milan-based Piaggio S.p.A. has begun offering its Moto Guzzi California 1400 Touring ABS and Moto Guzzi Norge 1300 ABS motorcycles to U.S. law enforcement agencies.

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News•November 8, 2013

Zero Adds Trio of Fleet Electric Motorcycles for '14

Zero Motorcycles is offering three new fleet motorcycles for the 2014 model year. The company will offer the Zero SP, Zero DSP, and a military spec motorcycle for special forces operators.

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Articles•by Paul Clinton•November 6, 2013

How to Use Police Vehicle Tests

The agencies that test new model-year, pursuit-rated vehicles offer complementary evaluations and differing methodologies that give them equal weight among vehicle purchasers.

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News•November 6, 2013

L.A. Sheriff Tests 21 Police Vehicles for 2014

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is evaluating almost two-dozen 2014 model-year police pursuit vehicles this week as part of the agency's annual testing.

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News•November 6, 2013

Federal GSA Considers Car Sharing

The federal General Services Administration (GSA) is looking to incorporate car sharing government-wide in order to reduce the federal fleet size over time. This initiative includes the launch of a car-sharing pilot program in Washington, D.C.; Boston; New York City; and Chicago.

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Articles•by Paul Clinton•November 5, 2013

AWD Police Vehicles Gain Traction

Traditionally, police vehicles have arrived for duty with rear-wheel or front-wheel drive. Starting with the 2015 model year, Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors will offer at least one police vehicle in an all-wheel or four-wheel-drive configuration.

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