GAITHERSBURG, MD - Mercury Associates, Inc. recently announced several new business projects and personnel changes to its professional consulting staff.
Read More →ELK GROVE, CA - Rising fuel costs have caused Elk Grove, Calif., to limit its use of vehicles by the parks and fire departments and the school district, reported The Sacramento Bee newspaper.
Read More →WHITE PLAINS, NY – Improving air quality and setting stricter emissions standards for vehicles starts with government fleets, said speakers at a conference on air quality, reported The Journal News newspaper.
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The dogs have gone for the Dodge Magnum and now it´s just up to the police to follow suit. This chocolate-colored Labrador Retriever is sitting pretty and looks quite at home in this mock-up K-9 unit.
Read More →BROWNSBURG, IN – A member of the Brownsburg (Ind.) Town Council wants emergency personnel to develop a better procedure to warn drivers that they are approaching an incident where extra caution is needed, according to The Indianapolis Star newspaper.
Read More →DHAKA, Bangladesh – Bangladesh´s government approved the addition of 616 vehicles to the police fleet to improve safety and decrease crime in the country, reported the Daily News Monitoring Service.
Read More →APPLETON, WI – Wisconsin´s Outagamie County is preparing to test its first hybrid gas-electric vehicle with the purchase of a 2005 Toyota Prius. The vehicle will be used as an unmarked sheriff´s department squad car, but in a testing capacity rather than for actual calls, reported The Post-Crescent newspaper.
Read More →CHICAGO - Cook County board members are beginning to question how county vehicles are used and what guidelines are followed in the purchase and management of fleet vehicles, according to the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper.
Read More →DALLAS - Tests to detect carbon monoxide in Dallas´ compressed natural gas (CNG) patrol cars have been unable to provide answers as to how an officer got sick after driving a retrofitted vehicle, reported The Dallas Morning News newspaper.
Read More →PEORIA, IL - Caterpillar, a heavy equipment manufacturer, more than doubled its third-quarter profit compared to a year ago, reported the Associated Press.
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