Crown Vics for feds?

[StartingOut]

All my local police and state police ride around in Crown Vics (or "Police Interceptors"). I passed two unmarked cars on my way into work, both of which had the discrete lights in the front and rear windows. I believe they were Dodge Avengers (or some other lower-end Dodge model.) Any chance these would have been fed cars, or do feds have the Crown Vics too?

[Kimble]

Could have been anybody. Different agencies drive different cars (at local, state and federal levels). If it's unmarked, no way to tell you who it was.

[MPcorpssmprFI]

Fed's drive whatever they get but some have crown vic's the agency I am in academy for drives anything the GOV gives them.

[Piggy]

I've seen just about every vehicle you can imagine as a fed car. I've seen a 1980's AMC Gremlin which was still in use up until 3 years ago, it may be still in use.

I've patrolled in a 17 passenger Dodge Van, Dodge Intrepid, Chevy Tahoe and I once wrecked an Oldsmobile Aurora in a low speed.....very low speed chase. I've seen Crown Vics, Impalas and military bases that use Toyotas, Ford Rangers, and cushmans.

[Switchback]

Some of us get to pic out g-rides. My agency, in general, gets a little of everything. However, there are very few Crown Vics out there in our fleet. Some districts do like them, though, but that is not the norm.

[mcsap]

CV's are pretty much a COP CAR anymore. Not the best undercover ride on the planet. Ford brought the Taurus back and with it's 265 hp V6 option , its a pretty fast car.

And although the Impala police package comes with a 3.9 V6 ( 242 hp) , the V8 model is rated at 310 hp but isn't a police package. But that doesn't mean that it just cant be purchased by a LE agency.

Same with the Trailblazer SS. Another 5.3 or is it a 6.0 V8 ? and it is fast.

[BNTF]

My take home is a moped

[Motorolanut]

Somebody watches too much TV...LOL:D

[RT302]

Some of us get to pic out g-rides.

Same here. We usually start our GSA purchase process by clicking the the "Extreme Off-Road Package" option, unless something different is needed for a towing application, extended length, etc. Currently, a lot of our guys have the Dodge Power Wagon.

Uncle Sam has a vast range of vehicle requirements for law enforcement purposes. In MOST cases, the appropriate vehicle is acquired..... In my case, a Crown Vic would be totally useless, but my F-150 is quite appropriate.

So, to answer the initial posters question, yes, the feds use Crown Vics when needed, but sometimes another vehicle design is more appropriate for the application.;) Were those two un-marked vehicles feds? Who knows.