Morrow Police roll out Dodge Chargers

[Norm357]

The clayton news daily reports:

New ‘black and whites’ have classic look, cutting edge

By Daniel Silliman

dsilliman@news-daily.com



The blue flashing lights and the black and white paint scheme recalls the traditional law enforcement cruiser, the police cars that were called “black and whites.”

It’s a classic look, but meaner.

“A little bit more intimidating,” said Morrow Police Officer Kris Sutton, who has been driving one of the department’s new Dodge Chargers. “A little bit more acceleration.”

With a V-8 engine, 450 horse power, a style Dodge is calling “the modern muscle sedan” and coming equipped with LED light bars, spot lights and a large steel push bar, the department’s new “black and whites” may be a little bit more intimidating and little bit faster than just “a little bit.”

“They get up and go,” said Chief Jeff Baker. “They will make the criminal understand that when they see the black and white they might want to stay out of Morrow.”

The Morrow Police will have six of the 2007 Dodge Chargers out on patrol starting at the end of this week, and will have two more dedicated to traffic enforcement courtesy of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety’s H.E.A.T. program grant.

Dodge has been courting the law enforcement market, putting the Charger up as an alternative to the almost universal Ford Crown Victoria. In December 2005, the Michigan-based auto manufacture was giving test drives to metro-area officers out at the Atlanta Motor Speedway as part of an eight-city tour promoting the vehicle.

The Morrow department will eventually use Chargers for all 18 of their patrol cars.

“My priority is to replace the fleet,” Baker said.

Baker said the cost of the Chargers, after the department got a deal from Landmark Dodge, was “pretty comparable” to the Crown Vics, especially when the department calculated the costs of maintenance, the improvements and the new feature they’ll have.

The new cars have LED light bars that are will reduce the wear on alternators and batteries — the departments were replacing alternators twice a year on the old cars and numerous batteries — a GPS system, a centcom head control which can be preprogrammed and operated with a single toggle switch instead of the half dozen an officer normally has in the center console, a clean installation so the head control is wired with a single line that won’t wear thin and start a vehicle fire, like the department had to deal with a few times last year, and a digital camera system that is constantly filming and can be accessed from police headquarters.

“I can plug into the vehicle and the camera and see what they’re seeing,” Baker said.

Despite running on a V-8 engine, the cars get excellent gas mileage by working with only four cylinders while idling, Baker said, but they fire on all eight cylinders when accelerating.

“That was all it took to convince me. That and getting in it and driving it because these will scream,” Baker said.

[Paul Hartwig]

Nice

[mpd145]

The clayton news daily reports:

i love those wheels

[matt87]

450 horse power?:confused:

[cntryboy0531]

I want one of those. :D

[Roger Dat]

more pics would have been nice! but it is a lovely door

[lapdbandit]

thats awesome, id love that if LA would pick em up, they started issuing 300m's to captains and ive heard rumors of the magnum or charger replacing the crown vics

[stewie]

Hey lapdbandit, the EVOC instructors told us that they're getting a few Chargers and Impalas to test drive....so who knows maybe someday

[fatboyjim154]

I want one of those. :D

I want 2, 'cuz I'd break the first one. "Wooooohhooooooooooooooo you boys like MEXIIICO!"

[lapdbandit]

Hey lapdbandit, the EVOC instructors told us that they're getting a few Chargers and Impalas to test drive....so who knows maybe someday

You in the academy right now? what class?

[chewy]

Those are CRAP!!!!


They have NOTHING on our 4cylinder Ford Taurus's... we can do 0-35 in just eighteen blocks!!









:D

[mpd145]

450 horse power?:confused:

ya i seriously doubt it...250-300 at the most im guessin

[Norm357]

Those are CRAP!!!!


They have NOTHING on our 4cylinder Ford Taurus's... we can do 0-35 in just eighteen blocks!!









:D

BWahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha you drive a Taurus! ROFLMAO!

[chewy]

Hey, we don't ONLY have Taurus's...


http://www.angelfire.com/biz7/gunbar...f/kilt_van.JPG

[Norm357]

Hey, we don't ONLY have Taurus's...


http://www.angelfire.com/biz7/gunbar...f/kilt_van.JPG

*snicker*:D