woudnt want to use this in a car chase

this cars been through a lot...

don`t drive under a bridge with up..

the red light on the left made the person pull overmore than the flashig because the light was so bright c.b

these cars look like they need to be on the race track

old car but made much better
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Made much better than what?

Greg
copcar dot com

It has become a very common practice in Washington State lately. We had an ill concevied ballot measure killing the motor vehicle exise tax a few years ago and it killed funding for cities. Police agencys got a big axe. The Cities of Shoreline, Woodinville, and Sammamish are among the cities in King County that contract out their police services to the King County Sheriff.

Jeff

This is a San Bernardino County, Calif unit that is assigned to a contract city. In many jurisdictions, cities contract with the sheriff's dept. to save money. The sheriff provides the manpower and maybe equipment such as vehicles but at the same time, they wear a "dual" uniform, identifying them as both the sheriff's dept and the city. Same thing with cars.

If you watch "COPS", quite often they have Pierce County, WA, sheriff and Lakewood, WA, Police. They are both from the sheriff's dept but the Lakewood officers are assigned to that city and wear blue uniforms and a patch that identifies them as both sheriff dept. and police officers.

So you will see this type of car in many parts of the country.

On the other hand, the "Jacksonville Sheriff" is actually a combination of the Duvall County Sheriff's Dept. and the Jacksonville Police Dept. Long ago they merged, forming one law enforcement agency that is now called the "Jacksonville Sheriff". Very similar to what Las Vegas did in the 1970s, combining the Clark County Sheriff and the Las Vegas Police into a "Metro Police" agency.

Dave
copcar.com

Sheriff's departments are usually divided into 3 divisions patrol, corrections and court security. A lot of times the patrol division is called the sheriff's police.

It's possible that this is a county sheriff's deputy contracted to a city, as is sometimes done. In Illinois, Sheriff's Police is a common term for the sheriff's office. and many departments identify thier cars in that way

Cook County Illinois has both words right next to each on their cars, they are marked "Sheriff's Police". I'm sure there are a few pics of those cars on here someplace. Keep looking and have fun.

The Virginia State Police used the "blue death ray" gumball lights on all cruisers until the 1993 model year. At that time, they phased in the Whelen strobe light bars....which most of the cars still have today.

{Some of the 2005 cars are sporting the low-profile LED bars that are clear until they are activated.}

Interesting to see the decal scheme on this car. Both "Police" and "Sheriff" on the same vehicle, eh? The only other place I have seen this was on a car from Jacksonville, Florida. Their cars have "Sheriff" on the trunk and "Police" on the doors -- or vice versa. :-)

Great site!!!!

Obviously you never drove one these then compared it to the 1992 to present Crown Vic. This thing was a piece of junk. The Crown Vic was changed in 92 and was a lot better car.

these cars are built better than copcars today
and still should be built the same way
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Must you double post each comment? I think reading it once is enough. Quit hitting your enter key non-stop.

Dave
copcar dot com

Can someone identify the year/ make of this car? Seems like the giant bubblegum light would have been a little outdated for that kind of car.
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Mr Anonymous,

The Federal Model 184 PowerLight would not be outdated for a mid 70s police car. In fact, the state police departments of Maryland, North and South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi and Alabama used them as the only emergency light on their patrol cars well into the mid 1980s.

Greg
copcar dot com

Actually, the reason those factory colored cars had white doors, is the state's mandate that all the traffic enforcement vehicles have a solid white front doors with whatever markings on it. At least, that was the regulation through the mid 1990's. Very few, if any by exception of detective cars, in CHP's service were ever totally unmarked, because of that same regulation.

no its safe to say this Camaro is retired and it's serving out it's retirement in Oregon owned by a retired State Trooper and yes the day this picture was taken there was a major storm in Upstate New York and we spent most of the day at the Barracks!!!!

I am sure it was. I doubt if its in service anymore.

That's gotta be a pain to drive in the winter !