"i want some dps pictures please"

Perhaps you mistakenly took this place as a drive up window at a burger joint?

i want some dps pictures please

well, i don't see where anybody said that bigger was necessarily better. i don't see why this lightbar is junk. they have great visibility and with very little amp draw, aren't murder on a cruiser's electrical system.

there are several models of led lightbars from all manufcturers that are lower than this whelen edge model. however, this bar is nowhere near the biggest of the led lightbars in the current market. at about 3.75 inches tall, it is about the same height as code 3 javelin, the code 3 xf2300, federal signal's argent s2, and the argent sl. with the hot feet, the raydian is taller than the whelen bar. the biggest led bars on the market are the jetsolaris, the v-shaped led, the vista sl, and the led aerodynic.

it's always a good idea to know a little bit about what you're talking about...

Bigger is really better? In that case, at 6'07" and 420lbs, I'm the best too.

THOSE LIGHT BARS ARE BIGGER THEN ALL THE REST OF THE L.E.D. LIGHT BARS IN THE CURRENT MARKET..WHITCH IN TURN MEANS THERE BRIGHT AS HECK VISIBLE MANY MILES AWAY...

This is a 2006 Chevrolet Tahoe

Probably one reason PDS doesn't use spotlights is resale. They don't use the base package, but the high level trim with carpet, cruise, etc.

SPOT LIGHTS WOULD BE MORE CONVENIENT IF YOU ARE FOR EXAMPLE DRIVING AROUND AND DECIDE TO LIGHT UP THE DITCHES OR AREAS ON THE SIDE AS YOU CONTINUE TO DRIVE... WOULD NOT ANYONE AGREE?

Didn't he used to a Texas Ranger on TV?

WHY ARE ALL THESE PICS PROTECTED? I JUST WANT TO SAVE THEM AS PICS FOR MY SCREEN SAVER OR MY DESKTOP BACKGROUND... TX DPS HAS ONE OF THE BEST LOOKING CRUISERS FROM ALL STATE POLICE AGENCIES...

Every trooper washes their car at the end of every shift?!? No wonder taxes in CA are so high and water is so scarce. What a highly efficient use of government resources.

as far as the CHP units getting washed 3 times a day(end of each shift) most state troopers/highway patrol officers are assigned a "take home car" so once a day washing is ok- here in georgia all state troopers are assigned take home units and each state patrol barricks has state inmate labor to keep the grounds/building clean and they also wash the patrol cars as needed.

Ah ah, check out the officer to the left. His pose
appears a little risque.

Yeah, I like this ride also. Looks like the new
07 Tahoe---sweet.

The Texas DPS had used Ford for almost a decade after Chevy Caprice was out of production. I hear that the Texas DPS drives some Chevy Impalas and a few Dodge Interpid. The Texas DPS also drives the Chevy Tahoe. I also hear that the Texas DPS drives Dodge Ram, Ford F-Series, and Chevy Full-size pickup trucks for the commercial enforcement. Generally, the TX DPS uses many Ford Police Interceptors. Seemingly, the TX DPS drives many different kinds of police vehicles. Though the Dodge Charger is not on this picture, I am sure that the TX DPS is testing Dodge Charger police car, which is quicker than Ford Police Interceptor. Will the TX DPS keep purchasing both Ford and Dodge?

DPS handles crashes in unincorporated areas of most counties, but not ALL. The Harris County Sheriff's Office (surrounding Houston) works over 20,000 crashes a year. Also, contrary to the practice in many of the other western states, TxDPS doesn't work crashes on urban freeways in the big cities like Houston, Dallas, San Antonio etc which in many other areas of the western US would often be worked by the State Highway Patrol.

Those lightbars are actually pretty damn bright. They have great visibility and are all LED which does not cause a lot of drain on the battery and alternator.

Texas DPS gets their lightbars custom configured at Whelen to have double takedowns. So like for instance, this Whelen LED bar shown above normally has two takedowns. But on the DPS cars, it has four.

I am sure the DPS in Texas is like the CHP here in CA, they handle ALL accidents and traffic collisions in ALL county areas that are not within a city limit. In CA, county sheriff'd departments DO NOT handle TC in the county, even if it is 30 miles from a paved road, it is the CHPs area.

And we have a policy that we have to wash our units at the end of our shift, EVERY SHIFT, unless it is raining. And all shifts (3 a day) have to do it, so the units are fueled and washed 3 times a day.

On a side note about another photo and the spotlights, takedowns and alley lights are only good for so much, they actually suck unless you are on even ground with and a vehicle is in front of you or on the side of you. I think ALL agencies regardless of their rolls in LE should have spotlights on their vehicles, they can be moved in any direction, and are often used to conduct area checks, maybe you have a vehicle down in a ditch u need to find a 0200 in the morning, headlights and takedowns will only see it 3% of the time. They can also be pointed into the night sky to make a beam for a point of refferance for a lost person/hiker, etc.

I'm sure you did help...I bet you helped with Rita also