Police Hybrid

[DaveSheremata]

Originally posted by ostrich@Feb 24 2006, 11:57 AM
In Los Angeles every parking enforcement officer I see is driving either a Prius or an HCH.  Not pursuit vehicles, but I bet they log a lot of miles on those cars...

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In Arlington VA, just across the bridge from D.C., most of the county cars are Priuses, and have been for a few years now. It makes me feel better about my tax dollars at work

Dave

[koa]

Hawaii is starting to get Camry Hybrids into service.

[sdtundra]

I dont know about police cars, but I have seen some county employees driving Prius' with CA Exempt on the plates, San Diego Gas and Electric has some plug in Prius', and UCSD has at least 5 that i have seen.

[robbyr2]

Mr. Gore’s son, Al III, 24, was driving a blue Toyota Prius at a speed of about 100 miles per hour on the San Diego Freeway near the Crown Valley exit in Laguna Hills when he was pulled over by an Orange County sheriff’s deputy about 2:15 a.m., said a Sheriff’s Department spokesman, Jim Amormino.

Sounds like a fair pursuit car to me. Of course, as one poster in another thread pointed out, the Prius doesn't have to overtake the other car, they just need to keep up until the other vehicle runs out of gas.

[cairo94507]

I see no reason why all city, county and state cars can not be fuel efficient hybrids, possibly with the exception of the actual patrol cars charged with enforcement activities. But all the "building rats" need not be driving a huge sedan getting 15 MPG on the tax payer's dime! It is time for the "gubment" to wake up and smarten up.

[MSantos]

An example that there are many uses for non-interceptor police hybrids. Frankly, a step in the right direction.

Police Car in Beijing, China: Toyota Prius! | Eastwood Zhao dot COM
Green Car Congress: London Metropolitan Police Order 117 Civic Hybrids; Largest Yet Hybrids Fleet Order in UK

Cheers;

MSantos