In my past work experience as a PW director, I was responsible for all vehicle purchases and fleet maintenance. Without a doubt, police officers are the most abusive employee in the city with respect to the equipment they are supplied with. If they don’t like something they will do everything they can to render it useless so they can get something new.
My staff used to have a friendly pool on the how many days it would take before the PD wrecked their new cars. The quickest one I saw was 5 days.
In 2005 when we were replacing their fleet with the new HEMI Chargers, we were still 7 months out from taking delivery. The PD was still driving Crown Vics. I came into work and my mechanic called and said they blew up a transmission. So, we ordered a rebuilt unit to keep our cost down. Within 6 months we installed 6 rebuilt transmissions because the PD was trying to make a point that they wanted their new cars. NOW!
At the same time, we also purchased 2 plain jane Impalas for detective cars. I made the Chief was aware that these were not police package cruisers, just run of the mill vehicles. He said that is what he wanted. Less than a month later, 2 cruisers got into a pursuit with a suspect that ended up in a city park and one of the detectives in a new Impala had joined in on the fun. The suspect vehicle had jumped a curb and was driving the through the park, but the cruiser had stopped. Next thing they know is the Impala went flying past them headfirst into the curb, which of course launched the Impala into the air and when it hit, totally destroyed the front end.
I put together a vehicle checklist for every piece of equipment in the City fleet with the intention that the driver do a routine check prior to driving and upon returning it to cut down on maintenance and repair costs. The Cops refused to do it. The basically told me to F’ off and no -one was going to tell them how to do their jobs.
How much ELECTRICITY does it take to charge them up, and what Fossil Fueled generation is supplying the power?
Scam-o-Rama
It should come with a tow package special. An 8 hour shift in winter with all emergency lights flashing at a vehicle pileup or road closure. The tow points should be on all four sides.
I shall wait for the inevitable YouTube video of one of these police trucks having to break off a high speed pursuit in order to charge the battery.
So stupid.
All the car thief has to do is steal a gas car and outlast the electric police vehicles.