Tacoma Police Truck

Must not get much for high speed chases out there

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PLC_cBJwk4

 

See those lights in the mirror you better run. By the time the transmission decides what gear to shift to and the engine eventually reaches it’s excuse for a powerband you’ll be long gone.

 

Watch your head sir getting in the back seat... and your knees, and your shoulders... and nevermind, go ahead and sit up front. Here, you drive. Try and get comfortable if you can.

 

Lucky cop

 

Police around here have a fleet of F250s. They're used for roadside assistance calls, roadkill/debris patrol, and occasionally pulling the horse trailer.

Traffic and enforcement are still very much the domain of the Tahoes, which in their own way are equally as silly as using a Tacoma.

 

Maybe it's got a cop motor, cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks...

 

"Pursuit rated"

 

ISWYDT

 

Apparently it was fast enough to catch up with something.


Just look at the front plate and holder.

 

When you gotta serve justice all week and hit the trails all weekend. I dig it

 

Man that would suck as a police vehicle. Could you imagine how tight the cab would be with all your gear on and laptop and all the other radios. Not to mention having to sit in it for all those hours a day. I love my Tacoma but no way I’d want to sit in it for 10-12 hour shifts multiple days a week.

 

Tacoma police trucks are no dumber or less practical than than Harley motorcycles.

 

many departments are stopping pursuits. too many secondary deaths and damage from people otherwise not related to the chase.

 

Just 2 days ago in PHX, police were pursuing someone who evaded then ran his vehicle into a non-involved civilian, killing the civilian.

I am not faulting the police ... the one evading is at fault. But it is relevant to your statement.

Local police are using a new tool ... a grappler. They shoot a "claw" that attached to a fleeing vehicle and the weight of the police vehicle behind on the cable makes the stopping action safer.

 

"Local police are using a new tool ... a grappler. They shoot a "claw" that attached to a fleeing vehicle and the weight of the police vehicle behind on the cable makes the stopping action safer." Just like in Mad Max Fury Road.

 

A relatively small percentage of LE are involved in traffic enforcement. They have a handful of cars that are set up for high-speed pursuit, the rest don't need anything special under the hood. Our local Sheriff's deputies don't even carry anything to write you a ticket.

 

It's probably got seat belt extenders and a place to store boxes of doughnuts.

 

That was probably from the automated car wash.