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POLICE CAR COLLECTING
Police car news | Dodge Charger police cars
This section is devoted to the
many Dodge, Plymouth, Chrysler, and DeSoto fleet cars, including squads, ambulances, police cars, and others.
While most readers skip to the Dodge Charger section, the best starting point is the three-part history of Mopar police cars, culminating with current police car and fleet car information.
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Current Mopars in fleet duty are the Dodge Charger, Special Service Ram, and Special Service Durango. (See Chargers In Use.)
We also have sections postal vehicles, taxis, school buses, and ambulances, specialty pages on many police cars, and a growing section on fleets outside the United States.
Going back to police cars, we have former officer Curtis Redgap's two-part article; Bill Cawthon briefly described what a police package is; and a former squad-car mechanic and two officers sent us their experiences.
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A squad car hobbyist sent details on owning former police cars, along with a guide on buying ex-squads. An officer of a national squad car owner's group also provided an owner's perspective (and hidden dangers) in the basics of police car collecting and his column on police-car collecting.
There is lots of information on engines for 1967-72 and 1976 squads, and a fleet-car forum.
How good were the Mopar police cars?
Bill Cawthon noted that Dodge squads held a grip on the California
Highway Patrol longer than any other brand of vehicle.
The 1969 Polara was the fastest police car ever tested
by the CHP, until beaten by the Camaro in the 1990s, 25 years later. By 1958, Dodge was the sole source.
From 1958 until the 1980s, the only times a brand other than Dodge was
selected as the primary car were in 1962, when the CHP bought Chrysler Enforcers; 1967,
with Oldsmobile; and 1970, with Mercury.
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For more Mopar squad information, check out Dodge, Plymouth, and Chrysler Police Cars 1956-1978 and 1979-1994. To send e-mail to the Webmaster, click here. Also check out the Emergency Vehicle Owners and Operators Association.
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NON-POLICE FLEETS
POLICE CARS BY MODEL
- Chrysler Enforcer
- Dodge Challenger
- Dodge Charger: 2016 Updates
- Dodge Charger (G3: 2015+)
- Dodge Charger (G2: 2011-14)
- Dodge Charger (G1)
- Dodge Durango (2012+)
- Dodge Intrepid
- Diplomat/ Gran Fury
- St. Regis
- Dodge Monaco
- Dodge Ram (2012+)
- Plymouth Valiant
- Satellite/Belvedere
- Export Models
- Jeep Cherokee 1996-2001
- Chevy Caprice PPV (competitor)
- Michigan, 2015 model year
- Los Angeles 2012 (2013 MY)
- MSP tests (2013 model year)
- Michigan State Police 2012
- ALERT Conference 2012 (and interpretation of MSP data)
- Michigan State Police 2011
- Los Angeles 2011 (2012 MY)
- MSP and CHP 2011 model year
- Michigan State Police 2010
- MSP and CHP 2007-2009
- MSP 2006
- MSP 1996-2001 (Cherokee)
- Sgt. Bob Phillips, testing pioneer
- CHP and Mopar squads, 1957-1980
- Current police cars
- What is a police package?
- Cop equipment: Mopar packages
- Police cars, 1924-1979
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- Police cars, 1980-1999
- Police cars, 2000-2005
- Mechanic and officer stories
- Story of a squad hobbyist
- Identifying a squad car
- Engines
- Police and fleet forum
POLICE CAR COLLECTING
- Police Car Collector column
- Rules and regulations
- A primer for collectors
- Emergency lighting
- Sirens
- Finding retired police cars
- About the collectors
- Emergency vehicle shows
- Investing in police cars
Police car news | Dodge Charger police cars
This section is devoted to the
many Dodge, Plymouth, Chrysler, and DeSoto fleet cars, including squads, ambulances, police cars, and others.
While most readers skip to the Dodge Charger section, the best starting point is the three-part history of Mopar police cars, culminating with current police car and fleet car information.
Current Mopars in fleet duty are the Dodge Charger, Special Service Ram, and Special Service Durango. (See Chargers In Use.)
We also have sections postal vehicles, taxis, school buses, and ambulances, specialty pages on many police cars, and a growing section on fleets outside the United States.
Going back to police cars, we have former officer Curtis Redgap's two-part article; Bill Cawthon briefly described what a police package is; and a former squad-car mechanic and two officers sent us their experiences.
A squad car hobbyist sent details on owning former police cars, along with a guide on buying ex-squads. An officer of a national squad car owner's group also provided an owner's perspective (and hidden dangers) in the basics of police car collecting and his column on police-car collecting.
There is lots of information on engines for 1967-72 and 1976 squads, and a fleet-car forum.
How good were the Mopar police cars?
Bill Cawthon noted that Dodge squads held a grip on the California
Highway Patrol longer than any other brand of vehicle.
The 1969 Polara was the fastest police car ever tested
by the CHP, until beaten by the Camaro in the 1990s, 25 years later. By 1958, Dodge was the sole source.
From 1958 until the 1980s, the only times a brand other than Dodge was
selected as the primary car were in 1962, when the CHP bought Chrysler Enforcers; 1967,
with Oldsmobile; and 1970, with Mercury.
For more Mopar squad information, check out Dodge, Plymouth, and Chrysler Police Cars 1956-1978 and 1979-1994. To send e-mail to the Webmaster, click here. Also check out the Emergency Vehicle Owners and Operators Association.
Police and fleet cars, trucks, and vans
Fleet/Squad Cars
Ambulances
Taxis
Buses
Postal
Current Police Cars
Charger
Collecting
Home •
Engines •
Reviews •
Chrysler 1904-2018 •
Upcoming •
Trucks •
Cars
Spread the word via <!--Tweet or--> Facebook!
We make no guarantees regarding validity or accuracy of information, predictions, or advice - .
Copyright © VerticalScope Inc. All rights reserved. Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler, Ram, and Mopar are trademarks of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.
