Unmarked Dodge Chargers to Join California Highway Patrol
California motorists with a penchant for speeding should keep an eye glued to the rear view mirror in the coming weeks, as it looks like the California Highway Patrol is getting ready to roll out a whole new fleet of low-key cruisers.
Camera-wielding writers from website Telstar Logistics paid a short visit to the CHP Fleet Operations facility (pictured) near Sacramento recently, and found that the usual masses of black and white Ford Crown Victoria’s had been joined by a veritable rainbow coalition of brand new Dodge Chargers.
A bit of research uncovered the fact that the California force had just added 88 Chargers to its fleet, most of which have been earmarked for undercover operation. Telstar makes the valid point that the Chargers are a lot more likely to go unnoticed, especially in the early going, than the decades old Crown Vics that we all know and fear. Eyes peeled now California, you’re being watched.
+ Telstar Logistics: Stealth Dodge Chargers Join the California Highway Patrol
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Comments
dante
They've had them in the Northeast for a little while now. They do blend in more than the Fords as they are usually black with black tint and alloys, like many of the civilian ones.
mo
are these the unsold chargers. "hey cali, we have some unsold chargers. do you care about a special offer".
Russ Bellinis
This isn't so much a new tactic as it is replacement of worn out vehicles. Chp has been running "stealth" cruisers for years with either very low profile lights on the roof, or in recent years putting the red light in the front side of the rear view mirror with the blue & yellow flashers in the rear window. The problem is that the 2001-2002 Camaros that the CHP has traditionally used for the job are getting kind of "long in the tooth." I suspect that theses Chargers are to replace the fleet of no longer available Camaros. What has surprised me is that when the CHP first replaced the old Dodge cruisers that were equip[ped with 440 magnum big blocks with Aspens, they found that they needed a faster more powerful/lighter weight persuit vehicle. They first bought Mustangs, but then after the first year got a better price on Camaros from GM. They ran the Camaros until now. The problem with both the Camaro and the Mustang is that when they need to transport an offender, they need to call in a Crown Vic in oreder to get 4 doors and a back seat. When Chrysler came out with the 300 and the Charger with 4 doors, a decent back seat, and a Hemi, I expected to see the CHP replace both the Camaros and the Crown Vics with the Dodges because the Hemi would have the needed power to replace the Camaros and the interior room to replace the Crown Vic.
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