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Roll Call

boardman — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:01:47 GMT

Its, been kinda quiet in here lately. Lets post information about are selves and the fleets we take pride in caring for.

My name is Michael Carkido and I was hired nine years ago to work for Boardman Township Police Department (near Youngstown OH). I am the Fleet Manager and also a EVT and ASE technician that performs all maintenance, repairs, upfitting and record keeping to the fleet. I am responsible for a total of 24 marked CVIP units and 22 unmarked units, misc Taurus's, Chargers's, Interpids and some SUV's. Boardman PD has 42 sworn Officer's and 13 civilian employee's that covers a 25 square mile area which 42,000 residents live and that number triples during the day with all the shopping and restaurants in this town.

I have attended all of the Police Fleet Expo's and highly recommend it anyone that has not attended. I have also been trained in EVOC courses and attended the DriveTeam Pursuit Program to understand how to better Protect the Protector's that drive my vehicle's. I own a small business called Pursuit Performance that cater's to other local agencies for repairs and installs of equipment.

I am sure everyone is in the same boat with budget cutbacks. With crime getting a lot worse we are down 8-10 Officer's and about 10 marked units comparing it to five years ago.

My personal interests are Classic cars, Nascar, the Cavs, Browns and of course checking out other PD cruisers when I am out of town. I Also have twin three year old boys to keep me busy.

I think this site is great to share tech tips and other info about police vehicle. I have not seen much action in here lately, so I thought we needed some.. Keep building and taking care of the vehicle's that keep our Officer's safe. Thanks. -Mike

tahoe alternator noise

AIR 1 — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:05:06 GMT

as any one with tahoes had a lot of alternator noise on kenwood two way split band radios

Flat or dead batteries

Duncan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:01:48 GMT

Dear all

Has anyone or would anyone ever tried the Intellitec Battery Guard system ?

We have just released a new model, email me for more details im looking for some fleet

guys in the USA to trial the system FOC

Cheers

Duncan

FORD CVPI REAR END CRASHES RETURN OF THE NIGHTMARE

Panther Engineer — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:29:43 GMT

The law suit has returned in Missouri. From what I read the widow of the trooper got a portion of 8.5 million and has decided to start the law suit up against Ford Motor Company.

I kind of feel bad....I know this is a hot topic, but what car out there is safe at 70+MPH rear impact?

I think this can be debated for ever. What do you think? Is it Fords design flaw?

Multi-vehicle Maintenance Schedules

Cop Nanny — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:22:19 GMT

Recent events have promted me to do a major overhaul of our fleet maintenence program. I am looking for some good maintenance schedules and vehilce specific maintenence checklists for Impalas, CVPI, and Tahoe. Anything you could provide would help save countless hours I do not have. Please shot me an email with your thoughts. Thanks.

Vehicle Inspections

pintawin — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:12:09 GMT

I'm looking for a basic monthly vehicle inspection form. If anyone has anything like this please email me

dzinanni@k3county.net

NEW YORK CITY AND THE ULTIMA POLICE CAR

Panther Engineer — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:01:22 GMT

Does putting light bars and decals on a car make it a police car?

I think that it is a serious matter to discuss. Can fleet managers make the agency look better by using non-pursuit (small) cars? Are they as safe? I guess if you consider that the days of high speed chases is gone or should be gone it may work. What if there were no pursuit cars then what would the most important feature/option that would make it a viable choice? Remember two things you can't have 1)Full frame 2) rear wheel drive.

school and training

G Sampson — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:40:03 GMT

Just wondering what is out there for schools or training for upfitting.

Greg

Happy Holidays

boardman — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:47:11 GMT

Fleet Managers, EVT's, Police Officers, and all police car enthusiasts have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year..

Carbon Motors

JCD — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:54:58 GMT

Anybody heard any recent news regarding Carbon Motors?

New York City Fuel Economy Standards & Lincoln Town Cars

JCD — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:48:35 GMT

The article shown below from Automobile Magazine dated 10/27/08 indicates that as of 1/1/09 New York City will be implementing mpg standards for taxi and livery fleets which will effectively exclude new purchase Lincoln Town Cars. Considering the production relationship between Town Cars & CVPIs, what changes does this mean for Ford's plans beyond Model Year 2010?

See below article:

"The sight of rows of black Lincoln Town Cars filling the streets and curbs of Manhattan may soon be gone. With the city passing new emissions and fuel economy laws for its taxi fleets, the trusty Town Car does not come close to meeting the new regulations.

New cars that enter service starting January 1, 2009 must achieve at least 25 mpg in the city; in 2010, the figure jumps to 30 mpg. The problem for luxury taxi businesses is that there is no full-size sedan that comes close to meeting the requirements. Even the Lexus LS460h hybrid sedan returns an EPA city rating of 20 mpg.

For nearly thirty years, the Town Car has been the staple for "black car" operators in New York City. The cars mixed a spacious interior and luxury with dependability. Drivers said that a Lincoln Town Car could routinely last for 250,000 miles with regular maintenance.

Options for these businesses at this point include the Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner hybrids. Both of these crossovers get 34 miles per gallon in city conditions and both are available for under $40,000 - roughly the cost of the Town Car when new. Some worry about the luxury and capacity of these two models, but all know that a change from the typical Town Car is needed."

Source: New York Times

Our Latest Oufit - 2008 BMW R1200RTP

hzemall — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:30:35 GMT

I didn't know where to share out latest creation with since there isn't a misc vehicle section. or a BMW one "yet"

I wanted to share with you our latest creation. The bike features our new BMW Rear Light Pod, front fairing light mounts and license plate mount.

The rear light pod stays in place when the radio box is lifted up so that they are always visible. It was also designed so that the two lights on each side are on different axis's. This is effective for both intersection clearing (on two axis's) as well as being visible off axis no matter what way the bike would parked during a traffic stop.

The front fairing mount was designed on two different axis's for the same reason as the rear pod.

The front lights fire straight forward and are only used during "pursuit" mode. The license plate lights are a non difused lense to they are very bright from a long distance.

We moved the regular headed grip switch to the left side of the bike and replaced it with a 2 position switch for pursuit mode (all lights) and non pursuit (everything but the front facing lights)

On the left side we added a "pod" to house the heated grip switch as well as the siren 2 position switch. Mounted behind the grip are two momentary switches for air horn and intersection mode on the siren controller.

We just put up a TON of picture on the website that go into way more detail on the bike @ http://www.garageplus.org

With the BMW CANbus One wire electrical system it's a very tricky bike to work on and work around.

[img]http://www.garageplus.org/gallery_images/gallery_misc/P10101861.jpg[/img]

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[img]http://www.garageplus.org/gallery_images/gallery_misc/Bike%20211.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.garageplus.org/gallery_images/gallery_misc/Bike%2039.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.garageplus.org/gallery_images/gallery_misc/Bike%2022.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.garageplus.org/gallery_images/gallery_misc/P10104671.jpg[/img]

Thanks

New Website !

hzemall — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:25:53 GMT

We just recently got our new website up and running and thought we would share it with you and see what you think.

Thanks

2008 Police Fleet Expo

Dennis Tucker — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:41:48 GMT

Hi All! I hope those of you that were in Milwaukee came home safe and sound. I also hope you weren't drowned by the workload when you came back. Thanks to all that attended the Expo. I thought we had a really good show and the sponsors really went out of their way to provide quality events. Please check your e-mail in a day or two for the post-expo survey and there will also be another one on the classes. If you have ideas for next year, or want to volunteer your services, post a note on the web site or e-mail me at DTucker@hendonpub.com.

Again, thanks for attending and keep August 19 - 22, 2009 open for next years event.

Dennis Tucker

Expo

boardman — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:18:41 GMT

For those whom never gone to the Fleet Expo, it is to your benefit to attend. I am looking forward in attending again this year in August. Everything from the great seminars to learning and discussing all the new technology with keeping a safe emergency fleet going.

My hats off to the people that make this event possible, thank you and keep up the great work.

Updated Police Fleet Forum Launch

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