Excellent shot. Very well-focused for traveling down a dirt road.

i remember this rig when i lived in ny .saw this when rescue 3 was operating out of 181st in manhatten with eng.93,lad.45,batt.13 in the mid 70s.

i was asking for information about decals or how i can make my own.

This is a verry clear and sharp photo. Is this a restored cruser, or just a good picture taken back when the car was in service?

to remind the owner of what it is because he is clueless.

Accurate color scheme and lettering for that time period?

these photo`s are definitly Windsor Ct. They also had marked units..back in the 80`s I was a Auxiliary Police Officer from Enfield Ct..which is two towns over.I use to train with Windsor Auxiliary Officers and they would drive there marked turbo volvos to training..I heard they were fast but the turbo in the cars would brake all the time from police use
so they were in the shop a lot...it was differant..most towns by me had dips or granfury..ct state police always had fords except in 1973 they had gran furys...

Thanks for your $0.02's worth, LIVE. My sister might eventually wind-up back at Marine Corps Base Camp H.M. Smith in the near-future, so every bit of info helps as I'd like to venture out that way again - with my camera of course!

I believe the change over from white lettering to blue occured around 1976 ... any photos of the green cruiser used in 1976?

i live in elsmere an i love tis car 35-1

My understanding is a majority of officers still use their own personal vehicles for patrol across the islands. In Honolulu in particular, rookie officers drive marked patrol vehicles for a time then they eventually transition to their personal vehicles.

I'm not exactly sure what the policy is everywhere else though.

My $0.02's of what I know...

The department I work for has both Hemi and V6 Dodge Chargers. There is only very little difference between the two. I really doubt that we will purchase anymore Hemi's. The vehicle's performance isn't bad at all. The visibliltiy sucks. It is hard to see out of the vehicle. However I don't think the Charger is a bad vehicle, but I still prefer the Crown Vic.

Nice looking slick top. I really like the lighting set up on this one.

Maybe if you slowed down a little and didn't have a chip on your shoulder EXPECTING a break just because you're the police, you might actually get one.

It was probably on its way to the state auction by looking at the writing on the window.

Don't ask... But they will write another copper a ticket!!!

Whoops: Violation of 625 ILCS 5/3-413 (a)
NO FRONT PLATE
Consider this a stern warning Trooper. Also, don't forget your silly hat, because only you can prevent forest fires.

I'm not sure if this particular car is still in service. But, ISP district 15 still uses a few. They are mostly used as spare cars as most of them are not outfitted with in-car cameras.

But these were damn nice cars. It's a real shame Chevy stopped the production of the best police car ever.

This car looks nice, but it's a clunker. I was with DSO from 95 til 06. The old quartermaster, Donny Schmidt told me that they bought this car off of a couple hippies who previously rebuilt it.

I've also heard rumors from other senior guys that this car was actually the very first DSO car ever put in service. It used to bear the number 3.

Regardless, I rode this in a parade back in 99 and it kept dying / overheating, hence the clunker part. It's in need of some TLC

Saw this truck last week. It now has graphics. Should have taken a picture. It looks great!

a lowpoint in police car purchasing