NHPD New Charger

[Anon6083]

Heard an Allen County deputy on the ACPD SWAT TG admiring New Haven's latest fleet addition; he had every reason to:

They keep this baby parked in front of the city administration building on a main thorough-fair when not on duty. I know it's not much different from other Chargers in service around the U.S., but they did enjoy a few extras on this build if you observe closely.

This car supposedly performed a traffic stop this evening, though I'm surprised they use it for enforcement as it lacks some of the standard equipment preferred for field use (bull bars, etc.)

 

[Agentblack]

Our agencies around here that have switched to chargers do not have the bull bars on them. its an added expense and does more damage than good when involved in an incident anyways.

 

[AK9R]

I understand that one of the light manufacturers has red and blue LED heads that drop right into the fog light holes in the Charger front bumper. They look a little more integrated than LEDs in the grille.

For whatever it's worth, the Town of Brownsburg (where I live) PD has been using Chargers for almost three years now. The officers like them, but I've heard that they are having reliability issues with the cars. Don't know what the problem is. Reportedly, the next round of vehicle purchases for Brownsburg PD will be special service Chevy Tahoes. The PD's K-9 officers will be the first to get them as they are still using CVPIs.

 

[Agentblack]

more than likely its the transmissions. sadly the chargers also have an issue with catching fire, which has me a little worried when departments completely ditch all of the CV's and only have chargers in the fleet.

 

[Anon6083]

I understand that one of the light manufacturers has red and blue LED heads that drop right into the fog light holes in the Charger front bumper. They look a little more integrated than LEDs in the grille.

To add some contrast, the Charger outfitting for ACPD in my area uses the stock fog lights with wig-wags (alternating binary flashing).

more than likely its the transmissions. sadly the chargers also have an issue with catching fire, which has me a little worried when departments completely ditch all of the CV's and only have chargers in the fleet.

While in Lafayette, I recall PUPD (the agency with the largest amount of its fleet transitioned to Chargers in the area) having several troubled Chargers that had to get towed back to the university's transportation garage for service. That said, Purdue claimed to have saved over six hundred gallons in fuel in a six month period after the transition to the Dodge Charger.

Our agencies around here that have switched to chargers do not have the bull bars on them. its an added expense and does more damage than good when involved in an incident anyways.

Agreed. With the Charger builds that have lower ground clearance like the NHPD Charger when compared to most field vehicles, adding a bull bar that has to circumvent the front body can result in some pretty nasty bottom-outs on down-slopes or when traversing a curb/bump.

 

[Agentblack]

well not only that but if they hit a vech with that bar, and the bar gets hooked on the car, its likely to bend the frame of the vech, then the whole vech will need to be scraped as a bent frame just screws with the car for the rest of its life.

true the chargers sit much lower than say the ppv or the cv but at the same time, thats fairly good given how fast the chargers are.