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When one of the wealthiest cities in the world decides to flaunt its stuff, the flaunting is impressive. When that city is Dubai, and the stuff being flaunted is a fleet of supercar police cars, it’s not just impressive. It’s intimidating. DON'T MISS: Dubai Wants To Ban Poor People From Owning Cars To Clear Traffic In short: don’t try to run from the cops in Dubai unless you are behind the wheel of your own exotic. And then remember: you’ll still have to outrun the radios. And the helicopters. It’s even more pointless than it is everywhere else. In this short...
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Lexus RC F Added To Dubai Police FleetThe 2015 Lexus RC F is the latest car to be added to the ever-growing pantheon of exotic machinery that is the fleet of the Dubai Police force. DON'T MISS: Jeep Driver Out-Jerks Corvette Driver’s Jerk Parking Job: Video The 467-horsepower RC F police car won’t exactly be speeding after...
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New Ford Monitoring System Keeps Tabs On CopsFord will offer a telematics system for police cars to monitor driver behavior.
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DynaSpike Aims To Make Ending Car Chases A Safer Event: VideoWhen there's a baddie running from the cops, it's in everyone's best interest for the police to get the offending driver slowed down and stopped. Exactly how to do that though, can be quite a tricky issue. A PIT maneuver works well when there is plenty of room and no other traffic on the road way...
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2015 Dodge Charger Pursuit Launched, Pulling You Over SoonStudy the front end of this car very, very closely--because you'll soon be watching out for it in your rearview mirror. Chrysler has released details and images of the 2015 Dodge Charger Pursuit, the latest iteration of its four-door muscle car designed for police use. MUST READ: 2015 Dodge Charger...
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Dubai police cars are the world’s fastestIf you’re a fan of supercars, you know Dubai is one of the world’s hottest places to spot them in the wild. But the police have met this arms race with their own supercars, making it the world’s fastest road-going police force. DON'T MISS: 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06: 650 hp, 650...
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It seems barely a month goes by without a police force in some part of the world unveiling an insanely fast police car. Usually, that honor falls to Dubai, or Abu Dhabi, but this month it's the turn of Avon and Somerset Constabulary in the picturesque south of England. Rather than conspicuous consumption though, the force has taken a different approach: minimalism. In fact, its new Ariel Atom is about as minimalist as cars come. MUST SEE: McLaren F1 Owners Spend Two Loud & Lovely Days Together: Video Fast, too--the Atom's Honda engine has been tuned to produce 350 horsepower, up from 245...
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Chevrolet Special Service Silverado Pickup Joins GM's Police FleetGeneral Motors adds a pickup-truck to its fleet of police vehicles.
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LAPD Adds Lamborghini Gallardo To Its FleetApparently it's not just the Dubai Police force that has the best toys (although their fleet is insanely impressive). Los Angeles just stepped up its fleet game with the addition of a Lamborghini Gallardo. This vehicle and its usage are a donation from Travis and Nathalie Marg, the owners of Light...
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Meet The Bugatti Veyron Of The Dubai Police Fleet: VideoWhile officials in Dubai are known to have deep pockets, there were many that doubted their claims that a Bugatti Veyron supercar would be added to the official fleet of the Dubai Police force. Well, here it is, complete with the white and green livery of the Dubai Police and a flashing light bar...
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EU Secret Plan Leaked--Police To Remotely Stop Cars?Not the longest, nor the most action-packed, the Mustang versus Charger car chase in the movie Bullitt is generally regarded as one of the best of all time. It wouldn't have been so great, however, were it set in an Orwellian future Europe where police could shut down cars remotely, eliminating the...
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U.K. Police Follow Dubai’s Lead And Add McLaren Supercar To FleetIf you're thinking about speeding somewhere in the West Midlands area of the U.K., you might want to think again. Unless you have something that can hit speeds over 207 mph, you don't have much of a chance. That is, of course, if the departments newest fleet acquisition has its sights set on your...
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Law enforcement officials are always on the look out for new ways to stop lawbreakers on the run. The current crop of systems are difficult and tricky to use or they simply put the run to an end quickly by way of lethal force. We're caught between a spike strip, the PIT manuever, and a variety of guns. There could be a few tech-based options, however, floating just around the corner. We've heard about a variety of EMP-based systems, which utilize electromagnetic pulses to disable electronic devices in a given area. Even NATO is examining the technology to help put a stop to traveling...
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McLaren MP4-12C Joins Dubai Police FleetOne thing we've learned over the last few years is that the Dubai police fleet is not one to mess with. The United Arab Emirates might have more than their fair share of open desert roads down which the nation's wealthy residents can test their supercars, but the police are hardly ill-equipped to...
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It's A 187 On The Carbon Motors Cop Car Dream, E7 Up For AuctionIt's never easy to create a new version of something that already exists in a given market. Take, for example, the police car. For decades, the Ford Crown Victoria has been the king of the cop cruiser hill. Unfortunately, the Panther platform was retired, which means no new Crown Vics were on the...
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2015 Chevrolet Tahoe PPV Is Ready To Fight CrimeThe redesigned 2015 Tahoe puts on a police uniform.
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Is The Tesla Model S Electric Car The Perfect Police Cruiser?The city manager of tony Atherton, California, thinks he'd like some new police cruisers. In fact, George Rodericks suggested to the San Jose Mercury News, "I'd love to see the [Tesla] Model S be used for Atherton's police cars." There are hundreds, if not thousands, of millionaires living in the...
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Brabus Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG Concept Reports For Duty With Dubai PoliceA tuned G63 AMG is the latest addition to the Dubai Police's stable of exotic vehicles.
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If you're on the lam, you don't want to see one of these behind you, because it's the fastest police car in America. At least, that's the takeaway from its record cop-car laps at the Michigan State Police Vehicle Evaluation Test and laps at Grattan Raceway. Scoring a time of 1:33.85 in the Michigan police test and a lap of 1:34.75 at Grattan, the 2014 Dodge Charger Pursuit AWD is a car you don't want to run from. The rear-wheel drive 2012 Charger Pursuit still holds the all-time record for quickest police car. Even with radio, roadblocks, drones, and satellites, it's still sometimes necessary...
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Jay Leno Gets Up Close And Personal With The CHP: VideoJay Leno always gets to drive the coolest machines on the planet. This means he might also have spent some impromptu face time with the fine folks patrolling the highways of Southern California. In fact, Leno recently spent a bunch of time with the California Highway Patrol because he invited them...
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BMW M6 Gran Coupe And Ford Mustang Join Dubai Police FleetThe growing number of supercars and other exotics being bought by Dubai Police shows no sign of slowing. The latest patrol cars spotted on the beat in the Gulf city are a BMW M6 Gran Coupe and a Ford Mustang, the latter tuned by Roush. Both cars come with a V-8 engine and rear-wheel drive, though...
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It’s Finally Happened: Bugatti Veyron Joins Dubai Police FleetWith the likes of a Lamborghini Aventador, Ferrari FF, and even an Aston Martin One-77 joining the ranks of the Dubai Police fleet, it was only a matter of time until the world’s fastest car, the Bugatti Veyron, donned the outfit’s green and white livery. This isn’t the...
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Holden Reveals New Caprice, Plans Exports To U.S. As Chevy Caprice PPVHolden has revealed an updated version of its Caprice sedan, which readers in the U.S. will recognize as the upmarket version of the Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle (PPV). The car is essentially the long-wheelbase version of Holden’s mainstream Commodore, which itself was recently...
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Dubai Police Add More Cool To Cop Car Lineup With Camaro SSThe Dubai Police are amassing quite a stable of amazing rides. They have a Lamborghini Aventador. A Ferrari FF wears the green and white livery. There's even an ultra-rare Aston Martin One-77 that's recently joined the fleet. Both a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and a Bentley Continental GT are said to be...
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