"We want everyone to know it's a police car, and it's a Salt Lake City police car," Burbank said. Rather than the traditional blue and white paint, all new vehicles will be black and white with a gold stripe along the bottom, and "Salt Lake Police" in big letters on the doors. In addition to getting a new type of car, Salt Lake police are also changing their image with a new logo and paint job to go on their vehicles.
The department switched out about 50 vehicles this year five of them were hybrids. If they prove successful, Burbank said more hybrids could be ordered next year.Įach year, the department routinely adds new vehicles to its fleet and takes out ones that have run their limit. The hybrids will be tested on the state's Emergency Vehicle Operation training range as well as during the grind of their daily use. The department's hybrids were expected to be heavier than normal hybrids because of the extra police equipment and batteries added. The car's suspension, for example, was an area that concerned the chief.
POLICE HYBRID VEHICLES TRIAL
The department will use the hybrids on a trial run to find out how the vehicles will hold up in everyday police work. Salt Lake added lights, sirens and other features normally found in a custom police car. The hybrids the department purchased are not custom police cars. His new car gets 25 miles per gallon, compared to his old police cruiser that was getting a little more than 10 mpg, he said.īut Burbank admitted the vehicles will take some getting used to. "Anywhere I can reduce fuel cost is a saving on personnel cost," he said.īurbank is driving one of the department's new hybrid vehicles, which he said his office had been investigating for almost two years. It hopes to reduce that number, possibly by as much as $4,000 per vehicle per year, by adding more fuel-efficient cars.īurbank called the addition of the hybrid vehicles a "necessary" purchase. The department spends $1.5 million a year in fuel to keep its fleet running, said Salt Lake Police Chief Chris Burbank. The department believes it is among the first law enforcement agencies in the nation to include a hybrid in its patrol fleet. Salt Lake police have added five 2009 Toyota Camry four-door sedan hybrids to its fleet. In an effort to cut fuel costs - thereby possibly saving jobs, as well as reducing its impact on the environment - the Salt Lake Police Department Monday unveiled the latest additions to its fleet: a hybrid patrol car and an electric three-wheeled vehicle. The department added five 2009 Toyota Camry four-door sedan hybrids.Ĭall it collecting fingerprints while reducing carbon footprints. All new police vehicles will feature a new logo and black-and-white paint job with a gold stripe.Ī hybrid Toyota Camry makes its debut Monday as the newest, greenest vehicle in the Salt Lake Police Department fleet. Fred Ross drives a new hybrid police car Monday. Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker, left, and Police Chief Chris Burbank look over a new hybrid Toyota Camry police car, which has department's new logo and paint job. Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank, left, and Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker speak about the department's new hybrid Toyota Camry police car Monday.
Salt Lake City's new hybrid Toyota Camry police car. Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker and Police Chief Chris Burbank look over a hybrid, which has department's new logo and paint job.
Fred Ross check out the new hybrid Toyota Camry police car Monday. Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank and Sgt.
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