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I' NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS-1963-A 1 '" / ", j ~ t " l 1. ~ " :' q '," a Points of view or opinions stated in this document are 'f those of the author(s) and do notrepresent the official f,DA'TEi F'ILMED ... ~. , " ~ , "i "',, r~~~~ bm~~; - United States Oepart~ent of Justice .. "'';'''~'''~4~;'''<·'~··'''::;'':;i':';;' .. " .. :.~j " Washington, D.C. 20531 \, n "'""1_~:.-..-_.~ . r 6 I' ;. ~.r' ~ ~ ~ " NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY (NACLEET) c Q) Q) .0 11) Chief James P. Damos, Chairman Communications Committee oJ ETC .c: Andrew H. Principe, Vice Chairman ~ (]) Cjlief Harlin R. McEwen,Subcommittee Chairman CIJ CIJ iii () Weapons and Protective Equipment Subcommittee Assistant Deputy Superintendent William L. Miller :;~" " ~'r-! ...,...,:::J :::J 'r-! .jJ Dr. Noel C. Bufe, Subcommittee Chairman Chief Daniel B. Linza It! til 00 ::l William Costello Chief William 'F. Quinn ---CIJ S c j Of-:) CIJ :::J Clarence Edward Hawkins Charles C. Sava E:E u Cl '1:11) en Francis S. Kenney Dennis D. Wright cu c 4-l 0.= 5 () 0 CIJ cu Q) IoLlce: PATROL VEHICLE Philip La Fond S. Arthur Yefsky cc u 'r-! ::J "0 r-I Nicholas Montanarelli u)~ ..Q .jJ ::Jz·cu e · TESTING Major General Paul M. Timmerberg Security Equipment Subcommittee' 0. ::l ~ ~ (]) Director Samuel W. Nolan .8 Q Lt. Col. Thomas J. Regel, Subcommittee Chairman c,., .Q.c Sheriff Harold E. Bradley 8l"O Transportation Subcommittee Director Norman A. Carlson .-E-Q) CJ)· m~ Chief Robert W. Landon, Subcommittee Chairman Commissioner Charles T. Cobb Cl.5, ::>· Roy F. Carlson James Griffiths Conducted by the Gino M. D'Angelo Chief Maxie Patterson John Grow MICHIGAN STATE POLICE Chief Edwin Anderson Forensic Science Subcommittee ---- --- . EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN Robert McAtee DL Charles S. PettY,Subcommittee Chairman John Gunn, Jr. COLONEL GERALD L. HOUGH, DIRECTOR Bell P. Herndon Superintendent James J. McCaughey Deputy COmmissioner J. R. Quintal Reprinted by the EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY CENTER' RESEARCH DIVISION RESEARCH DIVISION EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY CENTER . BUREAU OF OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH . Norman Darwick, Acting Executive Director Joseph L. Gormley, Senior Staff Analyst . INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE Frank D. Roberson, Assistant Director, Robert A. Miller, Senior Staff Analyst Bureau of Operations and Research, 'Robert L. Monroe, Senior Staff Analyst Gaithersburg, Maryland 20760 and Project Director . William Simms, Senior Staff Analyst Warren J. Woodfield, Technical Staff Analyst under Supporting Grant Number 77NI.99.0017(S.1) LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION awarded by the NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE U.S. Department of JUstice Henry S. Dogin, Administrator, LEAA law Enforcement ASSistance Administration Henry Bratt, Director, NILECJ National Institute of law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Paul Cascarano, Assistant Director, NILECJ ~ Paul Estaver, Director, Reference & Dissemination Division, NILECJ Lester D. Shubin, Program Manager for Standards, NILECJ November 1979 NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS LABORATORY (LESL) Lawrence K. Eliason, Program Manager Ralph Gorden, Jr., Program Manager Marshall J. Treado, Program Manager Jared J. Collard,Assistant for Special Projects OFFICE OF TESTING LABORATORY EVALUATION TECHNOLOGY Test results and analyses contained h .; endorsement by the Law Enforce erel,! 0 nor rep~e~ent r:roduct approval or James O. Bryson, Chief ment of Justice, or the IACP. ment AssIstance AdminIstratIon, the U.S. Depart- Douglas B. Thomas , Dr. Diana M. Kirkpatrick : ' INTRODUCTION The National j~dvisory Committee for Law Enforcement Equipment and Technology (NACLEET), wh"ich is advisory to the Equipment Technology Center (ETC) Of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), has ranked police patrol vehicle testing as its number one priority in the transportation area. The ETC program is an evaluation program to provide data for the purchasers, users, manufacturers, and researchers of law enforcement equipment. Last year, the ETC conducted the National Law Enfor,cement Vehicle Evaluation Program MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE in California in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. After the first year's effort, it became evident that 49-state vehicles and California vehicles should be tested separately to speed up the process. This year, the Mi chi 9an State Pol ice (MSP) deci ded to test both full size and mi d AND size vehicles. Since testing by the ETC \'vould be a duplication of the Michigan effort, it was decided to monitor, reprint and publish the MSP test results. The ETC sent two staff representatives to the MSP testing program to observe MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET the testing. The MSPprogram was conducted in a most professional manner giving good test data for departments to use. It should be pointed out that two full size cars and one mid size car did not meet MSP performance criteria. However, the three IIfailing cars II did wen in the handling and braking phases of the test. These IIfailingll cars are good police package vehicles which many depa~tments will be able to use even though they are a little slower than the passing vehicles. The ETC looks forward to working with the MSP on 1981 vehicle testing and would like to thank Colonel Gerald R. Hough, Director, MSP, for his department's cooperation and professionalism in getting this year's testing program accomplished in a timely manner. 1980 PATROL VEHICLE SPECIFICATIONS~ EVALUATION, AND PURCHASING PROGRAM : \, ;,w ~ r I , . r !; ~! I STATE OF,MICliIGAN ," • ", " '<' , • ,pepartment'of State Police -and ,~' ';' ' Department 'of ManagemehtandBudget tJ , '0 I, 0, ", / ,- .' 'l l • Ij >' • ,." ,,', " ; ... ',,,,, ' ", ", .. MJcbigan StatePQl ice ExecutiVe Qivision 1" i) PolicYOeve16pment& EvalUation 'Section , 0 , October, 1979, ' ' , " -~------~--~---------- - .. ..... --~.-~~~---,-,~-.-~-. ... ".,.-~~- -...,-- ... ,~c _T_"~"_'''' ~~ __ "_~n_. "' ____~"_.r_. ___ ,._~'"""""" ~-,, __ ._ __.._.~_'V_~+'~~ •• _. __ ~ .. _"~ ___ ~ .__ ._ ....._.--.-- __ ",•. ~ .••• __ ~~, _ .....,,.., _, -iii- - i i- ~~~n e~~~~a!~o~h Oft the full-size p~tr?l vehicles identified the Plymouth PREFACE v hi l' , ~ op scorer. As lndlcated on the competitive patrol b~dd~/a~~al~Nl~n, p~g~,71, ~hePlymouth Gran Fury was also the low ~1 e PUlch~sed ln 1980. The Chevrolet Malibu 305 accumu- The Police Patr:ol Vehicle Evaluation and Purchasing Program was developed latedthe hlghest score ln the mid-size patrol vehicle evaluation in 1976 by the Policy Development and Evaluation Section of the r·1ichigan H~we~e~, ~fter the,bid adjustm~nt, the Plymouth Volare 318 was deter Department of State Police, in cooperation with the Purchasing Division mlne 0 e the adJusted low bldder (refer to page 72). of the r~ichigan Department of Management and. Budget. It was developed primarily for the purpose of identifying thnc::1'! vehicles which will best At the time the vehicles were tested, the Ford LTD 351W H.O. VV meet the needs of department patrol officers. The program eliminates Plym~u~h V~lare 3l8,4V, and Dodge Aspen 318 4V had not completed E.P.A. from the"-Qid process those v.ehicles which are obviously inferior and certlfl~atlon. It l~ our recommerydationthat contact be made with the gives the top-scoring vehicle or vehicles a dollar-and-cent advantage in approprlate corporatlon to deterffilneavailability, the bid process. We are happy to,beable to share this information and Sincerely hope We subsequently found that the test data produced, and the conclusions tha~ the data 'tIlll be of value to you. If we can be of any 'further reached, were of interest not only to our own department, but also to a~slstaryce to you in addi~ional explanation of the program, or in numerous other law enforcement agencies across the country. We sincerely dflscusslng how our data mlght be adaptable tio your needs please feel hope that this report. which contains the results of our evaluation of ree to contact: ' the 1980 model patrol vehicles 3 will be beneficial to you in' making your purchasing decisions. The 1980 evaluation includes test results for both full- and mid-size Lt. Curtis L. VanDenBerg, patrol vehicles. The full-size vehicles tested were the Buick LeSabre Sgt. David B, Storer, or 350 cid, Chevrolet Impala 350 cid, Dodge St. Regis 360 cid, Ford LTD 351 Sgt. William F. McFall cid, and Plymouth Gran Fury 360 cid. The mid-size vehicles were the Chevrolet Malibu 305 cid, Dodge Aspen 318 cid, Ford Fairmont 255 cid, Michigan State Police and Plymouth Volare~3l8 cid. At the request of the manufacturers, a Executive Division Chevrolet Malibu 350 cid and a Dodge Aspen 360 cid were tested for Policy Developlllent and informational purposes only. They will not be allowed to bid against Evaluation Section our mid-size patrol car specification .which requires the smaller engine. 714 South Harrison Road (For a detailed description of all vehicles tested and how they were East Lansing, MI 48823 equipped, see pages 1 through 21.) Phone: (517) 332-2521, Ext. 340 During this year's test, we encountered several problems that require a brief explanation, First, upon completion of the acceleration, top speed, and brake tests with the Chevrolet Impala, it was learned that'an extra spare tire had mistakenly been left in the trunk.