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U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs BULK RATE POSTAGE & FEES PAID Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice DOJ/NIJ National Institute of Justice Washington, D.C. 20531 Permit No. G–91 Official Business Penalty for Private Use $300 1996 Model Year Patrol Vehicle Testing National Institute of Justice National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center Law Enforcement Technology Advisory Council Chairman Chief Harlin R. McEwen Ithaca Police Department Ithaca, New York Mr. Edward L. Allen Dr. Michael Greenwood Mr. Michael O’Toole Supervisory Special Agent Senior Research Psychologist Division Chief, Jail Center FBI-ERF Administrative Office of U.S. Courts National Institute of Corrections Mr. George Allen Chief Clarence Harmon Mr. Avi Peer Chief, Facilities Programs Saint Louis Police Department Commander, R&D Operations Department Federal Bureau of Prisons Saint Louis, Missouri Israel National Police Headquarters Mr. Phil Armold Mr. Richard Hough, Sr. Dr. Charles S. Petty Senior Physical Security Specialist Deputy Commissioner Professor of Forensic Science & Pathology Federal Bureau of Prisons Manatee County Sheriff’s Office University of Texas Colonel Carl R. Baker Bradenton, Florida Southwestern Medical Center Deputy Secretary of Public Safety Ms. Susan Hunter Captain Walter G. Powell, Sr. Commonwealth of Virginia Chief, Prison Division South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Sheriff Kevin Beary National Institute of Corrections Columbia, South Carolina Orange County Sheriff’s Office Mr. Maris Jaunakais Mr. Rex J. Rakow Orlando, Florida Head, Forensic Sciences Division Director Captain Bob Beech Naval Criminal Investigative Service Campus Police Fairfax County Police Department Ms. Icey Jenkins University of Notre Dame Fairfax, Virginia Supervisory Special Agent Mr. Charles D. Reynolds Mr. Richard Bergman Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy Chief of Police, Emeritus Deputy Commissioner Firearms Training Unit Dover, New Hampshire Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner Richard G. Kerlikowske Mr. Charles F. Rinkevich Chief Steven C. Bishop Buffalo Police Department Director Kansas City Police Department Buffalo, New York Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Kansas City, Missouri Dr. Joseph Kielman Mr. Leon Roberts Sheriff Sherman Block Chief Scientist U.S. Marshals Service Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office Federal Bureau of Investigation Chief Thomas J. Roche Monterey, California Mr. Robert Kliesmet Gates Police Department Commissioner William Bratton President Rochester, New York New York Police Department International Union of Police Associations Mr. Stephen Schroffel New York, New York AFL-CIO Director Sheriff Johnny Mack Brown Chief Robert E. Langston Research and Development Greenville County Sheriff’s Office U.S. Park Police Immigration and Naturalization Service Greenville, South Carolina Washington, D.C. Mr. Jim P. Scott Mr. Bruce Bucklin Dr. Henry Lee Executive Director Deputy Chief Director Arkansas Association of Chiefs of Police Technical Operations Section Connecticut State Crime Laboratory Captain Lawrence F. Seligman Drug Enforcement Administration Mr. Mark Levine Commander, Criminal Investigation Division Dr. Noel C. Bufe Undersheriff Pima County Sheriff’s Department Director Baltimore County Sheriff’s Department Tucson, Arizona Traffic Institute Towson, Maryland Mr. Frank Sheridan Northwestern University Inspector James Lingerfelt Director, Facility Planning and Development Chief William J. Burke Metropolitan Police Department New York Department of Corrections Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department Washington, D.C. Mr. Allan J. Spence Maywood, Illinois Chief Robert F. Lunney Internal Operations Budget & Control Board Chief Robert E. Cansler Headquarters, Peel Regional Police State of South Carolina Concord Police Department Brampton, Ontario Mr. Tony Stepp Concord, North Carolina Canada Chief, Office of Emergency Preparedness Mr. James P. Damos Mr. Kenneth T. Lyons Federal Bureau of Prisons Chief of Police, Emeritus National President Captain Kathryn Stevens University City, Missouri International Brotherhood of Police Officers Allen County Sheriff’s Department Commissioner Larry DuBois Mr. John McCalla Fort Wayne, Indiana Department of Corrections Senior Security Engineer Mr. Brad Stimson Commonwealth of Massachusetts U.S. Secret Service National Research Council Mr. Mayer DeRoy Mr. James Mahan IERT Chief of Police, Emeritus Chief, Office of Security Canada Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Federal Bureau of Prisons Chief William K. Stover Inspector Ed Farley Mr. Robert T. Manske Arlington County Police Department Witness Security Division Special Agent in Charge Arlington, Virginia U.S. Marshals Service Communications Branch Sheriff Patrick J. Sullivan, Jr. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Chief William Finney Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Department Saint Paul Police Department Ms. Kris Marcy Littleton, Colorado Saint Paul, Minnesota Associate Director for Operations Support Mr. Robert Tegarden U.S. Marshals Service Mr. Tony Fisher Assistant Director Associate Director Mr. Thomas Miller Florida Criminal Justice Institute National Organization of Black Law Senior Physical Security Specialist St. Petersburg, Florida Enforcement Executives Federal Bureau of Prisons Officer David Thomas Mr. Bryce Frey Colonel David B. Mitchell Montgomery County Police Department Director, Engineering & Commodity Superintendent Training Center Management Division Maryland State Police Rockville, Maryland General Services Administration Commander Ross Morris Mr. Brian Traynor Mr. Gil Gallegos Washington State Patrol Highway Safety Management Specialist National President Bellevue, Washington National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fraternal Order of Police Mr. James E. Murphy Chief David A. Varrelman Mr. James A. Gondles, Jr. Jim Murphy Consultants, Inc. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Executive Director Mr. Richard C. Murphy Public Safety Division American Correctional Association Tactical Support Branch Washington National Airport Washington, D.C. Chief Reuben M. Greenberg Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Charleston Police Department Colonel Howard O’Brien Charleston, South Carolina Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans HQDA (DAMO-ODL) U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice 1996 Model Year Patrol Vehicle Testing November 1995 NCJ 156220 Prepared by: Michigan State Police Training Division Independent Testing & Consulting, Inc. Eaton Rapids, Michigan Published by: National Institute of Justice National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center National Institute of Justice Jeremy Travis Director Supported by Cooperative Agreement #95–IJ–CX–K002 awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice. Analyses of test results do not represent product approval or endorsement by the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice; the National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce; Aspen Systems Corporation; or the Michigan State Police. The National Institute of Justice is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and Office for Victims of Crime. ii PREFACE We are pleased to share with you the results of our 20th annual evaluation of police patrol package vehicles. We sincerely hope that the data in this report will assist you in making your selection of patrol vehicles for 1996. You are encouraged to review the information contained in this report in light of the needs of your agency. The factors that we base our scores upon, particularly in the acceleration and top speed categories, are tailored to our needs, which may be quite different from yours. For example, a vehicle that fails to meet our 0–100 acceleration requirement may be very adequate for use by many departments who need quick acceleration to 60 or 70 mph. We want you to be aware that the best car for your agency may be different from the one we identify for our use. The following police patrol package and special service package vehicles were evaluated this year: Chevrolet Caprice .................................................... 5.7L SPFI Chevrolet Caprice .................................................... 4.3L SPFI Ford Crown Victoria ................................................ 4.6L MPFI Ford Crown Victoria ................................................ 4.6L MPFI (CNG) Ford Crown Victoria ................................................ 4.6L MPFI (Non-ABS) Chevrolet Lumina .................................................... 3.1L SPFI Chevrolet Camaro.................................................... 5.7L SPFI (Auto) Chevrolet Camaro.................................................... 5.7L SPFI (6-Spd) Chevrolet Geo Tracker ............................................ 1.6L MPFI (2wd) Jeep Cherokee .......................................................... 4.0L MPFI (4wd) Ford Explorer ........................................................... 4.0L MPFI (4wd) The Ford Crown Victoria non-ABS car was submitted for brake testing only. Since the braking systems on the two Chevrolet Camaros are identical, only the automatic transmission equipped car was submitted for brake testing. Most of the test cars were tested on Goodyear Eagle RS–A tires; however, the Jeep Cherokee