LAPD to adopt Tesla Model S cars to it's fleet. - Polidicks

[url]http://www.autoblog.com/2016/10/17/lapd-model-s-police-car/[/url] [quote]The Los Angeles Police Department has its heart set on having a fleet of electric vehicles. Despite having some reservations about the Tesla Model S, which includes not being able to use the vehicle in the event of a major power outage, the LAPD is moving forward with Tesla on fitting a Model S P85D with some police equipment.[/quote] [IMG]http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-global/dims3/GLOB/legacy_thumbnail/750x422/quality/95/https://s.blogcdn.com/slideshows/images/slides/423/574/9/S4235749/slug/l/44th-annual-los-angeles-police-memorial-foundation-celebrity-1.jpg[/IMG] 2 days old news but I didn't see it posted here.

I remember news months ago about this. Something about them doing a trial. [B]EDIT[/B] Found it [url]http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/15/news/companies/tesla-model-s-lapd/[/url] [quote]The city said the two high-end electric police cars will be used for testing and research by LAPD technical experts to determine how electric cars can support their future needs.[/quote]

Yeah, this was mentioned months ago. There's some neat pros to having a rocket sled as a cop car, but there's a lot of logistical problems that I see cropping up. Cop cars frequently drive substantial distances in any given day. Yeah, by the time a chase has been running for a bit, you can pass the baton off to another vehicle, but it just seems clunky. Does the car have to come in to charge when it's got <50% charge, or do you run the risk of not catching someone. Then there's the armor. Police vehicles are majorly reinforced, along with various other mods like push bars (which don't seem to be present here). No idea how that pans out in a tesla. It's a damn safe car for a crash, but crash resistance has very little to do with bullet resistance. But that's what pilot programs are for after all.

I wonder if LAPD are gonna use the battery swap terminals. Swap a battery in under 2 minutes.

They will certainly be able to accurate faster than the average joe.

looks rad as fuck

[QUOTE=Aide;51231091]I wonder if LAPD are gonna use the battery swap terminals. Swap a battery in under 2 minutes.[/QUOTE] The only one built is closed down because it didn't have any demand. When it was rolled out it was a lot slower than advertised. (growing pains of getting it to work in the real world i guess)

Thank god, now when the police harass me for being black on a friday night, they're not polluting my neighborhood with their idling v8s. And there won't be any engine sounds to drown out the sound of them reading my rights to me

[QUOTE=Dr.C;51231177]Thank god, now when the police harass me for being black on a friday night, they're not polluting my neighborhood with their idling v8s. And there won't be any engine sounds to drown out the sound of them reading my rights to me[/QUOTE] I don't think there was any need to politicize this.

[QUOTE=TFA;51231232]I don't think there was any need to politicize this.[/QUOTE] I think it was just a silly joke.

[QUOTE=IKTM;51231267]I think it was just a silly joke.[/QUOTE] A bad one at that

Now THAT is a futuristic cop car!

I wonder if there's any tactical advantage to driving a quieter electric car, like allowing police to get the drop on a suspect or something. Then again I suppose the sirens and flashing lights would already give them away.

[QUOTE=Hidole555;51231614]I wonder if there's any tactical advantage to driving a quieter electric car, like allowing police to get the drop on a suspect or something.[/QUOTE] No, that's silly. The biggest advantage is that an electric motor doesn't care if you're starting and stopping and idling all day. ICE motors hate that shit, which is why most police vehicles are custom built for the job, or a tough fleet vehicle like the Crown Victoria (RIP) is chosen. But an electric motor, it doesn't care if you do that all day, it's perfect for the job. The problems lay in logistics and cost, you have to juggle batteries or leave cars out to charge, and the current costs are simply too high. If an affordable EV fleet vehicle was designed with fast and easy battery switching, there would be no reason for them to use ICE vehicles.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/08kqIrt.png[/img] model 3 copcar when

[QUOTE=Zephyrs;51231045]Yeah, this was mentioned months ago. There's some neat pros to having a rocket sled as a cop car, but there's a lot of logistical problems that I see cropping up. Cop cars frequently drive substantial distances in any given day. Yeah, by the time a chase has been running for a bit, you can pass the baton off to another vehicle, but it just seems clunky. Does the car have to come in to charge when it's got <50% charge, or do you run the risk of not catching someone. Then there's the armor. Police vehicles are majorly reinforced, along with various other mods like push bars (which don't seem to be present here). No idea how that pans out in a tesla. It's a damn safe car for a crash, but crash resistance has very little to do with bullet resistance. But that's what pilot programs are for after all.[/QUOTE] Aren't Tesla actually really dangerous in a crash? You're more likely to survive the initial crash. However, if firefighters have to use the jaws of life to get you out, they can only cut through a few places without getting a major shock. Or at least that's what I heard.

If they're not trained ye, otherwise it's simply cutting a link near the trunk

[QUOTE=joost1120;51232615]Aren't Tesla actually really dangerous in a crash? You're more likely to survive the initial crash. However, if firefighters have to use the jaws of life to get you out, they can only cut through a few places without getting a major shock. Or at least that's what I heard.[/QUOTE] That sounds like scaremongering bullshit, generally they use the jaws of life to cut through the pillars / rip the door open, where there'd be no high power cables

[QUOTE=Hidole555;51231614]I wonder if there's any tactical advantage to driving a quieter electric car, like allowing police to get the drop on a suspect or something. Then again I suppose the sirens and flashing lights would already give them away.[/QUOTE] Like you are dealing drugs or something like one does and suddenly like 1 meter behind you some copper with big ass sunglasses is sitting in his tesla arm out of the window asking "Yo... whats going on here". sneaky bastards giving me a hart attack

Cop cars are always cooler than the civilian ones. I really want to know the details about the car, it has to be something a little more. I want my taxes to get a really sweet custom Tesla.

[QUOTE=kaze4159;51232642]That sounds like scaremongering bullshit, generally they use the jaws of life to cut through the pillars / rip the door open, where there'd be no high power cables[/QUOTE] The pillars and doors are safe, but cutting through the dashboard is very dangerous. The DC converter is in between the dashboard and right front wheel. There's a good instructional video for firefighters on the Model S. The Tesla has specific instructions for firefighters written on the vehicle itself.

I wouldn't mind being pulled over by that.

[QUOTE=!LORD M!;51233255]I wouldn't mind being pulled over by that.[/QUOTE] Turns out they were in pursuit and ran out of juice in front of you.

[QUOTE=joost1120;51232726]The pillars and doors are safe, but cutting through the dashboard is very dangerous. The DC converter is in between the dashboard and right front wheel. There's a good instructional video for firefighters on the Model S. The Tesla has specific instructions for firefighters written on the vehicle itself.[/QUOTE] It's not really any less safe than a regular ICE. It's just a learning curve for firefighters, and it's more of an EV specific thing rather than Tesla specific. Tesla are working closely with firefighters to make it easier in events like this and apparently in the facelift Model S and X they moved things around to make that easier. [video]https://youtu.be/D4peF1EYke8[/video]

[QUOTE=mikerocks;51232682]Cop cars are always cooler than the civilian ones. I really want to know the details about the car, it has to be something a little more.[/QUOTE] Negligible if anything. The added electronics will cause significantly more drain on the vehicle than normal.

[QUOTE=joost1120;51232615]Aren't Tesla actually really dangerous in a crash? You're more likely to survive the initial crash. However, if firefighters have to use the jaws of life to get you out, they can only cut through a few places without getting a major shock. Or at least that's what I heard.[/QUOTe] if your car flips completely over, yes there is only a small well marked area they can cut through but thats the same problem with hybrids and other electric cars. having a car completely roll over and in a way they can't pull you out the doors is pretty rare in LA