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The New Prowlers

 

It took East six hours to wreck one of the new FIUS. 

 

 

The Vic

 

 

 

 

New Cars

 

The 66 new Ford FIUs the city purchased have yet to be sent to the precincts.

Our MDTS are from 2004. The city can no longer purchase them from the company, so Fleet Services take the tablets from 2013 and 2015 FIUs and the handful of Impalas set to be retired. The Vic is being kept until I retire. 

Then, the fuel sensors do not recognize the city fuel pumps. The department purchased the wrong ones. It is a $1000 per unit mistake. The city is looking for individual key sensors for each unit, but since cars are not assigned to officers, the keys are expected to disappear. 

 

 

 

 

Model 480K

The Vic's Odometer

 

 

 

 

Employed

 

At last night's car jacking and shooting, I used the new tactical door stop and saved offices from relying on a broken stick the sergeant found.

 

 

Color

 

Back in the 1980', 1990's and mid-2000's the city had white prowlers. Then, the paint scheme went to blue with white wrapped door. The wraps did not weather well. They stain and are easily dinged. The department just bought 66 Ford FIUs for the pond. The purchase has been years in the making. We haven't bought a car in three years. Due to wrecks, rammings, and wear, somedays there aren't enough cars for the current shift and the relieving one. The new rigs are black. Why? Ford only makes offered them in that color. The department soundly skipped the wraps. We'll see if the transmissions last longer than the 2000 hybrids.

 

 

 

Tactical Door Stop

 

 

 

 

On Thursday, at roll call, the sergeants issued officers a tactical door stop. They are not part of our inventoried gear, but the precinct wants them if an officer transfer to another RU.

 

 

 

 

Tactical Snow Shovel

 

I brought my tactical snow shovel to work yesterday. 

I bring every time it snows.

 

The city does not plow. Citizens don't shovel their sidewalk.

 

I use it to dig out cars and clear door ways.

 

Last night, I cleared the sidewalk in front of  the precinct of three inches of ice.

 

 

FIU Folly

 

Since the Vic is the shop, I grab what ever FIU is available.  There is a shortage of prowlers. A portion of Days has to come in early, so Afternoons has cars. Yesterday's car had an empty tank and an under inflated tire. Today's rig had 15 pairs of dirty gloves and two partial consumed Coke bottle, among other garbage under the driver's seat.