Placer County sheriff phasing in Chevy Tahoe as new patrol vehicle
The Placer County Sheriff’s Office has started to phase in a new vehicle, the Chevy Tahoe two-wheel drive SUV. Sheriff’s officials selected the Tahoe when Ford announced it would no longer manufacture the department’s current patrol car, the Crown Victoria.
The sheriff’s office evaluated the Chevy Tahoe, as well as available Ford and Chrysler products, and chose the Tahoe for the price, larger cargo area and its suitability for the county’s varied terrain. The Tahoes are lower priced than the Crown Vics; they were purchased for $26,209 versus $28,348 for the Ford vehicles.
The new patrol SUV’s also sport a new striping and lettering package. The reflective green stripe and gold lettering stand out from hundreds of yards away on the street.
Two wheel drive, huh? Going to buy a 4 wheel drive for winter? I would be curious to know more instead of calling the PD idiots first.
Well Bob, if these are replacing sedans, which they would buy if they could, what is your beef?
Placer county Has plenty of 2wd stuff now along with necessary 4wd for the up country areas.
Sounds to me like they made a reasonable choice of vehicle to replace sedans that obviously have been serving the requirements well.