This may be an ignorant question, but… Asking from a European perspective, where pick-ups aren’t super common, what do the police have to do in North America that would require a pick-up truck?
In my township, the police supervisor drives the truck around. I don’t know why the fuck police supervision requires a truck, but “police supervisor” is what’s written on the side of it. Maybe they put the cops back there when they’re found passed-out drunk in their regular cruisers.
In addition to the other reply, they could service rural areas or uneven land. What if a chase / incident starts going through a farm field kinda thing.
A lot of pickups don’t even have 4 wheel drive though. A Toyota Landcruiser, Land Rover Defender, Mitsubishi Pajero, or hell even a Fiat Panda would do a better job.
The police need vehicles capable of 4x4 in rural communities and rough dirt roads. This is to access the entire comunity but also give better success in chasing the drunk dodge ram driver into the corn field. The police also sometimes have things like trailers for crime scene investigation or boats for water based policing, they need a vehicle capable of towing those.
They also use some unmarked trucks for traffic control as they blend in better allowing them to do radar more effectively.
A fleet should be a mix so when an actual pickup truck might be needed one is available.
I imagine the mix is out of proportion though for some stupid reason.
This may be an ignorant question, but… Asking from a European perspective, where pick-ups aren’t super common, what do the police have to do in North America that would require a pick-up truck?
ram other pickups
that’s literally about it
SUVs/pickups are occasionally required for tossing stuff in the back to move it, like garbage/belongings/etc
In my township, the police supervisor drives the truck around. I don’t know why the fuck police supervision requires a truck, but “police supervisor” is what’s written on the side of it. Maybe they put the cops back there when they’re found passed-out drunk in their regular cruisers.
In addition to the other reply, they could service rural areas or uneven land. What if a chase / incident starts going through a farm field kinda thing.
A lot of pickups don’t even have 4 wheel drive though. A Toyota Landcruiser, Land Rover Defender, Mitsubishi Pajero, or hell even a Fiat Panda would do a better job.
I’d hope if the police were purchasing a pickup… they’d get them with 4wd…
The police need vehicles capable of 4x4 in rural communities and rough dirt roads. This is to access the entire comunity but also give better success in chasing the drunk dodge ram driver into the corn field. The police also sometimes have things like trailers for crime scene investigation or boats for water based policing, they need a vehicle capable of towing those.
They also use some unmarked trucks for traffic control as they blend in better allowing them to do radar more effectively.