The 1991 Ford Crown Victoria.  This replaced my first car, a 1986 Ford Crown Vic.  Every new patrolman looks forward to the day when he/she gets their first new patrol car.  Our vehicles are assigned to us and kept at our residence since we are subject to call-out 24 hours a day.  The department usually keeps cars until at least 100,000 miles depending on the repair costs of the older cars.

A 1992 Ford Taurus with a 3.8 liter V-6.  This was a great car for me and was faster than the 91' Crown Vic.  I have found very few other officers that liked them or had as little trouble as I did.  If you can see the black marks on the rear bumper, they were caused by a man on a motorcycle.   As he was driving head on, into on-coming traffic, I pulled in front of him to slow him down and warn traffic.  He ran into me three times while we were going 95 mph.

After my Christmas Eve crash, I had to drive a swing (spare) vehicle.  This was a 1995 Chevrolet Caprice Classic with 154,000 miles on it.  It still ran like a top with the Corvette LT-1 engine.  It just goes to show, if you take care of it, it will last a long time.  Cars are very important to a patrolman.  They are our office on wheels and we need to carry all the equipment to handle every type of situation.