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From the October 2011 Issue Thursday, October 13, 2011

GALLERIES

Product Spotlight: Vehicle Accessories

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Technology & Officer Safety

A Look Ahead

Active Intelligent Policing

Creating a highly productive, reliable and safe law enforcement vehicle requires staying up on the latest technology. Many companies offer a wide selection of vehicle equipment, including light bar systems, prisoner partitions, siren systems, K-9 units, consoles and more. Here are some of the current products to outfit your vehicle.
You Tell Us Are there Specialty Vehicles or Tactical Gear you think other officers must know about? Email Shana Baldassari at s.baldassari@elsevier.com and, space providing, we’ll include it in our December spotlights.
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Product Spotlight: Vehicle Accessories

Hitch-Mounted Signs & Lights

Traffic Safety System’s hitch-mounted LED Arrow Boards are used by police officers for fast lane closure and traffic direction in motor vehicle accidents, road closure, prisoner trash detail and other situations where emergency traffic direction is necessary. The unit comes in a storage bag and will fit in any trunk. The hitch-mounted LED Scene lights are designed to light up large areas without setting up a generator. Vehicles can be moved without removing equipment. The boards and scene lights are operational in one minute and operate from the vehicle’s power trailer plug or optional stand alone tripod stand. Traffic Safety System
—828/275-6954 www.trafficsafetysystem.com

Rotating Reflector

The new Vision SLR light bar’s non-linear shape and Solaris LED Rotating Reflector provides eight times more light output than a typical linear LED light bar. Each reflector features two LEDs that project light upward for easy aerial location of an emergency vehicle. The product illuminates a broader area at the 45- and 90-degree intersection points, which is a critical area for early detection of an emergency vehicle to on-coming traffic. This allows for quicker recognition and response time through intersections. The product also features the new SpectraLux multicolor LED technology that allows for a single light source to change color (red, blue, amber or white) while in motion. In all-white mode, the Vision SLR produces a floodlight to quickly illuminate an emergency scene.
Federal Signal
—800/264-3578
www.fedsig.com

Prisoner-Restraint Seat

Laguna Manufacturing, Inc. introduces the new 2011 Dodge Charger 3P X-Treme Seat with the optional Ready Buckle prisoner-restraint seatbelt system. This seatbelt system offers safe buckling of the prisoner from the outboard sides of the vehicle so that the officer doesn’t have to lean over the prisoner in order to fasten them in. The belts automatically tighten if the prisoner struggles around in the seat, which helps minimize the risk to the officer and keeps the prisoner secure. The 3P X-Treme Charger seat features additional rear-seating space compared to the 2010 Charger seats, and comes with a five-year warranty.
Laguna Manufacturing, Inc.—800/516-2322
www.laguna3p.com

Heavy-Gauge Door Skins

Adamson Industries Corp.’s heavy-gauge door skins are a secure and durable solution for the rear passenger doors of the latest police vehicles. The door skins are easy to install: They fit over existing hardware without having to remove interior door panel hardware. The Setina door skins are currently available for the 2011 Dodge Charger and the 2011 Chevy Caprice. The 2013 Next Generation Police Interceptor sedan model will be ready when vehicles become available. The door skins exceed NHTSA fire retardant specs and are sold as a pair.
Adamson Industries Corp. (Setina)
—800/232-0162 www.adamsonindustries.com

2012 Post-Mount Spotlights

Unity’s post-mount spotlights, The Beam, Unity Hid, The Eye Beam and Unity LED, are now available for 2012 police vehicles. Cruisers can be equipped with either one or two post-mount spotlights that can be ordered for the vehicle during factory installation or installed aftermarket by a dealer or local up-fitter. All Unity post-mount spotlights provide a positional, high-intensity, instant light source capable of providing takedown, alley and search light functions. The Unity LED post-mount spotlights provide 2,000 lumens worth of light output and up to 50,000 hours of life. The Eye Beam provides a supplemental officer warning system in addition to all of the classic post-spotlight features.
Unity Manufacturing Company—312/943-5200 www.unityusa.com

Tough Docks

RAM’s Tough-Dock series has three new Panasonic Toughbook-specific (models CF-18/19, CF-31, CF-52) docking stations. All include an integrated power supply, a tamper-proof lock, a built-in screen support and an easily accessible external power switch and fuse. These Tough-Docks are designed with high-strength composites and lightweight, marine-grade aluminum materials, and are free from sharp edges and corners for safe undocking. (Pictured: CF-19 docking station) RAM-Mounting Systems—206/763-8361 www.ram-mount.com

Lights with a Bite

Code 3’s T-Rex Exterior vehicle lights feature the new Torus Technology, which delivers an exceptionally bright straight-on and off-angle signal. These lights can be easily mounted on your vehicle’s license plate, side mirror, grille or any flat surface. The T-Rex light is less than four inches long, and the mounting pattern matches Code 3’s existing exterior XT3 series—no new holes needed. Installing these lights is a snap—just two screws. T-Rex lights feature 27 user-
selectable flash patterns, synchronous capability and split color combinations, and meets all applicable SAE and California Title 13 specifications.
Code 3—314/426-2700 www.code3pse.com.

In-Car Video System

Digital Ally’s new DVM-100 is an in-car video system designed specifically for law enforcement agencies that need a high-quality system, but are budget-constrained. This cost-efficient system is incorporated into a cruiser’s rear-view mirror in order to document important criminal evidence. Although the DVM-100 doesn’t have all the features of the DVM-750 and DVM-500 Plus, it’s easy to operate and offers high-quality
video at 30 frames per second. It also includes pre-event recording, an optional covert mode, a remote wireless microphone and an integrated microphone for recording inside the vehicle, a removable SD card and back office software.
Digital Ally Inc.—800/440-4947
www.digitalallyinc.com

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Product Spotlight: Vehicle Accessories

Outfit your cruiser with the latest equipment

GALLERIES

Product Spotlight: Vehicle Accessories

FEATURED IN TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS

Product Spotlight: Vehicle Accessories

Hitch-Mounted Signs & Lights

Rotating Reflector

Prisoner-Restraint Seat

Heavy-Gauge Door Skins

2012 Post-Mount Spotlights

Tough Docks

Lights with a Bite

In-Car Video System

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