Many people ask about our equipment especially our police cruisers. The Burrillville Police Department depends heavily on it's fleet. The police cruisers are mobile offices for the police officer in which they spend up to eight and sometimes sixteen hours per day. The cruisers must be comfortable, large enough to transport prisoners and equipment, and dependable. The Burrillville Police Department, like most departments, use the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor. It is the largest, most reasonably priced automobile offered to law enforcement.
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The Ford Crown Victoria 4-door sedan has a 4.6 liter SOHC V-8 engine with a heavy duty alternator, cooling system, and suspension for the extreme conditions the car must face on a daily basis. All of our vehicles have had the often advertized fuel tank re-call performed so that all of our cars are safe from rear end collision problems. The vehicles are equipped with cloth front bucket seats and vinyl bench rear seats for easy cleaning. All vehicles have power windows, mirrors, door locks, AM/FM radios, and this year ford has included a lumbar support standard for police vehicles. The police department then installs a steel partition to protect the officer from rear seat passengers, shotgun mounts, and a console between the seats for mounting of a siren box, light switches and computer. All
of our vehicles have been equipped with strobe light bars, rear deck lights and strobe lights on each corner of the vehicle. All cruisers are equipped with first aid kits, bio-hazard kits, an Automatic External Defibrilator, a floatation device, caution tape, a fire extinguisher, and a measuring device for traffic accidents. The current cruiser graphics were designed in 1991 from a combination of the Boston and Dallas Police Departments and have been so popular that they have been copied by other police departments in Rhode Island.
The Town of Burrillville is located in the Northwest corner of the State of Rhode Island. This location has heavily wooded areas and receives a large amount of snow and ice each winter. For this reason, the Burrillville Police have two four-wheel drive vehicles.
In addition to our standard response vehicles above, the Burrillville Police has a refurbished ambulance donated by the Burrillville Ambulance Association which we utilize as a Crime Scene Unit. This vehicle is equiped with all equipment needed for crime scene investigation, and accident reconstruction.
Our Special Response Team utilizes a unique form of transportation. The vehicle must be large enough to transport all of our team members along with equipment. A Ford mini bus which was being retired from transporting senior citizens was transfered to the police department. This vehicle has been refurbished and customized for the team's use.
A little history!
The cruisers pictured below are a 1987 and 1991 Chevrolet Caprice sedans which were in use by the Burrillville Police. Notice the old graphics and design. The police department was paying an additional $700 per vehicle at the time to have them painted the special blue color.
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