Wednesday, July 29, 2009

State Police/ Highway Patrol cars of each state (that I can get)

I'm since I was young, I'm admire the police cars and I currently have four books about Police Cars. Since Fall 2008, I've ask as many state police/highway patrol as I possibly can could for patrol cars from 1979 to 1991 or between the first year without the big block cars to the year of the last squared patrol car (1991 Crown Victoria). So far I got 29 states. Some notes: the 1979 to 1981 LTD was the forerunner of the LTD Crown Victoria and later Crown Victoria. Chrysler Newport of 1979 and the 1980-1981 Plymouth Gran Fury was the same vehicle different name, and the 1982-1989 Gran Fury was the Plymonth version of the Dodge Diplomat. For the most part I typed what the spokesperson told me so be patient plus they did it to the best of their knowledge because not many troopers have been there since 1991 much less 1979. If you want to add something well leave me comments. Here's the list so far.

California Highway Patrol
1979-1980: Dodge St. Regis
1981: Dodge Diplomat
1982: Chevy Impala
1983: Diplomat
1984: Ford LTD Crown Victoria
1985-1986: Diplomat
1987: Chevy Caprice
1988: Diplomat
1989: Caprice
1990-1991: Crown Vic

Florida Highway Patrol
1979: Chrysler Newport
1980: Plymouth Gran Fury
1981: Gran Fury, Impala, Ford LTD (the Crown Vic forerunner)
1982: Impala, Ford LTD
1983: Diplomat
1984-1985: LTD
1986-1989: Crown Vic
1990-1991: Caprice

Virginia State Police
1979: Newport
1980: Gran Fury
1981: LTD
1982: Gran Fury
1983: Impala
1984-1985: Impala/Crown Vic
1986: Caprice/Crown Vic
1987-1988: Crown Vic
1989-1991: Caprice

Michigan State Police
1979: Impala
1980: Gran Fury/ Plymouth Volare
1981: Gran Fury/ Chevy Malibu
1982-1984: Gran Fury
1985-1986: Diplomat
1987-1991: Caprice

Indiana State Police
1979: Impala
1980: St. Regis
1981: Diplomat
1982: LTD
1983-1984: Impala
1985-1987: Crown Vic
1988-1991: Caprice

Minnesota State Patrol
1979: St. Regis
1980-1981: Gran Fury
1982: LTD
1983: Gran Fury
1984-1985: Crown Vic
1986-1987: Caprice
1988: Gran Fury
1989-1990: Caprice
1991: Crown Vic

South Dakota
1979: Newport
1980-1982: Gran Fury
1983-1984: Crown Vic
1985:
1986-1988: Gran Fury
1989: Crown Vic
1990-1991: Caprice

Maine
1979: Impala
1980: St. Regis
1981-1991: Chevys

West Virginia:
1979-1983:
1984-1989: Diplomat
1990-1991: Crown Vic

Washington:
1979: Impala
1980: St. Regis
1981-1982: Diplomat
1983: none
1984-1985: LTD
1986: Crown Vic
1987-1988: Caprice
1989: Crown Vic
1990 to 1991: Caprice

North Dakota:
1979: Impala
1980-1981: St Regis
1982: Gran Fury
1983-1984: Crown Vic
1985: Gran Fury
1986: Crown Vic
1987: Caprice
1988: Gran Fury
1989: Caprice
1990-1991: Crown Vic

Kansas
1979: Newport
1980: Gran Fury
1981: Impala
1982: Mercury Grand Marquis
1983: Crown Vic
1984-1987: Gran Fury
1988-1989: Diplomat
1990-1991: Crown Vic

Iowa
1979: Newport
1980: Gran Fury
1981: none
1982: Gran Fury
1983: Crown Vic
1984: Impala
1985: Crown Vic
1986: Caprice
1987: Crown Vic
1988: Caprice
1989: Crown Vic
1990-1991: Caprice

Oregon:
1979: LTD/Newport
1980: St. Regis/Gran Fury
1981-1982: Gran Fury
1983: Diplomat
1984: Impala
1985: LTD
1986-1991: Caprice

Illinois:
1979: LTD
1980-1981: St Regis
1982: LTD
1983: Diplomat
1984: Impala
1985-1986: Diplomat
1987:
1988: Caprice
1989:
1990-1991: Caprice

Nevada
1979-1980: Impala
1981: Lebron
1982: Impala
1983: Gran Fury
1984-1989: Diplomat
1990-1991: Caprice

Pennsylvania:
1979: St Regis
1980: Gran Fury
1981: LTD
1982:
1983: Malibu
1984: Crown Vic
1985: Diplomat
1986: Crown Vic
1987:
1988-1989: Caprice
1990-1991: Crown Vic

Kentucky:
1979-1981: St Regis
1982-1983:
1984-1988: Crown Vic
1989-1991: Caprice

New York:
1979: St. Regis
1980-1984: Gran Fury
1985-1988: Diplomat/Gran Fury/Crown Vic in 1987
1989-1991: Caprice

Tennessee:
1979: Newport
1980-1983: Gran Fury
1984: LTD Crown Vic
1985-1988: Gran Fury
1989-1991: Caprice

Texas:
1979: Newport/Ford LTD II
1980: Gran Fury
1981: Gran Fury/Diplomat
1982-1984: Diplomat
1985: Diplomat/Crown Victoria
1986-1988: Crown Victoria
1989-1991: Caprice

Oklahoma:
1979: Newport
1980-1981: Gran Fury
1982-1983: LTD and LTD Crown Vic
1984-1986: Gran Fury
1987-1989: Diplomat/Caprice
1990-1991: Caprice

Ohio:
1979-1991: A split between Fords and Plymouths

Georgia:
1979-1991: LTD/Crown Vic

Alabama:
1979: LTD
1980: St Regis
1981-1987: LTD/Crown Vic
1989-1991: Caprice

Massachusettes:
1979-1991: Ford LTD/Crown Vic

Maryland:
1979-1981: St Regis
1981-1983: Gran Fury
1983: Impala
1984-1989: Crown Vic
1989-1991: Caprice

Nebraska:
1979-1980: Impala
1980-1981: St Regis
1982-1988: Diplomat
1988-1989: Caprice
1990-1991: Crown Vic

New Jersey:
1979: LTD II
1980-1981: St. Regis
1982: Diplomat
1983-1985: Crown Vic
1986-1991: Caprice

Special Thanks go to:
New York State Police
Kentucky: Bruce Olin
Florida: Capt. Ken Spears
Maine: Stephen McCausland
Virginia: Wayne Cosner
West Virginia: 1ST Sgt. Richard Pursley
Iowa: Sgt. Genie Clemens
Washington State Patrol
North Dakota Highway Patrol
Kansas: LT. Brad Bernhardt
Minnesota: LT. Matt Langer
Oregon: Michael Halverson
Illinois: Coleen Rosenthal
Nevada: LT. Jerry Seevers
Pennslyania State Police
Indiana: Capt. Andy Coffee
South Dakota: Capt. Kevin Karley
Michigan and California from Dodge, Plymonth, and Chrysler police cars 1979-1994 by Edwin Sanow.
Tennessee: Major J.R. Perry
Texas: Lisa Block
Oklahoma: Chief's Office
Ohio: Michelle Vaughan
Georgia:Public Info Office
Alabama: Ret. Capt. Robert Applin/Dorris Teague
Massachusettes: Greg Mackay

Also if anyone has the patrol car info of the other 20 state police or highway patrol agencies or fill in the blanks or add please let me know either here or soundguy60@yahoo.com. Enjoy