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Of course the refurbished transmission never did function perfectly smoothly but it still beat driving a Crown Vic so I kept my
complaints to a minimum; in time we got another new chief of police he made it a priority to replace all of the old broken down
patrol cars with new ones, and I knew I’d be on the list. Which was why I had volunteered to put myself in one of the oldest cars
in our fleet. Although it was an older vehicle, I liked it, took care of it, kept it clean, and took glamour shots of it when it was
looking good.

In 2015 we started replacing our old sedans with new Ford patrol cars called “Interceptor/Utility” models. They were really nice
because the engineers at Ford designed them from the ground up to meet the specific needs of law enforcement operators; they
were easy to get in and out of, the back doors opened extra wide to get handcuffed prisoners in and out, and the ergonomics
and layout of everything was very well thought out and designed with more durable seats designed specifically for officers
wearing gun belts, etc. The chassis and body was a standard Ford Explorer like the civilian model but there was a long list of
modifications and improvements like upgraded springs, shocks, wheels, tires, rotors, alternator and battery, bigger engine,
better cooling components, and it was all wheel drive with plenty of torque and acceleration and the handling was superb and
those models were best police cars just about ever so far. They were generally regarded by professional cops all over the country
as being one of the best police cars ever made.

Nice, yeah? The vast majority of other police agencies replaced their old crown vics with these new rigs: