page_title: Los Angeles Police Department resources
section_title: Sedans
hierarchical_section_title: Los Angeles Police Department resources / Mobility / Sedans
caption_attribution_description: English: LAPD SUV parked at Venice Beach
context_page_description: This is a list of resources of the Los Angeles Police Department.
context_section_description: With few 9C1 Chevrolet Caprice vehicles remaining in the motor pool (as the final model year of the Chevrolet Caprice was 1996), the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor is one of three sedans for patrol in the department fleet, the other being the newly approved 2008 Dodge Charger LX Police Special, and the Ford Police Interceptor Sedan. Only the sedan is permitted to engage in a vehicle pursuit, pursuant to department policy.  Like most police agencies throughout southern California, Los Angeles Police Department vehicles are ordered painted in black clearcoat with the roof, doors, and pillars painted white from the factory.  The Department has used this black-and-white paint scheme since approximately 1940 with minimal modifications.  Options available from Ford ordered by the Department today include dual pillar-mounted Unity spotlights, 16-inch heavy duty steel wheels with chrome center caps, and ballistic panels within the two front doors.
  Most police vehicles bear at least two rear bumper stickers: one reading "There's NO Excuse - For Domestic Violence" and another for "Watch The Road - Operation Traffix".  On the rear side panel is a black and white sticker that reads "EMERGENCY DIAL 9-1-1 Fire Police Medical."  The front doors bear the seal of the city of Los Angeles, the department slogan "to protect and to serve" as well as the citywide five-digit "shop number" and city department name (POLICE).  The last three numbers of the shop number (used to identify all vehicles operated by the city) are reprinted on the roof to help air units visually identify cars.  On the trunk is a number that identifies which division the unit belongs to (e.g., a 25 would be "South Traffic Division" or a 3 would be "Southwest Area").
  These cars appeared on the NBC television drama Adam-12:
  1967, 1968 and 1969 Plymouth Belvedere
  1971 Plymouth Satellite
  1972 AMC Matador
  On September 11, 2015, the Mayor announced a plan to lease 160 battery electric vehicles and 128 plug-in hybrids. The LA police have borrowed a Tesla Model S and a BMW i3 for testing.
caption: A truck belonging to the LAPD parked at Venice Beach.
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