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Most JAG funding is awarded annually to a designated State Administering Agency (SAA). Many local municipalities across the country receive a local JAG allocation directly from the federal government based on their share of their state’s three-year violent crime average. Vehicles are an allowable cost under this program but only police cruisers. I often mention Justice Assistance Grants (JAG) in my articles as not only is it the largest funding source for police and other law enforcement equipment, but JAG supports activity across the criminal justice system. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.How telematics can save police lives on the road Someday the mountain might get them but the law never will. Straightening the curves, flattening the hills. Beats all you never saw been in trouble with the law since the day they was born. WAYLON JENNINGS: (Singing) Just a good old boy, never meaning no harm. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THEME FROM 'THE DUKES OF HAZZARD' GOOD OL' BOYS") GLINTON: There is a strategy to Ford releasing a hybrid patrol car - it paves the way for all kinds of hybrids, like a hybrid Mustang or a hybrid Ford F-150. And I do think that as long as the safety requirements, to me, are met, I do know that there's some, you know, some benefits, especially not just economically but, you know, just going green. Cronin says there could be an upside for officers.ĬRONIN: I'm a proponent of having something that doesn't require, you know, stopping for fuel as much or at all. Ford estimates the new vehicles will save nearly $4,000 a year in fuel. GLINTON: Cronin says he knows the departments are looking to cut costs. I'm a Los Angeles police officer, and I'm an elected director at the Los Angeles Police Protective League. And so there's more than a little bit of engineering that needs to be really, really good here. You've got to have zero to 100 times, you've got to have consistency around the track. KEVIN LAYDEN: You've got to pass tests with the LA County Sheriff as well as the Michigan State Police. He says he knows the perceptions that people have about hybrids, but he says the technology has come a long, long way. Kevin Layden is in charge of hybrids and plug-in vehicles at Ford. But if you're driving a squad car, officers want a solid, fast and maneuverable car at high speeds. GLINTON: Clinton says if you buy fleets of cars, every mile per gallon counts. He says until recently, hybrid cars just didn't have the speed and stability that officers want and need.ĬLINTON: Yeah, there is a tension within the police fleets for a desire for performance and also what I would call an electoral or elected leader mandates from above that demand higher fuel efficiency. GLINTON: Paul Clinton is with Government Fleet magazine.
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PAUL CLINTON: Police departments have always been somewhat allergic to using hybrid vehicles or electric vehicles. It's the first time that law enforcement has used a hybrid patrol car for high-speed pursuits. SONARI GLINTON, BYLINE: The LAPD and the NYPD are putting the Ford Police Responder Hybrid Sedan - phew (ph) - in their fleets. For obvious reasons, police officers want their cars to be solid and fast. Yesterday, both cities announced plans to introduce hybrid patrol cars. The Los Angeles and New York City police departments are going green, at least their patrol cars will be.