Police car equipment question (pics)
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Police car equipment question (pics)
These pics are from the Capitol Police, What is that White thing just behind the lightbar?? My town used to have those on most of the sqaud cars and i always wondered what they were. Im pretty sure they arent a light because ive seen them up close. but who knows maybe it is a light.
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they're lights the ones that are bright they shoot at you when you're pulled over. some cops like the center + door lights. some of the cops around here have HID door lights which are BRIGHT AS HELL.(it almost hurts to look into the rearview mirror). you add in that big monster on top it will blind you. 
03-02-2005, 11:36 AM
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No that's a portable FLIR system. Night vision.
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03-02-2005, 11:43 AM
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It was on ABC news a while back during the Inaguration. They were talking about the upgraded security and were showing some of the newest additions.
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Originally Posted by Speed_Racer
No that's a portable FLIR system. Night vision.
so they must have it hooked up to the computer moniter
03-02-2005, 04:34 PM
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It was on ABC news a while back during the Inaguration. They were talking about the upgraded security and were showing some of the newest additions.
03-03-2005, 12:02 AM
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Yeah, I have always wondered what those things were, I'd see them on the cop cars in Greenwich back at home all the time. I always assumed they were probably nightvision or whatever. I always crack up when I see Greenwich police cars, because they have those big "christmas tree" lights like the highway patrol do on the LIE. I have yet to ever see a Greenwich cop use them.
BTW, does anyone else hate those new LED light bars that cops are getting, they're freaking bright
BTW, does anyone else hate those new LED light bars that cops are getting, they're freaking bright
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Originally Posted by Water-S
they're lights the ones that are bright they shoot at you when you're pulled over. some cops like the center + door lights. some of the cops around here have HID door lights which are BRIGHT AS HELL.(it almost hurts to look into the rearview mirror). you add in that big monster on top it will blind you.
03-03-2005, 12:38 AM
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Originally Posted by nikon01
Yeah, I have always wondered what those things were, I'd see them on the cop cars in Greenwich back at home all the time. I always assumed they were probably nightvision or whatever. I always crack up when I see Greenwich police cars, because they have those big "christmas tree" lights like the highway patrol do on the LIE. I have yet to ever see a Greenwich cop use them.
BTW, does anyone else hate those new LED light bars that cops are getting, they're freaking bright
BTW, does anyone else hate those new LED light bars that cops are getting, they're freaking bright
what sucks is that normally i can spot a cruiser from a mile away because of the big light bars and now with the LEDs its really hard to spot them.
03-03-2005, 01:57 AM
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Originally Posted by nikon01
I thought that those white lights they shine on you at night were on the door and in the lightbar?
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Its an officer safety issue. It has a few functions, 1. They can shoot right through the tints on a car so the officer can see and subvertive motions (hiding drugs, switching drivers etc) and 2.You blind the driver, they dont have time to load their gun and shoot the officer as he walks up.
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