Police Dodge/Plymouth Sightings

[Steam McQueen]

Apr 9, 2017 17:28:52 GMT -5 58hemifury said:

I think that Monaco is blue, it definitely isn't black.

From what I recall reading, I think from Neums back in da BBC days, is that they were for sure 100% blue. And this pic is authentic vintage and it's showing off the "new" '75's ... the Ford's.





To save, try this direct link, should be 2886 x 1710 ...

- image.ibb.co/jH1E69/police02.jpg

[Steam McQueen]

- From the "Blizzard of '78"




- media.gettyimages.com/photos/metropolitan-police-district-car-is-stuck-in-the-snow-in-columbia-in-picture-id909770930




- www.flickr.com/photos/cityofbostonarchives/15751788794/


- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_United_States_blizzard_of_1978

[Steam McQueen]

- I noticed this pic as part of a 'geocaching' site.

Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a Global Positioning System receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches" or "caches", at specific locations marked by coordinates all over the world.

This particular challenge involved getting the clues from the license plates of pictures of State police cars. The Monaco here wasn't part of the clues as we can't really see the plate, but there's a bunch of other cop cars pictured.





- www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC57ART_state-police-series-52-the-cars-bonus-puzzle-2

[Steam McQueen]

^ In case anyone was thinking it's strange that the Monaco above is a Custom, it's because that's a Washington State car and that particular agency was known to purchase civilian vehicles and add the cop stuff themselves in their own garage. That's what I've read about Washington State cars anyway. Tough to prove it was a cop car after they come out of service and rejoin civilian life as they would not be a K-code or an A38 package. Maybe some Fleet options on them I'm not sure? I seem to recall it was mentioned that there was another agency that would do the same thing, buy civilian vehicles and add the cop stuff themselves. I can't remember which agency that might have been at the moment.

Here's a 1976 Monaco from that above link (not a Royal Monaco ) ...

[Steam McQueen]

- I noticed some cop car pics from the Toronto Public Library archives. Mostly Plymouth squads but here's a couple of cool Monaco pics!

A car-top sign that can be put up in seconds in emergency situations in traffic is demonstrated by Constable Don Landry of the Burlington, Ontario Provincial Police detachment. The $3,500 signs have eight different messages. (1974)

- www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-TSPA_0027682F&R=DC-TSPA_0027682F


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Cathy Dekking, first woman to become probationary constable in the Whitby detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (1974)

- torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/local-history-genealogy/2018/03/23-firsts-for-women-in-ontarios-history.html

[Steam McQueen]

- Cool pic, downtown Toronto dated 1976.





I cropped it here to show just the car, they did run 1976 Gran Fury's so that might be what we're looking at ?

The Snowstorm last night; the third major one to hit Metro this winter; dumped 15 centimetres (6 inches) of snow in six hours; causing dozens of minor accidents as well as traffic jams and street-closings. A police car blocked north and southbound traffic on Bay St. between Wellington and Front as snow fell off the Royal Bank building under construction at Bay and Front Sts. Elsewhere; cars stalled when flying slush soaked their wiring and ignition systems.

- www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-TSPA_0019807F&R=DC-TSPA_0019807F

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I always wondered why agencies would order civilian cars when they had access to all of the goodies K Codes and A38s came with. I would think the cop cars would come with special pricing?

[Steam McQueen]

Feb 26, 2019 7:53:38 GMT -5 @bms5926 said:

I always wondered why agencies would order civilian cars when they had access to all of the goodies K Codes and A38s came with.

I can't recall what the reason was. Too bad we don't have all the old threads from the Blues Central days because that's where I first read about it. I'm certain it was mentioned that it wasn't just Washington State that did it that way either.

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Here's two pics dated 1976. The Gran Fury's are for the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) as we can see by the paint scheme, identical to the CHP scheme. And look at that ... Valiant cop cars! So we know the Valiant's are 1976 models as that was the only year for them as a police package.

These Police Recruits Have 8 Cylinders, It looks like a mobile regiment lined up for inspection, and in a way it is.

pic #1 - www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-TSPA_0027729F&R=DC-TSPA_0027729F

pic #2 - www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-TSPA_0027730F&R=DC-TSPA_0027730F

[Steam McQueen]

- This pic is from 1973 with what looks like a couple of '72 Fury's.

Police and public outside Toronto-Dominion Bank branch at Adelaide St. just east of Bay St. as another policeman arrives on a horse. Shortly before noon today two masked men escaped with $11,000 in Metro's first bank hold-up of the year. The men, described as being in their 20's, used a stolen car to effect their escape. On October 22, 1970 the same bank branch was robbed of $12,000.

- www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-TSPA_0120516F&R=DC-TSPA_0120516F


Regarding the hold-up of $12,000 in 1970 ...




The $11,000 in 1973 calculates to $65,025.01 in current dollars.

- www.dollartimes.com/inflation/

[Steam McQueen]

- I noticed a few pics of these two officers, I believe the pics were used as part of a recruitment program. It was always the same two, one had the flashlight going each time and the other was on the phone each time. Pic is dated 1975, car is a 1974 Fury.





- www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-TSPA_0114170F&R=DC-TSPA_0114170F

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Not something you see every day. This pic is also dated 1975.

Watching a building from which a sniper fired on the Don Valley Parkway yesterday; a police officer crouches behind his car; a telescopic sight on his rifle. Police closed the expressway for 15 minutes during the evening rush hour while they searched an apartment building overlooking the parkway.

- www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-TSPA_0120691F&R=DC-TSPA_0120691F

[2FAB]

The "Hill Street Blues" C-body Monacos / Royals are mentioned in the thread history of original CPD chase monacos, but I thought I'd add them here. Notice the differing light bars in the first pic.






18 seconds into the show opening here, there's even a shot going under an overpass that looks a lot like Lower Wacker Drive and the CPD cars in a certain movie!

Hill Street Blues - Season 4 opening - YouTube

[Steam McQueen]

- Nice!

"Screeching and burning rubber, a state trooper wheels a patrol car through a turn marked off by plastic cones on the paved midway area of the State Fairgrounds last week. The high-speed driving was part of the course which tested equations used to reconstruct accident situations." (May 16, 1977)

Pic is from Maroon Cruisers website.
www.marooncruisers.com/1974-plymouth.html

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Look at that body roll even when it was brand new!

[Steam McQueen]

- I was looking at some pics of New York in the 70's and noticed the Chief brought his 1972 Fury to this fire.





What a neighborhood, Jesus H.

The fire pic above comes from a big project in the 70's known as "Documerica."

- magnumarts.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-documerica-project-america-in-1970s.html

[Steam McQueen]

- Oregon State Police in what I assume is a 1973 Dodge Polara. This pic is also from the Documerica Project.

Original Caption: Motorists Were Stopped by the State Police When They Exceeded the 55 Mile an Hour Limit on Highways Which Had a Previous Limit of 70. The Action Was Done to Conserve Fuel During the Crisis in the Pacific Northeast. This Is on 80 N East of Portland 12/1973

- www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/4272489126/in/album-72157623204210352/

For the Documerica Project (1971-1977), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hired freelance photographers to capture images relating to environmental problems, EPA activities, and everyday life in the 1970s.

- www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/collections/72157620729903309/