Police patrol cars light-up with upgrade
RCIPS patrol car’s new lights
(CNS): The RCIPS has begun replacing the emergency lights on its vehicles with an upgraded version that is designed to increase the visibility of police when on patrol. Portions of these new lights will remain on permanently when the vehicle is on the road, making them easier to see and, police hope, act as a deterrent to crime. The lights have several sequences depending on what the police officers are responding to.
When on regular patrol, a steady light is visible on each end of the light bar. When the cars are stationary at the scene of a collision or roadblock, the lights will be flashing. The lights can also be used to direct traffic as they have a directional flow. When the vehicles engage in an emergency response, the lights flash more rapidly.
For most incidents, the lights will be accompanied by sirens, though depending on the time and circumstances of the incidents, sirens might not be used.
“The new capacity of our police vehicles to employ different kinds of lights for police response is designed to increase our visibility and also the efficacy of our response,” police said.
Feedback about new lighting on police vehicles can be shared on the RCIPS website here.
Category: Crime, Crime Prevention, Police
I watched the attempted explanation f the lighting system on news 27 , I could hardly eat my food for laughing at people trying to figure out what lights flashing this way and that way would mean when they can’t even go around roundabouts correctly. Lmao
Christmas is going to be so much brighter this year….can they also get sirens that play jingle bells or is that a step too far?
Need some balls not lights. Get all dressed in SWAT gear to go to Fosters and show off. Love to see the tourists faces when they see their Caribbean experience marked by SWAT geared Coppers.
Now let’s use the lights to pull over people who are breaking the law!
hmmm…. Am I the only one who thinks our speed limits are to low in some areas? The fact that our “Highway”, the main road, can drop to 25 mph on roads that don’t have much traffic. In all honestly it gives me a pinch of road rage.
its funny, you can go from a 50 mph to a 25 mph.. and if you dont act faster enough, you will possible get a ticket for doing 36 in a 25. Did they note that im just coming out of a 50?
Hmmm normally I’d agree except for the massive increase in idiotic driving and “rushing” to get somewhere (IE overtaking someone doing the speed limit already). Not to mention the morons who think it’s OK to cut ahead of the right of way traffic near the fosters roundabout (left lane) from the right lane AT the yield point.
Now i know when to out my joint, thanks.
Love this, game me half a mile warning to put my seatbelt on today. Can’t wear one when I’ve spent 10 minutes ironing a shirt and they’re designed to garrote you in a crash anyway.
If your seatbelt is around your neck you are definitely wearing it wrong!
We will put that on your tombstone mate.
It’d be ideal if you left the gene pool. Thanks, continue not wearing your seat belt.
Paint the cars pink along with the permanent lights, that will increase police visibility. Who came up with this idea? No one with RCIPS wants to put there name to this one.
Who came up with this idea? I’ll tell you who – the guy who sells roof lights, that’s who! What a great idea – warn every scuff-law that there’s a cop near by!!
Consistent with a long-deficient crime-fighting history, punctuated by a reluctance to make arrests and/or engage in unarmed confrontations, brighter and noisier seems to be their preference. It gives the home-grown criminals more advance warning to gather their loot and flee the crime scene in advance of RCIPS’s leisurely arrival to take victim reports for insurance. There’s “no room at the Inn” to arrest anyone else these days, so might as well warn ’em off?!?
Good move. Now please also upgrade the indicators as these seem to rarely work.
LOL
Good Job RCIPS. Helps slow down those mad drivers on the roads as well. Especially in the mornings.
No one drives anywhere fast in the am in gridlock! Try 4pm on south sound rd. Plenty of tickets. I was just overtaken by a Kia so he could go 30 over the limit.
Commenting while driving I see
Nah bro, I can get home and then check my phone and the trip still just happened. Maybe think a bit before commenting.
Notice comment left at 4:35 but comment said 4pm.
Wow, more toys. Next they will tell us about the upgraded air conditioning that the officers will use while being trained on how to operate the lights.
Toys? you think lights on the roof of a police car is entertaining, you need to get out more.
I duly pulled to the side of the road twice last week for police cars with lights flashing and siren on at a much lower volume than normal, going nowhere quickly, just not prepared to wait in minimal traffic. I’m sure their procedures allow them to ‘part the roads’ like this for specific reasons, but for there to be two occasions of this that I alone pulled aside for last week, and then to read this morning of upgraded lights (that will always be on), is not entertaining at all. If you think the police won’t be playing ‘what does this button do’ for weeks, then it is you who needs to get out more. No one complained that they did not understand the difference between lights off, lights flashing, lights flashing with siren, and lights flashing with loud siren and speeding. Hence, new lights are toys.
Please , spare us the negativity on the topic. Positive comments on policing is what they need from the general public , not constant bashing .
To get positive comments you have to at least be good!