MURRIETA: Police phasing out sedans for SUVs - Press-Enterprise

The council, in the same action Tuesday, also authorized buying a 2015 Dodge Durango and a 2015 Ford Explorer for use as undercover detective vehicles. The Durango will be used by the officer who works with the DEA Task Force and the Explorer is for the officer working with the district attorney’s new Real Estate Fraud Task Force. Ford introduced the Police Interceptor Utility in 2012, and it quickly became the country’s best-selling police vehicle, according to a company release. As of this year, it accounts for around 55 percent of the police vehicle market, a niche part of the U. S. auto industry that had been dominated for decades by the Ford Crown Victoria sedan. the right to republish your name and comment in additional Freedom publications without any notification or payment. Source: www.pe.com