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THE MORNING RANT: A Police Department - in Hurricane Country - is Getting EV Patrol Cars; How Many Ways Can This Go Wrong?The feedback and tips I receive from readers are sometimes the genesis for posts. But occasionally there is correspondence, such as this one from a reader who comments under the name “WunderKraut,” and rather than try to extract parts of it, I am just going to use the whole darn thing (with his consent.) WunderKraut sent me the following link, about a police department in South Georgia which just took delivery of four Tesla Model Y vehicles, several of which will be put into patrol duty. Rather than choosing the typical Ford, Dodge, or Chevy cars DPD typically purchases, they have made the decision to invest in 4 new Tesla Model Y vehicles. These vehicles arrived on Friday, Aug. 23, and will be in full operation before the end of December 2024. Mr. Kraut does not live in Douglas, but he lives in another nearby town that was hit hard by Hurricane Michael, which was still a Category 1 hurricane when it passed through in October 2018. The absurdity of using an electric vehicle as a police cruiser goes way beyond storm-related power outages, and Mr. Kraut covers those issues well. Here is what he wrote: Absolutely insane. And here are the reasons why this is insane: 1. Accessibility • Who needs to be on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week – Police 2. Functionality • Who drives at high speeds to answer calls or stop criminals – Police • I know and work with a lot of police personnel. They may drive 100 miles in a shift, but they are sitting idle for hours and hours. Are they willing to bet the life of a police officer that the battery power will last an entire shift? Having read all this, I’m now curious about the rest of the story. For a small, rural city like Douglas, GA to make such a colossally bad decision, there likely had to be other incentives, by which I mean taxpayer money of some sort finding its way to Douglas to motivate its PD to engage in an “electric vehicle pilot program.” None of the local news stories or city press releases I’ve dug up mention any financial incentives. If any readers have any knowledge of the unseen hands that would guide a town such as Douglas, GA to buy electric police cruisers, please let me know at the email address below. I certainly hope Georgia taxpayer money isn’t being used for this boondoggle. Thank you, WunderKraut, for that outstanding contribution. [buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com] | Recent Comments
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