Police Sirens News & Articles

• Calif. sheriff’s office implements Hi-Lo siren to alert public of immediate evacuations

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  The warning siren will be used for all disasters, including wildfires, earthquakes and floods

• How to buy vehicle equipment (eBook)

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  Download this Police1 vehicle equipment buying guide to learn key steps for product selection, purchasing and implementation

• How police can set up a safe work zone at roadway incidents

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  Setting up a safer work zone begins with the proper placement of the first-arriving vehicle and expands from there

• How to buy light bars

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  Many considerations go into purchasing the right lighting solution for your police department’s patrol vehicles

• Spotlight: LED Equipped offers superior emergency vehicle lighting and equipment

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  Their light bars feature powerful up to date Generation LED lighting

• P1 Survey: Police Vehicles and Accessories

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  59.2% of LEOs responded that their agencies are currently looking to purchase a new fleet of patrol vehicles

• Video: Wrong-way teen driver tries to flee police

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  The teenager speeds backwards toward a roundabout and narrowly misses oncoming traffic as an unmarked police car and back-up vehicles attempt to stop him

• S.C. man leads police to 3 dead bodies, then kills self

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  Kenneth Meyers was driving a victim's car when deputies began chasing him

• No Dummy: Federal Signal’s SmartSiren Platinum

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  SmartSiren’s upgraded sibling offers plenty of features

• Acoustic warning speakers used by police causing controversy

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  By Bradley J. Fikes North County TimesESCONDIDO, Calif. — Deterring pirates with blasts of ear-splitting sound got American Technology Corp. a lot of welcome attention. But when the company's acous...

• New sirens shake ground to get drivers to pull over

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  By Jacob Quinn Sanders Arkansas Democrat-GazetteLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Forced to share the road with newer vehicles that are engineered to cancel out road noise, and with drivers distracted by cell ph...

• Mo. city police sirens now feature vibrations

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  By Jaime BaranyaiThe Springfield News-LeaderSPRINGFIELD, Mo. — With modern-day drivers distracted by cell phones, iPods, kids in the back seat and more, Springfield Police have purchased some new s...

• Study of traffic incident management systems released

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  As rush hour nears on a March evening, a call comes in to an emergency dispatch center: vehicle and brush fire on a four-lane highway. When a fire engine arrives, the crew finds a fully involved mi...

• Familiarize yourself with other local squad cars

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  How many times have we backed up or assisted a sister agency? Almost every day, right? But how familiar are you with their patrol cars? The local PD ended a pursuit next to my house while I was hom...

• Training for touch during emergency driving

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  While training new recruits about emergency/pursuit driving, park your patrol unit, blindfold the recruit and have him/her practice turning on various emergency lights and equipment by touch, witho...

• Limiting Cars' Lights, Siren Use May Prevent Police Crashes

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  LAPD system allows only 1 car to respond in full ''Code 3'' mode - Jaxon Van Derbeken, Chronicle Staff Writer San Francisco - The patrol car smash-up that killed a San Francisco police officer migh...