Caroline cops bring Ford Mustang GT Fleet back to the level of the state after 30 years

NC Highway Patrol previously executed 5.0 SSP Mustangs in the 1980s and 90s, but recently used Dodge Chargers

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The North Carolina police force become retro with a fleet of Ford Mustang Patrol cars which will be used by the road patrol throughout the state. The deployment will bring back memories (including some painful, etc.) for Northern Caroline residents of the classic Mustang SSP cops used in the 1980s and in the early 1990s.

The NCSHP bought for the first time a selected number of 2024 Mustangs last year and published photos of one of the first cars dressed in the distinctive livery in black and silver from the patrol last summer. But before a complete deployment could occur, an “integrated” process was necessary, allowing the logistics team of the force to adapt the cars with police equipment, and its training service to assess what the cars would behave in the field.

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Then, Hurricane Helene launched a meteorological duration in preparation, forcing the patrol to divert the resources of the Mustang project to focus on the most urgent issue to help help in the event of a disaster in the western part of the State.

But now, the Mustang are ready to leave, each a GT equipped with a 5.0 -liter coyote by making 480 hp (485 PS) and driving the rear wheels through a 10 -speed automatic. A time from zero to 60 MPH of less than 4.5 seconds and a top speed of almost 170 MPH (274 km / h) means that NC cops should have enough performance at their disposal to deal with most -The tensioning mustangs will drive with snowy weather.

Some have also complained that the police should not spend dollars from taxpayers in sports cars when other forces buy more practical and profitable SUVs like the explorer. But the NCSHP claims that the cost of its new muscle cars is largely the same as the other vehicles in its fleet.

Although the patrol has used special service Mustangs (SSP) over 30 years ago, in recent years, it has relied on Dodge Chargers, which is no longer available in V8 form – although the new charger to Six cylinders this year seems to have been worth waiting.

“These patrol vehicles, although small, will serve a precious objective in our entire state,” said NCSHP colonel, Freddy L. Johnson, Jr. “Their presence during his patrol will undoubtedly help to dissuade and help In our important role as ambassadors for the great state of North Carolina.

The patrol showed its new Mustangs by recreating a photograph of 1929 in which police officers of the time aligned themselves on their police motorcycles outside the same state building.

Image credits: North Carolina State Highway Patrol