Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna announced the rollout of about 280 new patrol vehicles for the department Thursday, upgrading an aging fleet of \u201cblack and white\u201d patrol vehicles, many of which are more than eight years old and have been driven more than 100,000 miles. <\/p>\n
At a news conference at the Hall of Justice in downtown L.A., Luna said the aim is to eventually phase out the department\u2019s older vehicles, enhancing the safety of deputies and community members while reducing impacts on the environment and spending on maintenance and repairs.<\/p>\n
Luna has made modernizing the fleet a priority. More than 1,100 of the department\u2019s nearly 2,000 vehicles have been on the road for eight years or more, including around 700 that have surpassed the 100,000-mile mark.<\/p>\n
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The interior of a new patrol car is displayed during a press conference Thursday. <\/p>\n
(William Liang\/For The Times)<\/p>\n
\u201cOur black and white patrol vehicles are the backbone of our day-to-day patrol law enforcement functions here in our county,\u201d he said. \u201cThese vehicles are on the road consistently 24 hours a day, seven days a week; they\u2019re passed from one shift to the next and often pushed to their operational limits.\u201d<\/p>\n
Between January and July, the department responded to more than 434,000 calls for service. Upgrading the vehicles deputies drive to respond to those calls will help avoid breakdowns and delays while protecting deputies and other motorists, Luna said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith a fleet this large and active,\u201d he added, \u201cvehicle age and mileage becomes a serious concern for all of us, not just for maintenance and budget reasons, but for public safety and the safety of our deputies and operational efficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of the 280 new vehicles, 48 are hybrid gasoline-electric, which will \u201clower fuel consumption, reduce emissions and support our county\u2019s broader sustainability goals.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new rides feature collision avoidance systems, \u201cadvanced LED lighting\u201d on running boards and elsewhere to help people see the vehicles, and enhanced sirens that use low frequencies that allow other drivers to more easily detect them, the sheriff said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe goal here is simple,\u201d Luna added. \u201cBetter visibility makes quicker, safer passage through traffic, which translates to faster response times and fewer collisions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna announced the rollout of about 280 new patrol vehicles for the department…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":164486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,13136,3059,2385,3040,7726,25241,94832,51082,2961,224,5337,54116,5335,94833,59218,8150,8152,1628],"class_list":{"0":"post-164485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-call","11":"tag-county","12":"tag-day","13":"tag-department","14":"tag-deputy","15":"tag-downtown-l-a","16":"tag-fleet","17":"tag-l-a-county-sheriff","18":"tag-la","19":"tag-los-angeles","20":"tag-losangeles","21":"tag-luna","22":"tag-maintenance","23":"tag-new-patrol-vehicle","24":"tag-new-vehicle","25":"tag-road","26":"tag-safety","27":"tag-year"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115068257451468288","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}