Take home police car programs are becoming
increasingly popular particularly with suburban police departments where the
benefits of higher department visibility and faster response time have great
community appeal.
Take home police car programs present a solid case for
driving the down the cost of fleet operations both on the capital budgeting and
maintenance sides.
Instead of running vehicles 3-shifts, 24-7, take home
vehicles are assigned to a single responsible officer; they run less, they are
better maintained (because a single officer is looking after them)
and because there is "time" for them to be maintained within any given 24 hour
cycle without diminishing overall fleet readiness and perhaps most importantly,
take-home vehicles last considerably longer.
The challenge for most departments is the considerable
expense, of the initial deployment of a larger fleet. Municipal leasing
was "almost" made for this circumstance.
Why Pay in Advance...
When you can "Pay As You Go?"
Almost "made" for Take Home
programs...municipal leases allow your department to spread the initial outlay
on the take-home vehicles over multiple budget periods--matching expenses to use
over a period of years. And because each take home vehicle's useful life
is extended significantly, so to are its payments per year reduced
proportionately!
Take Home Police Cars
White Papers
by Police Department Experts, for Police Departments...
First Capital would be pleased to share with
your department some the of the research put together by other
police departments in their quest to
evaluate the take home
vehicle issue, including:
