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480-15

The Police'

Patrol Car:

Economic Efficiency in

Acquisition, Operation, and

Disposition

Law Enforcement Equipment Tectlnology

u.s. DEPARTMENT"~f

COMMERCE National Bureau of Standards

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This report was prepared hy the Law Enforcement Standards Laboratory (LESL) of the National Bureau of Standards, under the direction of Jllred J. Collard, Acting Manager. Vehicles Program, and jacob j. Diamond, Chief of LESL. Appreciation is extended to the many police departments and colllmercial enterprises that cooperated in this study.

NBS Special Publication

480-15

The Police

Patrol Car:

Economic Efficiency in

Acquisition,

Operation, and

Disposition

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by Rosalie T. Ruegg Applied Economics Program National Engineering Laboratory National Bureau of Standard.,

WashinQ.ton. D.C. 20234

prepared by Law Enforcement Standards Laboratory Center for Consumer Product Technology National Bureau "of Standards Washington, D.C. 20234

prepared for National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Assistance Administration U.S. Department of Jlistice

Washington, D.C. 20531

Issued April 1978

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Juanita M. Kreps, Secretary

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,lOr. Sidney Harman., Under Secretery

. Jordan J. Baruch, Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STAN,OARDSt ErnesfAmbler, Director"

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Library of CO;1gress Catalo~ing in Publication Data

Ruegg, Rosalie T.

The police patrol car.

(Law enforcement equipment technology )(NBS special publica-

tion ; 480-151

Supt. of Docs. no.: C13.10:480-15.

1. Police vehicles-Economic aspects. 2. Police vehicles-Cost effectivene~s. 3. Police vehicles-Cost of operation. I, National

Institute of Law Enfrlrcement and Criminal Justice, II. Law

Enforcement Standards Laboratory. III. Title. 1\1. Series. V. Series:

United States. National Bureau of Standards. Special publica-

tion ; 480-15.

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National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 480-15

Nat.. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Spec. Publ. 480-15, 115 pages CODEN:XNBSAV

Supersedes NBSIR 75-961

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FO,REWORD

The Law Enforcement Standards Laboratory (LESL) of the National Bureau of

Standards (NBS) furnishes technical support to the National Institute of Law

Enforcement and Criminal Justice (NILECJ) program to strengthen law enforcement and

criminal jU!ltice in the United States. LESVs function is to conduct research that will

assist law enforcement and criminal justice agencies in the selection and procurement of.

quality equipment.

I~ESL is: (1) Subjecting existing equipment to laboratory, testing and evaluation

and (2) conducting rese8rch leading to the development of several series of documents.

including national voluntary equipment standards. l~ser guidelines~ state?of.the?art

surveys and other reports.

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This document is a law enforcement equipment report developed by LESL under

the sponsorship of NILECJ. Additional reports as well as other documents are being,

issued under the LESL program in the areas of protective equipment. communications

equipment. security systems, weapons, emergency equiphient. investigative aids.

vehicles and clothing.

Technical comments and suggestions concerning the subject matter of thi~ report

are invited from all interested parties. Comments should be addressed to the Law

p.C. Enforcement Standards Labtiratory:" National Bureau of Standards. Washington.

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Jacob J. Diamond, Chief

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