Автомобили Ford приобрели статус полицейских
Вариант Ford Ranger Raptor для несения службы окрасили в специальный цвет и оснастили проблесковыми маячками не только на крыше, но и в радиаторной решетке. Внутренне оснащение соответствует набору машин для спецслужб такого характера.
Ford Focus ST Estate Police и Ford Ranger Raptor Police 2019 года
Ranger Raptor оборудован дизельным четырехцилиндровым двутурбомотором EcoBlue объемом 2 литра и мощностью 213 л.с. (500 Нм). Трансмиссия представлена десятиступенчатой КП. Внедорожный пикап получил заднюю гидравлическую пружинную подвеску, у которой интегрированные тяги позволили мосту перемещаться по вертикали с незначительным боковым смещением, а так же усилили амортизаторы.
Пикап Raptor направят в отдаленные районы, патрулировать сельскую местность и передвигаться по гравийным дорогам.
Ford Focus ST Estate Police и Ford Ranger Raptor Police 2019 года
Универсал Focus ST для полицейских нужд технически оснащен бензиновым вариантом EcoBoost объемом 2,3 литра и мощностью 280 л.с. КП шестиступенчатая механическая. Разгон до 100 км/ч составит 5,8 секунды, а скоростной максимум 250 км/ч. Такие машины предназначены для службы на скоростных дорогах.
NSW Police Raptor: Because beaches have speed limits too
First introduced in 2014, the New South Wales Police Raptor is again out on beaches and in National Parks across the state this summer. It is being utilised as both a talking point for 4X4 enthusiasts and maybe the odd speeding ticket. The imported Ford F-150 Raptor was originally funded by the New South Wales Centre for Road Safety, and has been used for high impact education with the New South Wales Police Force. />
It has been used with local police trail bike teams in the bush and on the beach. Further, displayed at community events as the flagship vehicle for the NSW Highway Patrol ‘high visibility’ road safety campaign.
“It’s about talking to car enthusiasts on their level and having them understand the technology we have available,” said John Hartley, NSW Police Assistant Commissioner and Commander of Traffic and Highway Patrol back when it was first released.
The beast was originally imported from the US, and converted to right hand drive locally. The Police Raptor features a 6.2L V8 engine, Fox Racing shocks, a six speed auto, and worth around the $140,000 mark. Oh, it will also do 0-100 in about 7.1 seconds.
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The pairing with the police trail bike teams has been for a crack down on unregistered bikes and vehicles used both in the states National Parks and beaches.
“The vast majority of motoring enthusiasts are safe drivers who do the right thing … but once more people realise how much technology we have to detect dangerous drivers (and catch them!), hopefully they’ll be less inclined to break the law,” said Assistant Commissioner Hartley. />
“(The F150 Raptor) will be used at community events at regional and metropolitan locations. The aim of the vehicle on display is to bring motoring enthusiasts and police together … and initiate discussion about road safety.”
The Police Raptor is a rather awesome bit of kit. Keep up to date with the goings on around the state and #roastings with the NSW Police Force on Facebook.
NSW Police's Raptor Squad expands to follow bikies into regional areas
NSW Police is expanding its anti-bikie squad to continue "hunting down" outlaw motorcycle gang members who have moved operations from Sydney to the regions.
Key points:
- Raptor Squad will establish permanent branches in the Hunter and Illawarra regions
- Police say it is in response to bikie gangs moving away from Sydney
- The gang-fighting squad has been responsible for 7,500 arrests since 2009
Senior police say bikie gangs are leaving the state's capital to avoid attention from the "relentless" Raptor Squad.
Permanent arms of the squad will be based in the Hunter and Illawarra regions, where police say more than half of outlaw motorcycle gang members are now based.
Premier Dominic Perrottet said the expansion would take affect from Monday, when officers will start "hunting down" targets.
"Today we say to bikie gangs across New South Wales; you cannot hide, the police are coming for you," he said.
There will be 29 Raptor officers in the Hunter and 25 south in the Illawarra, bulging the squad to about 150 members.
It follows a trial expansion, to combat rising organised crime in regional areas, which began in 2018.
That pilot lasted 18 months, but senior police later sought a new permanent Raptor presence after seeing a "spike" in bikie activity outside of Sydney.
Commander Detective Superintendent Andrew Koutsoufis warned that the bolstered Raptor Squad "will be relentless".
"And I look forward to maintaining the pressure against the worst of the criminal element using the best that our police has to offer," he said.
Raptor Squad, formed in 2009 to focus on bikie gangs, has been key in police efforts to curb Sydney's deadly underworld war.
It became a permanent squad in February, 2021 to target a wider network of criminal groups after a string of public shootings.
Sydney's gangland murder numbers
The NSW Police Minister says the families of those involved in Sydney's unsolved gangland murders are refusing to talk, as detectives throw all their resources into investigating the crimes.
Its heavily armoured officers are often tasked with raids on organised crime syndicates and making high-risk arrests.
Since 2009, Raptor has made 7,500 arrests, laid 19,000 charges, seized 2,000 guns and "tonnes" of drugs, Deputy Commissioner David Hudson said.
"But probably more important than anything else, countless less victims have been victims because of the presence of firstly Strike Force Raptor and now the Raptor Squad," he said.
Deputy Commissioner Hudson said creating full-time regional arms showed there were "no safe havens" for organised crime.
The majority of NSW's bikie gang members are now based in northern regions of the state, he said.
Former Raptor commander Jason Weinstein previously said the squad aimed to "lawfully harass" alleged criminals into being caught or giving up.
Its tactics have drawn criticism, with criminal lawyer Ahmed Dib questioning whether harassment should be allowed.
"You're innocent until you are proven guilty so if you're being targeted [that] has almost reversed that mantra to being guilty until proven innocent," he told the ABC in 2021.
The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission found three Raptor officers "engaged in serious misconduct" in 2019 when they "intimidated and harassed" a lawyer representing a bikie in Grafton, in Northern NSW.
Five men arrested by Raptor officers at a Western Sydney petrol station in September 2021 were awarded more than $60,000 after a court found "serious discrepancies" between the police version of events and what was shown on camera footage.
More NSW Police Raptor officers for Newcastle
Newcastle will be getting its share of additional police with more officers specifically for Strike Force Raptor to be based in the area.
The NSW Government announced there would be 550 additional police rolled out over the next 12 months across general duties, domestic violence specialists, police prosecutors, counter terrorism police and the organised crime squad.
NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said almost 100 officers will go to regional NSW and 50 to the metropolitan CBD of Sydney.
“125 officers will go into specialist areas which includes 15 officers into high risk DV teams and 10 officers into our rural crime teams and 30 officers will be added to our Raptor Squad which will go 15 to the North and 15 to the South which will bolster those police resources already there,”
“We really look forward to bolstering and putting extra resources into areas of greater need”
“Already the officers in those units do amazing work and extra officers will only bolster the work that can be done and the reach,” the Commissioner said.
“15 extra Raptor officers will be going into the Newcastle area. We know that the Newcastle area and that part of the state has a high concentration of organised crime networks and OMCG networks,” she said.
The NSW Government is coming good on an election promise from 2018 to boost the police numbers across NSW.
NSW Labor say it’s all “smoke and mirrors” though and we still don’t have enough police on the ground.