The front of the vehicle is equipped with a Forward looking infrared (FLIR) camera that can track the heat signature of a fleeing suspect’s footprints. The ALPR (Automatic Licence Plate Recognition) system will automatically alert officers as stolen cars drive by.
The former on-board computer, typically a laptop wedged between the front driver and passenger seats, is gone, replaced with a system built into the car itself and controlled with a touchscreen display mounted in the dash. The new PPV will even feature cutouts in the rear seats to alleviate the discomfort of sitting with hands cuffed.
[Translogic via Popular Science]
Stuart
Friday, May 27, 2011 at 1:21 PMAussie designed and made too, in Adelaide!
Drake
Friday, May 27, 2011 at 1:26 PMHmmmmm, looks like the cruisers from Robocop.
DONAR
Friday, May 27, 2011 at 10:33 PM..they were Ford Tauruses…not a far throw from EA Falcons.
Luke
Friday, May 27, 2011 at 1:29 PMGo the Holden Caprice…
lulz
Friday, May 27, 2011 at 1:49 PMDefinately Robocop.
attila
Friday, May 27, 2011 at 1:59 PMDo the cameras automatically turn off when they are beating up a “suspect”?
Tyronomo
Friday, May 27, 2011 at 4:19 PMThey turn off when a cop yells “Stop Resisting!”
Joel
Friday, May 27, 2011 at 2:25 PMThe next Gizmod?
Geoff
Friday, May 27, 2011 at 7:54 PMOZZIE OZZIE OZZIE!!!! Oh wait, that’s a Welsh chat we ripped off. Hmmmm…. Anyway, we rock! The yanks have forgotten how to build good cars so they have to buy ours!!! And cops cars at that! HAH! Suck.
andronicus
Saturday, May 28, 2011 at 4:07 PMfat car for fat cops.
real question is….how many beverage holders?
olearymo
Monday, May 30, 2011 at 9:10 AMAnd if it crashes, it fills up with foam.
No wait, that’s Demolition Man.