Gallery: How They Roll -- the Eclectic Fleet on the Beat in Detroit

Michele Oberholtzer is a Detroit freelancer and contributor to Deadline Detroit.

Text and Photos by Michele Oberholtzer

An ambulance looks like an ambulance; a taxi looks like a taxi; a fire truck looks like a fire truck, but no such rule applies to Detroit Police vehicles.

Forget for a moment the menagerie of enforcers that include State Police, County Sheriff, U.S. Border Patrol and the Postal Police. Set aside the lesser law enforcement authorities like the Detroit School District, Wayne State, and the catalog of private security companies, and still, you’ll be left with a dizzying array of vehicles that represent the city cops.

Take a look at just a sample of the eclectic fleet of the Detroit Police Department.

Dodge Charger Tactical Response

Lenco BearCat-Special Response Team

Ford E350-Paddy Wagon

Ford Crown Victoria-- All American

 

 

Ford Expedition-Comericall American

Dodge Durango K-9 Unit

Fuji Manitou-Bike Patrol

 

 

Ford Crown Victoria

Police bus

Dodge Charger

Bomb Squad

Harley Davidson

 

 

Monark Police Boat

Dodge Charger-White Unmarked

Chevy Caprice

Ford Crown Victoria

 

Real Horsepower: Purebred Percheron-"Ivan"