I was just browsing Policecanada.org and saw this monstrosity. 

What the.. fuck?

 

Ever seen this before? If so, do you know what its called? 

I kind of like it, but its also really ugly at the same time.

 

Edited April 7, 201412 yr by Requiem

No, but it is weird.

Doesn't exactly look stealth with big ass lights.

 

Pretty cool, Canada looks fun!

Ridiculous

Edited April 7, 201412 yr by NoBueno007

Doesn't exactly look stealth with big ass lights.

 

Pretty cool, Canada looks fun!

 

 

Yeah, when I read that it was a stealth unit I kind of laughed.

The way I think of a stealth unit is a regular car with regular plates doesn't say police low amount of lights.

No one will ever see it coming.

I'm fairly sure that lightbar is supposed to be for high visibility traffic enforcement, not stealth units. 

I'm fairly sure that lightbar is supposed to be for high visibility traffic enforcement, not stealth units. 

 

I guess it does say "traffic enforcement" on the vehicle. lol

Yes, yes i have seen this before. In Boston we have some cruisers that have those lightbars. They are extremely ugly. 

 

Edit: I have only seen a few of these in my life 

Edited April 7, 201412 yr by RyanG

Oh wow. I just googled it and found:

 

 

This is so different to me.

Oh wow. I just googled it and found:

 

 

This is so different to me.

its so ugly. lol

It's a way of doing slicktops without sacrificing as much in the way of visibility. A car with those lights still doesn't have the profile of a police car; driving past the car in the OP, you probably wouldn't instantly recognize it as a cop car, because it doesn't have the silhouette of a police car with lightbar. Stealth doesn't require that a vehicle doesn't look like a cop car on close inspection; on the road, it's enough that a driver watching the road won't see it in his peripheral vision and instantly think "Oh, a cop car! I should slow down!" (the same thing is in play for normal slicktops, which are often fully marked - anyone who looks for a full second at them and considers if it's a police car knows it is; most drivers don't look at individual cars for a full second and wonder if they're police cars).

It's a way of doing slicktops without sacrificing as much in the way of visibility. A car with those lights still doesn't have the profile of a police car; driving past the car in the OP, you probably wouldn't instantly recognize it as a cop car, because it doesn't have the silhouette of a police car with lightbar. Stealth doesn't require that a vehicle doesn't look like a cop car on close inspection; on the road, it's enough that a driver watching the road won't see it in his peripheral vision and instantly think "Oh, a cop car! I should slow down!" (the same thing is in play for normal slicktops, which are often fully marked - anyone who looks for a full second at them and considers if it's a police car knows it is; most drivers don't look at individual cars for a full second and wonder if they're police cars).

 

True. But it's still a little ugly.

 

Edited April 7, 201412 yr by The_Admiral

It's a way of doing slicktops without sacrificing as much in the way of visibility. A car with those lights still doesn't have the profile of a police car; driving past the car in the OP, you probably wouldn't instantly recognize it as a cop car, because it doesn't have the silhouette of a police car with lightbar. Stealth doesn't require that a vehicle doesn't look like a cop car on close inspection; on the road, it's enough that a driver watching the road won't see it in his peripheral vision and instantly think "Oh, a cop car! I should slow down!" (the same thing is in play for normal slicktops, which are often fully marked - anyone who looks for a full second at them and considers if it's a police car knows it is; most drivers don't look at individual cars for a full second and wonder if they're police cars).

 

Well said. 

 

I must admit, I kind of like it.

That is a whelen Fastrax, its and old low-profile lightbar the was made from around 1980 to 2006, heres a video by sirennet

 

Never seen one before, and probably for good reason. It definitely looks old, never seen one on a Boston cruiser. I'm sure modern LED's do a good enough job anyway. My local P.D. says amber lights actually prevent crashes better than Red & Blue, especially with color blind people.

That is a whelen Fastrax, its and old low-profile lightbar the was made from around 1980 to 2006, heres a video by sirennet

 

Very interesting. 

 

 

 

Wonder if someone has/ever will make one of these one day.

the skin is stealth..... Come on guys

Edited April 7, 201412 yr by PoliceWag

I was just browsing Policecanada.org and saw this monstrosity. 

What the.. fuck?

 

Ever seen this before? If so, do you know what its called? 

I kind of like it, but its also really ugly at the same time.

 

Sorry to break it to you but the Port Moody Police Department has stopped using that light bar quite a while ago