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I love the CVPIs, I have one myself and I expect to keep it for a long time.  They were designed to last and are cheap to repair.

I'm an emergency vehicle upfitter and work for a Chevrolet dealer in the fleet department.  I've asked quite a lot of guys from departments with Explorers and these are the most common things I hear

"They're really tight and small"
"We've had longevity issues, rear diffs have gone after only 20k miles"
"This is the only car I've ever felt I need to wear my seatbelt in, I don't feel safe in it at all"

I may work for GM/Chevy but I cannot deny how great the CVPIs were as a police car.  Even then a lot of guys said they preferred the old school Caprice over the original CVPIs.

Hehe, it would probably be pretty great, especially since Albo is much more talented than I am.
 
Regarding an ELS release, I know the long wait has disappointed and frustrated many. For this, I apologize. Please keep in mind, however, that there is nothing more discouraging in this context than to work on a modification for so long and yet still not get to share it with others. After all, the purpose of taking on such a large endeavor, is in many ways to watch others explore, enjoy and benefit from it.
That said, why have we not been forthcoming with information regarding ELS? This has been a point of frustration for several members of the community, and understandably so. However unintentional the consequences may have been, the reason for this strategy was simple: nothing in ELS was--or is--set in stone. Throughout the development process, things have evolved, features have come and gone or been completely rethought. Even flash patterns have been redone about three to four times (that's hundreds of patterns!). Because ELS was--and is--constantly changing, an accurate picture of the mod could not really be conveyed to the public. We also wanted to strike a balance between reassuring the community that the mod was indeed in development, while not creating the type of hype that would result in people becoming impatient and ultimately frustrated. Perhaps that hasn't been entirely successful, in which case, I apologize.
At this point, most of the core ELS features are complete. However, a release is not yet possible for several reasons: a few core features still remain to be coded (takedowns, for instance); several features are being polished; and, I am constantly on the lookout for more ways to squeeze things out of the game in order to provide ELS users and vehicle modelers with more options and a better experience.
Furthermore, the recent developments regarding default siren ("carcols") configuration have provided a new avenue to explore for ELS. For instance, the entire "extra" method may be discarded and replaced with a new method using the "siren" parts. This is being explored, but is far from guaranteed. If it can be done, it would provide ELS with 20 individual lights as opposed to only 12, in addition to freeing up the extras to be used as random vehicle components--which, no doubt would be greatly appreciated. It would also mean more complex--and fun--flash patterns. However, this would also inevitably increase development time.
Were ELS a mod like most others, it might have already been released. However, the issue in this particular case is that ELS requires vehicle models configured to a particular standard. The fear is that were ELS to change dramatically due to a new development after an initial release, that players and websites would be cluttered with a plethora of obsolete vehicle models and ELS vehicle configuration files. Not to mention the confusion this would cause, which has materialized in the past. Therefore, the idea is to build ELS to a point where subsequent releases will feature only minor updates that won't disturb the community. And hopefully that won't take too much longer.
I hope this clears things up for most people interested in the development of ELS for V. I know it's been a very long wait, but I ask you for just a little more--just a little more time so that I can at least try to make it live up to your standards and expectations and prevent the need for huge messy overhauls down the road.
 
For those wondering about the damage issue, you may rest assured that it is fixed, but LMS is working on a solution that will make it portable and capable of withstanding GTA V game patches/updates. As for stability, there really is no comparison to be made to GTA IV. ELS V is extremely stable, and not a single crash has yet been reported outside of routine testing/development, even with AI vehicles enabled.

So you have no clue what any of it is and you are still making a judgement that this script is "simple".
The amount of work that has been put into this mod is mind boggling.

Anyone who's ever even tried to mod, whether it be GTA V or something else, understands that when you're dealing with volunteers giving their free time to make something for free, there are dozens of sacrifices that have to be made to make time for the project, but also to sacrifice the project for the variety of real life things that just...happen. I know nothing about Lt.Caine personally, nor do I know any of the individuals whom he holds close, but I can tell you that ELS V is probably not the thing he spends every day doing. In fact, it's probably what he does in his free time, for no pay, for US. He doesn't have a team of programmers at his disposal, and he's trying to make this modification as true to life, dynamic, adaptive, enjoyable, easy and BUG-FREE as possible, and I think those are listed in ascending levels of difficulty. 
Do you think I'd love to know when he's going to release this mod which will likely be a turning point for LSPDFR? Hell yeah I would. Would I like to beg him to let me in on the Alpha so I can run around with ELS cars? You bet I would. But I shouldn't, and we shouldn't, because we owe him our patience. And we owe him our patience because he's not asking for our money. It's as simple as that. 

I love the CVPIs, I have one myself and I expect to keep it for a long time.  They were designed to last and are cheap to repair.

I'm an emergency vehicle upfitter and work for a Chevrolet dealer in the fleet department.  I've asked quite a lot of guys from departments with Explorers and these are the most common things I hear

"They're really tight and small"
"We've had longevity issues, rear diffs have gone after only 20k miles"
"This is the only car I've ever felt I need to wear my seatbelt in, I don't feel safe in it at all"

I may work for GM/Chevy but I cannot deny how great the CVPIs were as a police car.  Even then a lot of guys said they preferred the old school Caprice over the original CVPIs.

Prophet snuck a sneak-peak of ELS into his most recent live-stream (which was really great in and of itself). 
 
Check it out: 
 

Another great feature about this latest version is that for the very first time ( if I remember correctly ) ELS V will have it's own "SCAN" pattern that cycles through all available pattern. The scan pattern is actually the last pattern + 1. So if the last pattern is 140, then scan is 141. This allows the user to go in full force while responding code 3, cycling through all light patterns to harness attention from drivers ahead of you.

Got a picture of a new ALEA Tahoe at one of the local Trooper post.

hm that makes sense. by this time next year ill most likely be a leo if my civil service test comes up soon. (hoping)

Took a trip down to the AC Police Expo with my Dad, sadly I didn't take many pics but here is a picture of a new Philly PD Tahoe. It has this interesting lightbar in the grille with Whelen Vs and Ions but its like $2,000 and the plastic was super cheap and rough.

I live in Passaic County in NJ. Got a lot of pics of both our Sheriff and State Police.

An innocent officer was shot, where are the riots?
Condolences to the family. Such a sad situation for the family. 

Thought I'd present this Tahoe I've been working on, right now I've been testing it to make sure everything works, and so far it seems good.  There seems to be one thing missing though which is the FlexFuel badge on the rear, and I might add a few more small things.  Please comment and give me suggestions about it!