LASD Crown Vic. Lindberg 1 25th

[English Jules]

I like this CV, unusual colour, says was still in service until 2011 at least.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajmstudios/6256355487/in/faves-124764964@N06/

[ERIK88]

Nice looking crown Vic , although I am not too much if a fan of real police cars.....

[English Jules]

Nice looking crown Vic , although I am not too much if a fan of real police cars.....

me too :-)

[English Jules]

I don't know how much accuracy you were striving for but if you were interested in doing some minor touch ups to make it accurate, I could tell you how. I worked with the LASD in a volunteer capacity for many years. Hell, I even did a ride-along in an LASD 1997 CV back in 2007 so these are still fresh in my mind.

Would you know when the breast mounted radio mic was first used? i cant find any info at all for any CA force. I dont want my late 90s, mid 2000's figures to have them if they were not correct for the time.

[av405]

Chest-mounted radio mics would be accurate for the time period you describe.

Edited August 2, 2014 by av405

[Agent G]

I always clipped the mic to the left epaulet of my shirt or coat.

G

[Danno]

So did I, G.

It was much easier after they started issuing us the handy-talkies.

Before that, it was kinda hard to get too far from the car with the mic clipped to your epaulet!

[av405]

I always clipped the mic to the left epaulet of my shirt or coat.

G

That seems to have gone out of style here in So Cal. I personally like mounting the mic on my chest, right on the gig line.

Edited August 2, 2014 by av405

[Agent G]

Jules the cars are looking superb. Alberto has the knowledge you need for the LASD and my current partner is retired LAPD. Ask any question and we will find the answer.

Alberto we were expressly forbidden from placing the mic in that position. Not really sure why, so I clipped mine to a homemade leather "drop" through which the epaulette passed.

Danno I was going to say that huge Motorola was a real bear to lug around on calls. When we got the first of the portable radios there was one assigned to each car. The officer driving didn't carry it, the passenger officer did. I mostly drove as my sergeant didn't like my partner's driving. He, in turn, always forgot he had the portable.

Missed a few radio calls we did.

G

[av405]

Alberto we were expressly forbidden from placing the mic in that position. Not really sure why, so I clipped mine to a homemade leather "drop" through which the epaulette passed.

That's interesting. I'll have to ask some of my LASD buddies if they have any rules regarding the placement of the mic.

[Danno]

Jules the cars are looking superb. Alberto has the knowledge you need for the LASD and my current partner is retired LAPD. Ask any question and we will find the answer.

Alberto we were expressly forbidden from placing the mic in that position. Not really sure why, so I clipped mine to a homemade leather "drop" through which the epaulette passed.

Danno I was going to say that huge Motorola was a real bear to lug around on calls. When we got the first of the portable radios there was one assigned to each car. The officer driving didn't carry it, the passenger officer did. I mostly drove as my sergeant didn't like my partner's driving. He, in turn, always forgot he had the portable.

Missed a few radio calls we did.

G

G~

Remember those early HT200 beasts!?! They had to spend almost as much time in the charger as they did in the field.

We initially had five of them - 2 in the chargers all the time, 2 per shift on the street, and the fifth was reserved for the patrol lieutenants (kept in a charger in their office unless they went out for whatever they went out for). The patrol sergeant for each shift would assign the two HTs to whatever deputy he figured would be in the 'hottest' district that shift. Midnight, day, and night (4-12) shifts, we had 4 deputies and a supervisor plus a desk sergeant on the job. We had a swing shift that worked 6pm to 2am, adding another 4 deputies, another supervisor, and another sergeant. Then our 'Special Enforcement Unit' aka SWAT (2 deputies and a Sgt.) patrolled our version of the Strip from 7pm to 3am. So, we had 2 HTs for 10 deputies, 2 supervisors and 3 sergeants to share.

Fortunately, that only lasted a year before the administrator (budget boss) realized those new-fangled HTs were valuable for life-safety and improved response times, so we got an influx of HT220s (like the one in the middle of the pic); enough for all the SEU, sergeants, supervisors, and the 'hot' districts to carry them each shift.

And, I thought I was in tall cotton when I was promoted from patrol supervisor to the Detective Bureau. My assigned full-use take-home car was a stealth car with a Porta-Com Unit and multichannel HT250!

[Danno]

That's interesting. I'll have to ask some of my LASD buddies if they have any rules regarding the placement of the mic.

Just guessing, but it may have been an officer-safety issue.

All our HT remote-mics were specified to clip to epaulets only because they were less strongly stitched to shirts than pockets or the button closure seam of the shirt.

Earlier, as incidents of attacks against officers increased, we did away with whistle lanyards and all ties had to be the break-away design so perps didn't have an effective 'grab handle.'