Building a Chevy Tahoe Patrol Car

All patrol car builds for the Placer County Sheriff's Office are done at our headquarters in Auburn by our Fleet Services Unit. These builds start with patrol car graphics (which we create ourselves with a high tech printer) and include the installation of push-bumpers, mobile computer terminals, digital radio systems and in-car cameras. This allows for a high level of quality control, consistent layouts, and cost savings. A typical build is approximately four days. The vehicle here is a Chevrolet Tahoe with the police package.
Sheriff's Fleet Services also builds cars for the Placer County Probation Department and the Placer County District Attorney's Office.

[@epicpandemic916]

some really clean electrician work at 5:01

[@Focus_Fearless]

💯

[@ttbalog]

Good job!

[@BigV424]

this really cool how they build the car from a standard model. the music is really annoying.

[@donttar3196]

The music is Modern by iMovie. Yes, it’s a stock music from Apple’s iMovie.

[@PTRRanger951]

It’s a SSV. All police package and special service vehicles from all manufactures come bare. An upfit has to be done to add the equipment. Some can be added at factory level, with up charges. But almost all agencies have their vehicle upfitted, or done by a company that upfits vehicles.

[@landrover4444]

@@PTRRanger951 Not true. Many are delivered fully outfitted with lights and electronic equipment. Swapping out the wheels here is a dead giveaway. Nice grocery getter for the soccer mom.

[@PTRRanger951]

@@landrover4444 almost none are delivered with full lights are siren. They are not built from the factory that way. I know because I spec out vehicles for my agency. Ford offers some lighting packages, not one vehicle maker offers a fully outfitted vehicle, nor have they ever. The vehicle in the video IS a police package it’s the SSV. When a certain package is ordered it will include certain wheels. The wheels here are with the heavy duty tow package. It replaces the 17” steel wheels with 18” aluminum wheels. Every single department in the country has to outfit their own vehicles. Some agencies, like Placer, do it in house, with their own people. Other send it to a company that does it. The giveaway on this are the spot lights. They didn’t install them. The spotlights are only available on police package or SSV vehicles from GM. They can be added after the fact, but they did not install them so it was speced that way. They ordered it like that at their dealer, GM built it, sent it to Kerr to have the police stuff, like the additional wiring installed, and then shipped to the selling dealership. Then it was picked up by Placer and they built it to their needs. But no, this is NOT a grocery getter Tahoe. It was sold as a SSV. Which the price tag is usually around 35k. It is not an LT, LTZ, Z71 or any other model. It’s strictly a PPV or an SSV. And no agency can buy a Tahoe fully outfitted from the factory. They can buy the vehicle THAN add on the equipment through GM, which it will then be up fitted by Kerr, who is a vehicle outfitter that contracts with GM. Kerr will then build it to the agencies spec. Only Ford offers some packages, but not one is a full blown roll off the assembly line and go to work that second.

[@landrover4444]

@@PTRRanger951 Ford offers several light packages and also those wheels that homeboy was swapping out. Spot lights. Etc. Everyone knows this. That's why FDNY and NYPD got stuck with forward facing blue lights on their Ford Explorers (cough, sorry, police interceptor utilities) because (drum roll) they came from the factory that way.

[@jose_bgamez1934]

Cool tahoe i really like those not gonna lie i legit try and build them in legos for little lego police collection!

[@gjsm916916]

At some point I was probably in the back of that suv

[@PlacerCountySheriffsOffice]

😂😂

[@CrazyGuy9812]

😂😂😂 y tho😂😂

[@gjsm916916]

@@PlacerCountySheriffsOffice love it 😭 Gregory T Fry

[@gjsm916916]

@@CrazyGuy9812 oh you know.! Just being irresponsible!

[@dl3931]

Love the build process love the car hate your light bar Flash pattern

[@lynx9373]

Glad to see that yet another department has choosen a nice looking livery instead of something... Shall we say different. Side note, anybody know what font the 'SHERIFF' is? Im looking for good fonts to make my own liveries.

[@usrpc.official8534]

Pricedown.

[@FLAWDAJAY2003]

Remove music but great work

[@Tmichelle245]

they should have jeep police cars that would look so badass

[@augustbiernbaum4841]

What's the wheel/tire combination on this after it's converted?

[@youngsid919]

Why not buy the PPV OR SSV model instead of regular tahoe model?

[@PlacerCountySheriffsOffice]

Sid P we buy the police package a Tahoe’s for lower elevations, but we also need some 4x4 Tahoe’s for our Lake Tahoe station and areas that snow frequently in the winter.

[@youngsid919]

@@PlacerCountySheriffsOffice Very cool to see department that thinks of all angles. Thanks for the reply and stay safe!

[@PTRRanger951]

What rims are you guys using?? I am trying to spec a 2021 SSV for my agency. But black rims are only for PPV. Are they just spare PPV take offs? It looks like you guys got the heavy tow package which came with the alum wheels instead of the gray steel, and then switched out to black steel. Side note, been to your facility in Auburn once, had to take an person there on your warrant, then my transmission blew in my unit going back over Donner.

[@paulmatakovich9096]

I’m with you. I thought the black ones where standard to Police Package

[@rustyshackleford706]

How long would this take is this wasn’t sped up?

[@copartiaai5628]

Dear Sir, Please I need your help to solve my electric problem that I faced with my 2021 ppv ( k9) chevy tahoe I bought from copart recently, the problem is no power get in AC compressor from BCM and also no power get in rear door window both sides, is there any action done during backage instullation that cat power from AC & rear windows? I am from Iraq. Please advise, Thanks.

[@TimNethers]

4:28 - Insert World's largest child seat.

[@noahthenoah19]

Lol

[@nukeslawncarellc4993]

name of the song please

[@ohiolaws6236]

Would look so much better with a Rap Around Ram Bar just saying.

[@Ghost88890REAL]

*me trying to put a setina push bar in my crown vic* looks easy. *nevermind.*

[@Type_One_Diabetic]

Is this for sale? (Jk)

[@thallysdacostalima951]

Hey sir It’s The New 2023 Ford Mustang make as A NYPD Highway patrol Version as the Whole highway patrol version as the State trooper (state Police) and Others county sheriffs patrol

[@cheese269]

probably took years to make😭

[@s.ep30]

yea hah (yeaaaahhh)

[@kiaraghee1]

This how cop cars are made? Buy it in dealership and make it to a cop car and give it to the police department?

[@NoName-ms8jb]

I believe that manufacturers build cars specially fitted for police departments and then the departments buy them.

[@SpongeBobNumberFan-tx8un]

I will change my car just like th that

[@perkhere2252]

Jordyn Mills yea no

[@redentertainment63]

Driving police car / impersonating a cop is illegal.

[@DanMacan]

old wheels better

[@ericb7131]

All I see is a bunch of unnecessary expenses. Zero reason to put new wheels on it. Now you know why your local PD / Sheriff is always asking for more money...

[@shammons556]

Departments usually auction the aluminum wheels off or trade them in to the dealership for more than the cost of the steel wheels, actually reducing the overall vehicle cost. Aluminum wheels are not suitable for law enforcement work due to reduced strength as the previous poster mentioned. But it's typical for people who are not even in the law enforcement profession to criticize without actually having any knowledge on the subject.

[@east5871]

Eric Boyd - License and Registration please sir.

[@PTRRanger951]

Can you explain the bunch? They vehicle actually has very minimal equipment in it. And the wheels are cheaper and easier to maintain than the ones that came on it. They are just black steel rims. Maybe you are blind, but they took off the fancy silver painted aluminum wheels. Wheels were also probably switched out to keep costs down as they were normally 18 inch wheels that come with the tow package. The pursuit Tahoes have 17 inch wheels. Switching them to the 17 inch means they can order one type of tire, keeping the costs down while having large stock on hand. But I mean you wouldn’t know anything about that since you watch a time lapse video and complain when you have zero knowledge of how a agency works.

[@landrover4444]

Music sucks.