Macungie PD Rolls Out New Patrol Car

The Macungie Police Department took delivery of a 2013 Ford Police Interceptor on Monday, and the new car was put into service immediately, Macungie Police Chief Edward Harry said.

It will replace will replace Car 702, a Chevrolet Impala, he said, and will carry the same number.

The new car is black and white, a trend many police cars currently display. Police cars were originally black and white, Harry said, but for a time became all white, though he doesn't know the reason.

The new MPD car 702 was purchased at KME/Kovatch in Nesquehoning for about $42,000 which includes the computer and radio. Harry said he is saving $5,000 by by transferring the in-car video from one of the other cars to the new one.

The police department and the borough budgeted $45,000 for the car, he said.

Built specifically as police vehicles, the Ford Police Interceptor has safety features civilian vehicles do not have, according to Ford's Interceptor website.

It includes ballistic door panels, a safety-cell structure, sensors that control the airbags and front safety belts, passenger head protection in the event of a rollover crash and it passes a 75-mph rear crash test.

Macungie's new car is an all-wheel drive sedan with an engine and transmission turning parameters built for "pursuit driving," the site says.