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The police authority has ordered 2,200 new gasoline and diesel cars from the Swedish-Chinese manufacturer Volvo. The new cars are equipped with advanced technology that will help the police stop speeding up fools and other criminals.
The acquisition of approximately 2,200 new Volvo cars was recently completed, on which Dagens PS was the first to report.
Hans Nilsson, commissioner of the traffic section in the Stockholm police region, tells TT that the police have commissioned two car models from Volvo: the Volvo XC60 city jeep for intervention operations and the V90 combined model for the police traffic.
– The exact launch rate is difficult to predict, but there are 2,200 cars that will start during week 22, says Nilsson.
Read license plates
The new vehicles are equipped with standard safety features such as lane-keep assist and automatic braking, but also with artificial intelligence cameras that read license plates on their own.
– The technology records when the camera sees cars that are subject to a driving ban, have not paid vehicle tax, or where the driver has feedback. It is very effective in our work, says Nilsson.
In addition, there is a built-in radar sensor that measures the speed of other vehicles. In this way, the police receive an immediate notification if someone exceeds the speed limit, at the same time that the speeding is captured on film.
– It is a very advanced radar that reads speeds even in approaching vehicles. It’s also stored, so you can easily produce the car that can be relevant to report, says Nilsson.
The regional command center will also have the opportunity to connect to in-car cameras, which film from all angles, to facilitate the assessment of the situation on the scene.
Complained of back pain
Hans Nilsson explains that technology was not the only important aspect of the recruitment. Ergonomics was at least as high a priority as the ability to sit comfortably in the driver’s seat with equipment around the waist, but also that police should be careful when handling people with heavier and more careful equipment.
– Many police officers have complained of back pain and poor seat configuration in previous cars. Tests have been conducted to see how the body is loaded during long work shifts. To pose that question, 100 police officers, small and large, had to test the car models, Nilsson says.
The law enforcement authority deliberately purchased a large volume of cars from the same manufacturer to keep service costs low and make it easier for individual police officers to drive the vehicles.
– Today’s cars are beginning to have such a technological mindset that it is important from a traffic safety point of view that we get a high recognition factor. Those who come to work shouldn’t drive one make of car one day and another make of car the next, Nilsson says.
Electric cars not relevant
The new Volvo cars have gasoline and diesel engines with more than 300 horsepower. Hans Nilsson explains that electrified cars, such as plug-in hybrids and fully electric cars, were not relevant in the acquisition.
– First of all, there are not many providers that have clean electric cars. Electric cars are usually very heavy considering the capacity of the battery, so we do not have the infrastructure to charge all the cars in a short time in our garages. Therefore, the choice fell on these engine configurations.
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