Township Checks Out 'Demo' Police Cars

It was Demo Day in the parking area outside the Police Department on Thursday.

As the township prepares to replace up to four police vehicles this year, police officers test drove "demo" Ford Police Interceptors, including two sedans and a utility vehicle, as mechanics looked under the hoods and under the body.

Lt. John Christman said the township is putting a lot of thought into the purchases, as it examines safety, function and fuel economy. "It's important to me to include the mechanics," he said, too, since they will be working on the vehicles. 

South Whitehall commissioners that allows for the police department to replace up to four patrol vehicles that, in September 2011, had more than 105,000 miles. The township budgeted $108,000 for the purchases.