Pennsylvania State Police transitioning to redesigned cruisers
Pennsylvania State Police are beginning a transition to redesigned, gray police cruisers statewide.
Two of the new vehicles were recently put into operation at the state police station in Uniontown, said Trooper Robert Broadwater.
Police will use both the gray and white cruisers during the transition period over the next three years.
“Within three years, these white ones will be phased out,” he said.
Police in Uniontown will receive an additional five vehicles within the next several months. Police at the Belle Vernon station also received new gray vehicles.
The vehicles are the same make and model as the previous cruisers. The gray color is intended to match the state police uniforms and increase visibility and reflectivity at night, he said.
The color is also intended to make the state police vehicles more distinctive from other departments. New vehicles are marked with “Trooper” on the sides.
Both SUV and sedan police vehicles will be transitioned to gray, but currently only gray SUVs are in commission locally, he said.
The old design has been used since 1991, according to Broadwater.