Zombie cop cars? Police apparently forced to un-retire Crown Vics due to chip shortage — via drivingdotca Halloween
apparently followed up on the story, and quoted Slidell PD’s Public Information Officer, Daniel Seuzeneau, as confirming, yes, Slidell police had orders in for new cop cars from “Chevy, Ford, and Dodge” that haven’t been filled in over a year, and that none of the automakers will take orders for 2022 cruisers either.
The force’s Facebook post blames the new cruisers’ delayed delivery on the ongoing microchip shortage, which General Motors CEO Mary Barra recently said she doesn’t expect the industry to see relief from until late 2022. Which all makes it sound like, yeah, these zombie cop cars might actually be a thing. The Panther-platformed cruisers, which at the end of the model’s life span in 2011 were built in St. Thomas Ontario, were beloved by many patrol units across North America, so we expect at least a few officers in Slidell won’t complain about getting behind the wheel of the familiar Crown Vics again.
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