Police Department to Get New Look Squad Cars

The  is in line to get five new squad cars, which will be sure to turn some heads on Bolingbrook roadways in the coming months.

Thanks to action taken by the village board, the department will add five new Chevy Impalas to its fleet. Normally, officers patrol in Ford Crown Victorias.

The village will spend just more than $115,000 for the new cars, which were purchased from Green Chevrolet in Jacksonville. The cars will also come equipped with all the needed accessories, such as a prisoner transport system, signal preemption transmitter and emergency flashers. 

Bolingbrook Police Chief Kevin McCarthy said Ford is in the last year of offering its Crown Vic as a police squad car. According to a release, the Crown Vic was an aging platform and modern demands for greater fuel efficiency and technology led Ford to develop new models. The release said Ford will base its new police cars off of the Ford Taurus or Explorer.

The Chevy Impalas also offer better fuel mileage, McCarthy said.

The Bolingbrook Police Department has approximately 25 cars in its patrol fleet.

The purchased cars and equipment are $4,424.45 less than what the village had budgeted for.