So a little background, despite some of my criticisms of their methods (mostly just the rookies up in Evergreen), my family has been good friends with Sheriff Ted Mink for a very long time. Well I think he's done a pretty decent job since he took over from Stone way back when... and this next case is no different. For those that live in the jurisdiction, you may or may not have seen the new Ford Interceptors cruising around. Well, in the words of the little girl from Close Encounters "They're here!"

This is a stock photo of the car, granted JCSO has their paint job on them, but same car. It was just reported in this week's Canyon Courier (the Evergreen weekly newspaper), Jeffco bought 20 of them and will be phasing out their Crown Vics to be replaced with these slightly more expensive, but more economic, safe, and enhanced cars as they retire the old fleet.

Gear-heads, keep reading, this is where the cool part comes in...
Quote Originally Posted by Rusty Hardy, Jeffco Fleet Manager
Jeffco is the first law enforcement agency in Colorado to introduce the 2013 Ford Interceptor into its fleet. This is the fastest police car on the market today. It's faster than the new Dodge Charger, it's faster than the Chevrolet Caprice. But the most important thing is that this is an all-wheel drive vehicle.
It's equipped with a 3.5L twin turbo V6 that produces 365BHP and gets 2MPG better than the crown vic. It's also equipped with a rear-view safety reverse camera, reverse-sensing radar, blind spot detection, active suspension control, computerized throttle, and is the only car that tested and passed the 75MPH rear end crash test.

All in all, I say a good new purchase to make our LEOs safer, and better equipped. Expect the rest of the Metro Area LE Agencies to start jumping on this trend by end of next year.