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heavy-duty push buplpers, wraparounds, ~ ~ and grille attachments /
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Push bumpers are installed on police vehicles for a wide variety of reasons. They can be used to safely push a disabled vehicle, to end a pursuit, to protect the front fascia in minor traffic accidents, and to serve as a mounting platform for emergency warning equipment. Here are some of the better examples-with a focus on PIT bumpers.
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Many of today's police vehicles are equipped with push bum- pers that are utilized for various purposes, such as pushing abandoned or disabled vehicles off the road, or clearing the road of damaged vehicles at the site of a traffic accident. On today's police vehicles, perhaps even more popular reasons for the push bumper are as a mounting location for lights and siren [crowded under-hood] and to protect the expensive front fas- cia and coolers from low-speed fender benders.
In recent years, police departments have been outfitting their vehicles with wrap- around bumpers, predominantly used when implementing the Precision Im- mobilization Technique (PIT). The PIT maneuver is used to safely end a police pursuit by forcing the fleeing vehicle from its course of travel. The following compa- nies offer a broad spectrum of public safety equipment that includes push bumpers, wraparounds and grille attachments.
CROWN NORTH AMERICA
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Crown North America is a World Class integrator of vehicle components for au- tomotive OEMs and fleets, for their pro- grams and the installation of fleet-specific components. Crown North America has a 50-year history of successful automotive products and program launches. They offer many products (installed and as parts) for the Dodge Charger, Ford CVPI and Ford PI Sedan and PI Utility.
One of the most significant of these is the MOPAR/Setina push bumper, a com- bination of steel brackets and aluminum uprights and crossbars. According to Lee Calkins, OEM Product Manager with Crown NA, they upfit components for Dodge, offline from the factory, but under the factory umbrella.
Since Crown NA is technically an exten- sion of the Dodge factory, the MOPAR/ Setina push bumper is the first push bum- per to be fully compliant with important Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) required of the...