Last April, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol announced that it would be purchasing 25 2024 Ford Mustang GT coupes to add to its fleet, reviving a longstanding tradition of law enforcement agencies employing the popular pony car for such services. Those marked 2024 Ford Mustang GT police cruisers will be patrolling North Carolina interstates in an effort to target speeders and keep the roadways safe. Now, that new fleet of Ford Mustang cruisers has officially landed in the state.
This month @NCSHP commemorated our official release of new Ford Mustang cruisers for statewide patrol coverage. Governor Josh Stein joined Colonel Freddy Johnson Jr. at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh to recreate an iconic image from 1929 showcasing the original @NCSHP members. pic.twitter.com/bJecBTvpQT
— NC Highway Patrol (@NCSHP) February 21, 2025
In a recent post on X, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol provided a few photos of its new Ford Mustang fleet of cruisers that gathered for a special commencement ceremony recently at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. This gathering also happened to recreate a rather iconic photo taken back in 1929, when the original NCSHP members gathered in precisely the same spot – albeit on motorcycles, and not in Mustangs, obviously.
The NCSHP isn’t alone in their endeavor to purchase and utilize the latest S650 generation Ford Mustang, as several other law enforcement agencies across the U.S. are doing precisely the same thing. Back in May of last year, the Georgia State Patrol and South Carolina police announced that they’d be purchasing a handful of 2024 Ford Mustang GT coupes for the same purpose, in fact. Previously, those agencies used Dodge Chargers for those purposes, along with Challengers and Camaros, but with those models being discontinued – or, taking a hiatus at the very least – agencies are now looking to The Blue Oval for as a way to provide troopers with an effective way to catch super speeders out on the interstate.
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That money could feed quite a few homeless vets. I bet the eople can’t wait for the nonsensical traffic stops to fill the coffers and fleece the motorists.
So give your own money to help veterans, and don’t break any traffic laws!
We gave the money for “non-housed” (lol) veterans to Ukraine.
Don’t despair. Zelensky appears to be eating well.
Lots of support for Vets, they choose to ignore the help because it comes with rules and they would much prefer to sleep outside with no rules. If a Vet wants help its available they have to make that choice. Why aren’t you looking at USAID for more money for Vets?
I think it is great to see Mustang’s as a patrol vehicle. They blend in with the traffic and probably cost a lot less than other vehicles to buy, and will take the abuse of patrolling.
There are very few cars that might work as a patrol car and they want power and good fuel mileage.
Mileage is better than a SUV and the SUV would not have the power to catch someone that tries to runaway. And trucks don’t work very good either to patrol.