Philippines among countries with slowest police cars, study says 

Police cars are supposed to be quick, right? Well, to some extent it would be logical for these vehicles to be zippy. It needs to be since the cops would occasionally need to run down or chase a suspect, right? But how about in the local setting? Just how quick is a cop car in the Philippines? 

The Toyota Corolla Altis patrol car [Photo: @pnp_guimaras]

According to the data released by a UK-based dealership Peter Vardy, police cars in the Philippines is not that fast. While that’s not surprising since police chase is not too common in the country, the data gives an interesting take on how fast or slow cop cars are around the world.  

From Peter Vardy’s Police Fleet Index, the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Toyota Corolla Altis is smack dab in the middle of the ten slowest police cars in the world. Of note, the Corolla Altis is a standard police car of the PNP and is one of many models that it uses.

Here are the rankings: 

Of note, the standard police car model stated on the list is a “Toyota Corolla”. But this might be referring to the Toyota Corolla Altis. The said model is also used in Thailand, and so we share the same spot in the slowest accelerating cop car list. 

By far though, the country that uses a cop car with the slowest zero to 100 km/h time is Colombia. The model in question is the Renault Duster, a rebranded crossover made by Romania-based Dacia. 

The Renault Duster Police car from Colombia

Do note though that the PNP uses a variety of models as police cars. To this end, we may not rank as the country with the slowest cop car in general. For instance, the PNP also has a fleet of Hyundai Accent sedans, Toyota Innova patrol vehicles, Toyota Vios units, among others. 

But how about the countries with the fastest cop cars? Let’s check out the list: 

As one can see, the top-two spots are both taken by BMW models. These are for Australia and the United Arab Emirates. Interestingly enough, the Nissan Patrol cop car from Qatar can also manage a relatively blistering 6.3 seconds. The same goes for the Canadian Ford Explorer cop car which is even faster at 5.5 seconds. Not bad for their sizes. 

So, there you have it folks. The slowest and the fastest standard police cars in the world. Remember that some units keep special purpose vehicles that may be faster (or slower) than the times above. So yes, this list isn't exhaustive of all cop cars in the world.  

The PNP uses a variety of vehicles depending on the location and the type of operation

Also, in some settings like the Philippines, Taiwan, and Singapore, roads can be tight. To this end, police forces in these countries will tend to rely more on their communications devices to hunt down suspected criminals rather than engage outright in car chases. When chases do occur, the PNP might also utilize motorcycle cops instead of patrol cars. Because again, tight roads right?

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