Las Vegas Metropolitan Police (LVMPD) Chief Sheriff Kevin McMahill delivered his 2025 State of the Division handle on Tuesday. Throughout his handle, he introduced that his division is getting a fleet of 10 Cybertrucks.
Apparently, final month, in the beginning of the brand new yr, a Cybertruck blast occurred outdoors the Trump Resort in Las Vegas. Other than the unhappy incident, the sturdiness and power of the Tesla Cybertruck’s chrome steel physique got here into focus.
Nevertheless, Sherriff Kevin McMahill clarified that the Las Vegas Metro PD ordered its Cybertrucks earlier than the Trump Resort blast.
In line with the Sheriff, the LVMPD goes to get a fleet of 10 Cybertrucks. These Cybertrucks are donated by a ‘beneficiant particular person’ whose title was not revealed throughout the presentation.
Since these Cybertrucks are donated to the Las Vegas Metro Police, the acquisition doesn’t affect the division’s basic price range. Tesla Cybertrucks are additionally low on upkeep being an electrical automobile and having a inflexible physique and total structure.
LVMPD goes to get two sorts of Cybertrucks so as to add to its fleet of custom-made police autos — a patrol and a SWAT model.
Because the LVMPD Sheriff introduced the acquisition of the Tesla Cybertruck fleet, the presentation display confirmed the patrolling model (picture above) and the SWAT model (see beneath).
The patrolling model of the Cybertruck is close to completion. The SWAT variant goes to take a few months to finish because the Sheriff gave an replace on the event of those autos. Each of those variants shall be bulletproof Cybertrucks (glasses included).
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Above: Idea picture of the LVMPD Cybertruck SWAT automobile. Credit score: Sheriff Kevin McMahill / LVMPD
This is what the Sheriff mentioned in his handle concerning the LVMPD Cybertruck fleet (video beneath):
After which a bit bit of excellent information for you, these bada** machines — we’ve ordered 10 of them — they usually didn’t come out of our price range once more — they got here out of a really beneficiant donation from a person.
By the way in which, we ordered this earlier than the Trump Tower — Okay. However I’ll let you know that in taking a look at — why do we wish this stuff — #1 is the cop inside is gonna be protected it doesn’t matter what — they’ll cease bullets — they’re additionally an amazing recruitment instrument for us.
We’re gonna have the most important fleet of Tesla police vans that exists within the nation and it didn’t affect our basic price range.
In actual fact we’ve got a few of us which can be flying right down to California I imagine Thursday or Friday to verify in on the standing of this stuff as we get them.
Think about once we’re out and we’re charging this stuff and these officers are going to be approached by folks all around the group to see this factor. It’s a chance for that injecting humanity to extend our partnership, to extend understanding, to develop relationships — all these issues that we’ve talked about.
That’s what the entire is behind this stuff as effectively.
After which this one is a SWAT automobile and that’s going to be a month or two behind that however it’s one other armored model of a Tesla truck that our SWAT crew who’s actually greatest within the nation will be capable of deploy with nice regularity to maintain the women and men protected which can be on the market doing this work.
At CloudWorld 2023, Oracle Company showcased its specialised police patrol Cybertruck idea. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison mentioned throughout his keynote that this next-gen police patrol automotive made out of a Cybertruck is coming quickly.
Within the mid of final yr, I obtained an electronic mail from Oracle Corp that the finalized Cybertruck can be unveiled in September 2024. Nevertheless, the undertaking has been going through sudden delays and there was no additional updates as of this writing.
Above: LVMPD Sheriff Kevin McMahill – 2025 State of the Division handle (full speech).
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Featured picture: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division.
Observe: This text was revealed earlier on Tesla Oracle. Creator: Iqtidar Ali.
