They've updated the Challenger police car page. Apparantly the new mgnt thinks that the Challenger would make a nice police package and now it can be had in police fleets. Some quotes from Allpar;
Group 1's Dallas Dodge Chrysler Jeep is now selling a customized special-service version of the Dodge Challenger with a retuned 400 horsepower Hemi engine that outpowers the factory Dodge Charger squads. The 1-4 shift was deleted and the top speed was adjusted up to 165 mph, making it the fastest and most powerful police car available.
This package started within Dallas Dodge early in 2009; at that time Chrysler didn't offer any price concessions, or even the availability of ordering the Challenger for fleet/government sales. With the new structure at Chrysler, and new senior manager Mitch Mitchell, Chrysler came forward with a small concession to order Challengers on the fleet/gov side.
Dallas Dodge’s Director of Government Sales, Bert D. Stull, said, “We started asking our customers what they would like to see in a 2-door pursuit/traffic vehicle. We had a wide variety of responses, as you can imagine. Most was directed at speed combined with safety, and not much interest in overhead lights. So we brought all that to the table, and then went with pricing structures and other requests so the vehicle wouldn't be priced out of the market.
“The vehicle that we stayed with was the R/T Challenger with the customer selection of either automatic or standard transmissions
, and package 27F or M which moves the vehicle into more of a low profile tire/rim handling configuration. Speed wise, we didn't deviate much from factory, other than optional small tuning configurations and top speed increase.
The setup includes black OEM wheels, a custom push-bumper, electronic shotgun lock, trunk tray, along with a custom LED light kit that displaces the traditional light bar.
There are some more photos also, including the light bars and radar monitor.
http://www.allpar.com/squads/police-car ... enger.html
by fal308 » 02 Dec 2009 13:40 
According to the article, these aren't just D.A.R.E. cars or some show vehicles. These are used for a variety of roles including Aggressive Driving , Education, and Patrol. 
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