I'm NOT suggesting hybrids for State Troopers, CHIPs, or pursuit vehicles.
The patrol vehicles are what I had in mind. Maybe the technology is not quite here, but I envision a V8/V4 hybrid along the lines of the Honda Accord, only with a real hypermiling patrol mode. Even in my Insight, I could go fast when I wanted to.
In a lot of instances, patrolmen could radio for help if a suspect got into serious racing....
I'm just of the opinion many patrol cars don't go over 80mph that often...