Raptors on Patrol

[Birdman]

This is somewhat old news (Nov 2011) but I was just wondering how the ten US Border Patrol Raptors have been doing since they were delivered in Nov.



http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/11/ford-svt-raptor-border-patrol-630.jpg


The Raptor's single-overhead cam 6.2-liter V-8 is rated at a brawny 411 horsepower and 434 pounds-feet of torque. Its high-performance long-travel suspension was tuned in the rugged Mojave Desert.

Sounds like the Raptor should be perfect for catching Mexican "coyote" smugglers crossing into our country illegally.
http://blogs.cars.com/.a/6a00d83451b3c669e20147e01b098c970b-800wi



Soon after the Raptor hit the street, Major Leon Wilmot of the Yuma County SD caught a look at it running Baja on TV. "I said, 'We've got to get one of those,' " Wilmot recalls. So he wrassled up some Department of Homeland Security dollars through a program called Operation Stonegarden and made it happen. The Yuma sector of the U.S. Border Patrol has six more Raptors on the way, but at the moment, the Yuma sheriff has the only one, the baddest police truck north of San Luis Río Colorado.

Read more: http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/driven/1008_2010_ford_f_150_svt_raptor_on_patrol/viewall.html#ixzz1kyjUBaBi
http://image.automobilemag.com/f/33781473+w750+st0/ford-F-150-SVT-raptor-sheriff-2.jpg
http://image.automobilemag.com/f/33781470+w750+st0/ford-F-150-SVT-raptor-sheriff.jpg
http://image.automobilemag.com/f/33781461+w750+st0/ford-F-150-SVT-raptor-border-patrol.jpg

http://image.automobilemag.com/f/28191233+w750+st0/ford-F-150-SVT-raptor-help-button.jpg

http://image.automobilemag.com/f/33781467+w750+st0/ford-F-150-SVT-raptor-rear-three-quarters.jpg

http://image.automobilemag.com/f/28191236+w750+st0/ford-F-150-SVT-raptor-sand-dunes.jpg

http://image.automobilemag.com/f/33781464+w750+st0/ford-F-150-SVT-raptor-front.jpg

[VaporDude]

You would think they would do a follow-up article on that.

[HSURB]

Hope they enjoy them while they still have them.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Eric Holder recall them because they are too effective of a tool. Speaking of a "tool".

HSURB®

[Gr8snkbite]

:haha:

[Birdman]

:oops:
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x185/TwinTurboStroker/Raptorriver.jpg

[VaporDude]

I wonder how badly damaged that one was. At least he didn't get any water in the air intake.

[Birdman]

I wonder how badly damaged that one was. At least he didn't get any water in the air intake.

It looks like he was still behind the wheel driving it.

[68fastback]

...at least the leather didn't get wet :shades: ...apparently the 10 units were ordered without -- LINKY (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/23/us-border-patrol-ford-svt-raptor-spy-shots/)

[mustangsally]

Probably the perfect vehicle to catch Mexicans with. It's quite heavy duty! Just what our boys in the desert need.