Law Enforcement Fleet Management

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A nationwide survey of 29 cororate fleet managers was conducted by Automotive Fleet magazine. Five of the top 10 issues facing fleet managers in 2001 are: high cost of fuel; difficulty in recruiting and retaining employees; management pressure for cost containment; mergers and acquisitions; and transition to e-commerce. Two are cost related, one is personnel, one is company ownership and the last is vehicle management via the Internet. These are important issues to corporate and police fleet managers alike.

These are important issues, but the most obvious issue to public fleet managers is missing: the availability of funds to buy vehicles. Without vehicles, the manager has no …