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place of work. The place of work can be a normal duty station or an alternate duty
station.
j. Incident – When an object collides with a vehicle causing damage, vandalism, theft,
an act of nature regardless of injury or property damage, or when anything occurs that
would not be classified as an accident.
k. Law Enforcement Vehicle
(1) LE1: A law enforcement vehicle configured for apprehensions, arrests, law
enforcement, police activities, or dignitary protection and is used in that capacity
75% of the year or more, and assigned to protection, pursuit, or off-road duties.
These vehicles are to be equipped with heavy duty components to handle the
stress of extreme maneuvers and have the horsepower required to achieve the
speeds necessary to perform these functions.
(2) LE2: A law enforcement vehicle configured to perform intelligence,
investigations, security, and surveillance activities. They may be unmarked or
marked units as needed to identify their authority and required as a safety factor at
certain law enforcement scenes. These vehicles are not expected to perform
pursuit operations either on or off road and do not require the heavy duty
components found on an LE1 Vehicle.
l. Low-Speed Electric Vehicles (LSEVs) – Four-wheeled, electric motor vehicles
weighing less than 3,000 pounds with top speeds of 20-25 miles per hour. LSEVs
authorized for highway/public road use are considered Motor Vehicles and subject to
the requirements of this Manual.
m. Motor Pool Manager – The Motor Pool Manager manages vehicles for one or more
CG units. This duty is also known as unit vehicle manager or Local Motor Vehicle
Fleet Manager (MFM) when the employee is performing the function for one unit.
This position could be either a collateral duty or a full-time position. The
responsibility must be designated in writing by the unit’s command.
n. Motor Vehicle – Any self propelled vehicle designated and operated principally for
highway transportation of property or passengers, but does not include military design
motor vehicles or vehicles not covered by 41 CFR 102-34.20.
o. Operational Use Vehicle – A motor vehicle that has a specific and primary
operational need and not necessarily needed to transport passengers. This includes,
but is not limited to, vehicles needed to tow boats/trailers, snow plows, fuel trucks,
garbage trucks, fire trucks, incident response (pollution, commercial vessel/facility)
and some law enforcement vehicles (LE1 and LE2).
p. Passenger Vehicles – Vehicles such as sedans, station wagons, passenger vans, sport
utility vehicles, ambulances, and buses whose primary purpose is to transport
passengers.
q. Trailers - Non-motorized equipment with wheels designed to be pulled over public
roadways by motor vehicles (e.g., boat trailers, cargo trailers).