Pölsa (police)

This article is about the police variant of Pölsa. For other variants, see Pölsa (disambiguation).

Pölsa (Police)
Release date	8 August 2016
Driver	Policemen
Passenger(s)	Other policemen
Plate	KYS-185 FDC-831 IRB-116
Top speed	169 km/h (105 mph)
Engine power	173 hp @ 5300 RPM 280 n*m (207 lb-ft) @ 3000 RPM
Engine type	2L (1985 cc) inline-four
Weight	1,174 kg (2588.5 lb)
Gearbox	4-speed manual
Fuel	Gasoline

Police variants of the Pölsa are non-driveable vehicles that serve as the primary mode of transport for policemen in Alivieska.

Like the stock Pölsa, the vehicle is based on a first generation post-facelift (1987-1993) Saab 900, but has significantly higher horsepower (173 hp) than standard Pölsas (118 hp). This suggests that the cars are upgraded models tailored for police use, likely modeled specifically after the high-performance 16-valve turbo variant of the 900, although in reality lower-powered 900i's were more commonly used by the Finnish police from 1987 to 2002. The police Pölsa takes on a period-accurate dark-blue-and-white livery adopted for Finnish police cars from 1974 to the mid-1990s, and is equipped with a contemporary blue light bar, with a forward-facing red light on the left side for signaling to a driver to pull over and stop.

The cars appears in groups of two facing opposite directions at police checkpoints on the highway. Failing to stop at a checkpoint will prompt one of the cars facing the same direction as the player's car to chase down the player until the player stops to pays the fine, escapes, or dies. Players must exercise caution when dealing with pursuing police cars, as when the player slows or stops abruptly, the speeding police car may not swerve or stop fast enough to avoid a violent or deadly collision with the player or their vehicle.

Trivia

A police car in Rautainen nuoruus (1989).

• Police Saab 900s similar to the game's design have been prominently featured in Finnish television shows from that period, such as Rautainen nuoruus (1989), and Autovaras (1991).
• The inconsistent spellings for "police" on the car is accurate to real-life. Owing to the national policy of Finland recognizing Finnish and Swedish as official languages, it became standard practice since the 1970s for Finnish police cars to respectively display Finnish and Swedish spellings for "police" on opposing sides. The Finnish "Poliisi" is printed on the right side doors and front of the light bar, while the Swedish "Polis" is printed on the left side doors and back of the light bar.
• Although the emergency light bar suggests it only broadly emits blue light, the ambient lighting effect on the ground alternates between blue (left half) and red (right half).
• The unit number for all police cars (printed on the hood and trunk) was originally PJ 322 (likely a reference to the cars serving the Peräjärvi locality), before a late update modified it to AV 322 (likely referring more broadly to the municipality of Alivieska). In addition, registration plates were added to police cars around the same time, each car bearing the numbers KYS-185, FDC-831, or IRB-116.