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Texas- Patrol Car.

Can't fit a whole 'squad' in it ;)

bad_LT says ...

I use crusier, or patrol vehicle.. Squad car make it sound like everyone piles in one car.... Well we do have a few in the department might as well be in a clown car with they way they act..... When they roll up you half expect the theme music  from Benny Hill to start... There now this stuck in your head for the rest of the day......

Yes it is...thanks :(

Cruiser

Michigan or at least in the Metro Detroit area- SCOUT CARS

We called Patrol cars at my agency in NY.

HAHAHA this made me think of what we do at work.  We have a 2008 Tahoe and a 2008 Impala, depending on what handler gets to the kennels first you either get to drive the "Tahoe" or the "other car".  Needless to say we are at work on time if not early everyday. 

I started off in NJ so they were radio cars or squad cars.  Here in FL they are cruisers, patrol cars, or units.  I have heard some of the guys from the midwest call them prowlers or prowl cars too.

Here in MN, we call 'em squads. Never thought about it before, but I guess it does kinda sound like a whole lot of people in one car.

We call our cars ....well cars in our Department.  We refer to Helena PD cars as black'n'whites.  Every other agencies cars are just refered to as cars.

Patrol cars at Hall County.

Then again, if the "sh_t hit the fan" we would just yell to the dispatcher, "Send me a car".

My last department they called them Patrol Units or Unit.

At KSP they are called SP's and we say unit number instead of badge number. I'm unit 494

Ohio and I drive a cruiser

Patrol Cars, Squad Cars, Scout Cars, Radio Cars, etc., etc, etc..  As long as they get the job done they can be called whatever you like!  Like anything else, local vernacular plays a part.  You say tomato, I say tomatoooo, you say potato, I say potatooo!