Ford's car employees asks the company to stop making police cars

Ford's car employees asks the company to stop making police cars.

Ford's employees recently asked the company to stop producing and selling police cars,But the request becomes null to the company as Ford's CEO Jim Hackett told the employees that they will continue to produce the police cars and help officers do their job.

Ford which is the largest producers of the country's vehicles when it comes to the provision of specially well designed law enforcement vehicles,Making up two third of the market.Ford has also been part of the provision of newly developed version of cars for the testing and benefit of the police force in America.

Apart from the employees failed request to stop the production of cars for the police force, others who have also requested for the stoppage of the production includes the Black Lives Matter Movement, Black workers who are part of the Ford's African Ancestry Network made an attempt to with letters asking the officers to stop producing and sales of all custom police vehicles.

The employees wrote letters asking for the resources to be diverted to other forms of first response and public safety instead of pumping it into the police production sector. 

According to Jalopnik ,the group wrote to Ford saying.

"Throughout our history,the vehicles that Ford employees design and build have been used as accessories to police brutality and oppression,we know that while many join, support, or supply law enforcement with good intentions, these racist policing practice practices that plague our society are historic and systemic. A history and system perpetuated by Ford for over 70 years. Ever since Ford introduced the first ever police package in 1950. As an undeniable part of that history and system.We are long overdue to think and act differently on our role on racism".

After the letter was sent to the leadership, the CEO Jim Hackett gave a response, By also writing;

"The issue plaguing police credibility has nothing to do with the vehicles they are driving,Infact,as we imagine the future power of our connected vehicles 

,smarter Ford vehicles can be used to not only improve the officers ability to protect and serve,but also provide data that can make police safer and more accountable,just think, Dating back to the model T,Ford has more than 100 years in serving first responders and that leadership,and that leadership over the decades have been earned by co-developing our purpose built vehicles with technologies with police and emergency agencies to make our vehicles the number one choice".