Police Mode

Instrument Cluster Police Mode

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Police Mode is a little easter egg that Ford Australia included in the FG Falcon, probably to help boost the marketing appeal to Australian Police forces as Falcons are/were commonly used as Police cars. (Pretty hard to get away with crime when you have an XR6 Turbo chasing you down hey!).

Police mode doesn't effect the performance of the vehicle in any way or change the air-fuel mapping of the PCM. All it does is display "Police" on the Instrument Cluster when the ignition is turned on, sets DIS (digital instantaneous speed) as the default display of the IC and allows for Digital Speed Capture which can display a captured speed on the Instrument Cluster screen.

The speedometer is set by factory to be + 2 KM/H different to actual speed, in Police Mode the speedometer will display actual road speed.
Here is the workshop manual pages on Police Mode for the mark 1 fg.

Download the Police Mode Enabler software for ELM327 here

How to activate with Forscan

Hardware Required:

• OBD Adapter with MS-Can support
• Laptop

Software Required:

• Forscan with Extended License
  

As Built Data BackUp

It is always a good idea to take a backup of your vehicles data before modifying any configurations. This can be done in Forscan via the Module Configuration section.

1. Select the Module to be Backed Up, ie Instrument Cluster(AS BUILT)
2. Select Save & Save the .abt file
3. Select the Stop Icon to exit the configuration

Activate Police Mode

Police Mode can be activated in the Instrument Cluster Module Configuration.

1. In Forscan under Module Configuration, Select the Instrument Cluster Standard Configuration, NOT the As Built Mode
2. Select the option for Police Mode and set it to Enabled
3. Cycle the Ignition if instructed to do so
4. Select the Stop Icon to exit the configuration

Activate Police Mode with socketcan.