The Power of Partnerships

In early December at the Iowa Sheriff’s Winter School, we announced a partnership with Karl Emergency Vehicles. We are excited to work together to help provide technology to the fleets of more Iowa departments and entities.  Knowing there must be some questions you have we decided its best to bring some clarity to our customers.

Police Fleet Expo 2019

Recently Kelly Milligan and I had the honor of presenting at this year’s Police Fleet Expo in beautiful Savannah, Georgia.  The topic presented was Department & Upfitter relationships, but with a creative spin. I’d like to recap our session for you so you can get  the feel for the courtship process we take here at

The Keltek Difference: How Install Thinks

Sleepless Nights So after working until 10:30 PM on a gunlock fitment problem and still not finding a solution, one of my leads and I hung our heads in defeat. What to do? We tried two different gunlock solutions in multiple configurations. As we locked up the shop we were quiet.  Both of us were

10 Things We’ve Learned While Up-fitting a Dodge Durango

Durango Deep Dive Hey, I’m Chris, the shop manager here at KELTEK. After dozens of Durango upfits in the KELTEK shop, we want to take a moment and pass along some of our insight regarding installation nuances this vehicle has – which may have implications for your department’s budget and lead times. All vehicles present

2019 KELTEK Roadshow

Registration is now open for our 2019 Roadshow, this is an event you don’t want to miss out on!  This year the event will be held on October 9th 2019, with a hospitality night in your honor the night before. Go ahead, write that down,  put it on your calendar.  Free food and drinks on

The Keys to Covert

Duuunn dun…duuunnn dun….dun dun dun Hopefully you uncovered the ominous Jaw’s  theme song I am trying to portray here. This week’s topic covers the keys to a covert police vehicle build.   Keeping these up-fits as stealth as possible can be a challenging task, but if anyone can do it’s our expert team here at KELTEK.

Buying VS Leasing: Fleet & Equipment

Your fleet is likely the largest line item in your department’s annual budget.  Before you read any further, stop and make a pros & cons list for leasing fleet vehicles and equipment. Seriously, make a list… We’ll wait… Now that you have a list, let’s compare it with ours.

Down in the Dumps: The Real Cost of Downtime

The True Cost of Vehicle Downtime For many fleet managers calculating the cost of downtime is something they don’t sit down and do. The reason for the inaction on this topic is -there’s not enough time in the day!  KELTEK thought we could bring some light to the issue in an easy to understand format that prioritizes your

Time is Running Out Do You Have A Plan?

Time is Running Out, Do You Have a Plan? The end of the fiscal year is upon us. Do you have a plan? It seems like every year, it sneaks up on departments and we want to help. In this post I want to share some great ideas on how to maximize your budget…

Panasonic Partner Summit 2019

Most of you don’t know me (yet) but I’m Holly Johnson, the new Marketing Coordinator at KELTEK.