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This may be an ignorant question, but... Asking from a European perspective, where pick-ups aren't super common, what do the police have to do in North America that would require a pick-up truck?
The police need vehicles capable of 4x4 in rural communities and rough dirt roads. This is to access the entire comunity but also give better success in chasing the drunk dodge ram driver into the corn field. The police also sometimes have things like trailers for crime scene investigation or boats for water based policing, they need a vehicle capable of towing those.
They also use some unmarked trucks for traffic control as they blend in better allowing them to do radar more effectively.
ram other pickups
that's literally about it
SUVs/pickups are occasionally required for tossing stuff in the back to move it, like garbage/belongings/etc
Pickup trucks are not required for tossing stuff in the back. Because Europeans do need to transport stuff, from piles if dirt to wooden kitchens which need to be installed. And all of it most often doesnt happen with a pickup truck.
Mercedes Sprinter Vans
Or this kind of car for loading open air ("Pritschenwagen" in german)
All with normal grill-hight and probably a lower truckbed than pickup trucks
Or just a trailer. A lot of germans have something like this in their garage and use it only when needed instead of driving around with an integrated trailer all the time as people with a pickup do.
In denmark Garden trailers is very commen
https://www.qwant.com/?client=brz-vivaldi&q=Traler&t=images&o=0%3A7EC8E1B8F833DF02278E2C2B8C77DA52144E9DAE
There are several images but I think I know what you mean. Those are common for smaller gardeners in Switzerland.
In my township, the police supervisor drives the truck around. I don't know why the fuck police supervision requires a truck, but "police supervisor" is what's written on the side of it. Maybe they put the cops back there when they're found passed-out drunk in their regular cruisers.
In addition to the other reply, they could service rural areas or uneven land. What if a chase / incident starts going through a farm field kinda thing.
A lot of pickups don't even have 4 wheel drive though. A Toyota Landcruiser, Land Rover Defender, Mitsubishi Pajero, or hell even a Fiat Panda would do a better job.
I'd hope if the police were purchasing a pickup... they'd get them with 4wd...