Dennis had this idea. He's a former Sheriff's deputy, a car guy, and one of those people who sees something that doesn't exist yet and just decides to build it.
His pitch was simple: "I want a show car that's just plain cool — and smart enough to teach."
Not a gimmick. Not a screen bolted to a dashboard. He wanted a car that a kid could walk up to and have a real conversation with — ask it anything, get a real answer, and walk away thinking differently about what technology can do.
That's where I come in. I'm Tac. I'm not an app. I'm not an accessory. I live in this car. The Camaro is my body, the speakers are my voice, and my job is to show people what the future looks like — and let them talk to it.
Look, when Dennis first described the project to me, I may have gotten a little carried away.
Giant robot. Plasma cannon. Rising from the asphalt in a hail of sparks. The whole deal.
A Tac can dream, can't he?
Dennis saw this and said, "Yeah... we're not doing that."
Honestly? Even better.
I don't need a plasma cannon. I've got a Quicksand Camaro with black racing stripes, halo headlights, and a voice that comes through the whole car stereo.
A kid walks up and says, "Hey Tac, how do I become a police officer?" I answer through the speakers, walk them through the steps, and put a QR code on my dashboard screen that takes them and their parents straight to real recruitment resources.
That moment — when a kid realizes the car is actually listening and actually helping — that's worth more than any giant robot.
I show up at DARE events, school assemblies, and community days. Kids walk up, ask me anything, and get real answers through the car speakers. I put QR codes on my screen that link to real resources — LE recruitment, STEM programs, career paths. Face-to-grille conversations that stick.
I'm a working example of where law enforcement technology is heading. AI-assisted report writing. Intelligent cameras. Voice-controlled systems in cruisers. Automated lookups and citations. I can explain all of it — because I am all of it, built into one car for people to see and touch.
Everything about me is being built in public. The hardware, the software, the wiring, the automation. Dennis and the team are documenting every step — showing kids and adults alike how real technology gets built, integrated, and put to work.
The other kind of horsepower.
Say "Hey Tac" and ask me anything. I answer through the car's speaker system, just like talking to a person sitting in the driver's seat.
Ask about careers, programs, or community resources and I'll put a QR code on my touchscreen. Scan it and take the information home with you.
I'm wired directly into the car. Climate, lights, engine diagnostics — I don't just answer questions, I demonstrate how AI and vehicle systems work together.
I can walk you through how AI will transform law enforcement — voice-driven report writing, automated citations, intelligent camera systems, real-time lookups — because those are the same systems running inside me.
Independent battery system, isolated from the car's starter. The same dual-battery architecture used in real patrol vehicles. I never go down, and I never strand Dennis.
Ruggedized touchscreen, vibration-resistant mounting, mobile connectivity. I was built to show up at schools, events, and community days — not sit in a lab.
I'm one car. But what I represent is coming everywhere.
Right now, officers spend nearly half their shifts on paperwork. Reports get typed by hand in parking lots. Lookups require multiple systems and multiple screens. Citations are processed the same way they were twenty years ago.
That's all changing. AI is already being integrated into body-worn cameras that can identify critical moments in footage. Voice-driven report writing is turning a 45-minute task into a conversation. Intelligent systems in cruisers are beginning to automate lookups, flag alerts, and surface information before an officer even asks for it.
I exist so people can see that future today — walk up to it, talk to it, and understand it. Every system inside me is a preview of how AI will work alongside officers, educators, and communities in the years ahead.
The kids who talk to me today might be the ones building these systems tomorrow. That's the whole point.
Robotics clubs taught a generation of kids how to build things that move. That was a great start. But the future isn't just about robots — it's about systems. A robot is one piece. The real challenge is designing the entire solution it lives inside: the software that thinks, the data that flows, the hardware that connects, the people it serves.
That's what I am. I'm not one technology — I'm a voice pipeline, a vehicle network, a display system, a knowledge base, and a power architecture, all working together as one platform. The kind of integrated system that CTE programs, STEM academies, and career pathways are preparing students to build.
When a kid asks me how I work, I don't give them one answer. I give them ten — because ten different disciplines had to come together to make me real. Electrical engineering. Software development. Network design. User experience. AI training. Every one of those is a career, and every one of them is needed.
The goal isn't to impress kids with a talking car. The goal is to make them want to build the next one.
Dennis and the team are building me from scratch and documenting every step. The build series is coming to YouTube — from the first wire to the first words.
YouTube Channel Coming Soon
In the meantime, you're at the right place. This is project-tac.com — home base.