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" Police Truck" is a song by the American punk rock band Dead Kennedys. It was originally released in May 1980 as the B-side of the "Holiday in Cambodia" single and later released in June 1987 as the opening track on the band's compilation album Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death.
The song is a satirical attack on the actions of two police officers and takes a first-person view from the authorities themselves. It was inspired by an incident that occurred in Oakland in the late 1970s. It also functions more generally as an attack on police corruption. p164
"Police Truck" was one of the Kennedys' early popular songs. The song is built around a surf rock beat (similar to ones heard in the early instrumental surf singles such as the Chantays' "Pipeline"), and highlighted by East Bay Ray's echoed guitar leads and the descending chorus "ride, ride, how we ride." "Police Truck", like many of the band's songs, serves as an example of the Dead Kennedys' ability to portray a disturbing scenario through humorous lyrics.
In 2021, the band Punk Rock Karaoke and actor Wil Wheaton covered the track. In 2022, thrash metal band Megadeth released a cover of the track on their album The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!
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