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    02-24-2012 12:48 AM #1
    Didn't find anything with search, so have at it. Let's see some cool and unusual police cars.

    i still think its so cool that there's a Gallardo police car.



    Not that uncommon, but still noteworthy.



    Yes, that's a Hayabusa. Oklahoma Highway patrol apparently has a couple they use for patrol.

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    The perks of having a Mercedes plant in town, tuscaloosa county sheriffs and tuscaloosa PD each have a few Mercedes vehicles. Tuscaloosa PD also has a mid-2000's corolla and late-90's dodge caravan
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    02-24-2012 01:07 AM #3
    Portland has a number of Ford mustangs and the Oregon state police have a couple dub edition 300's
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    02-24-2012 01:09 AM #4
    blacked out chargers around here. look pretty intimidating.

  5. 02-24-2012 01:18 AM #5
    Tuscaloosa PD also has this, the design was part of a local public school art/design contest, it has Lambo doors:

    The Alabama state troopers and several local PD's have switched to dark chargers, I agree they look intimidating as police cars

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    02-24-2012 01:21 AM #6
    Apparently some of the police departments around here have some interesting undercover vehicles.

    (Supposedly) One has an old beater mini-van and one has a lightly modified (wheels, exhaust etc.) Hemi Charger

    Other than that typical stuff; Crown Vics, Chargers (look pretty intimidating), Tahoes, Explorers, etc


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    02-24-2012 01:45 AM #8
    Not uncommon persay, but NYC's Hybrid Altimas are pretty sweet ...


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    02-24-2012 02:10 AM #9
    Quote Originally Posted by LethaOne View Post
    Didn't find anything with search, so have at it. Let's see some cool and unusual police cars.

    i still think its so cool that there was a Gallardo police car.

    Fixed

    They crashed it and totaled it the same day that the station got it
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    Ever see a cop on a Segway?
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    02-24-2012 02:36 AM #11
    Quote Originally Posted by Kjheidlebaugh View Post
    Ever see a cop on a Segway?

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    02-24-2012 03:12 AM #12
    The most interesting cars are the cars seized by police and used for parades, shows, and community relations with a "seized from a drug dealer" or something like that.
    The coolest ones I think are the highway pursuit cars which at times are a little faster then the city patrol cars.
    A few RCMP Jaguars, a donated Audi A-6 behind it. These were a while ago.

    RCMP Volvo S70 T-5 in Quebec. Manitoba had some as well. I remember doing highway speeds when one blew past me at incredible speeds.

    And of course, Aspen Colorado's famous Saab police cars originating when AWD or even FWD was not quite as common.


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    Lotus Evora S from the Romanian police..

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    Quattroporte from the OPP (Ontario Provincial Police), as well as a Civic SI

  16. 02-24-2012 08:30 AM #17
    The cars VWoA delivered to the Herndon, VA police:


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    02-24-2012 08:36 AM #18
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    02-24-2012 08:38 AM #20
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    The Volvo is briefly mentioned in this NY Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/29/ny...9peopleli.html

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    02-24-2012 08:41 AM #21
    Quote Originally Posted by paul_shark View Post
    The cars VWoA delivered to the Herndon, VA police:

    That passat looks pretty badass
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  21. 02-24-2012 08:49 AM #22
    Quote Originally Posted by Hotwing View Post
    Fixed

    They crashed it and totaled it the same day that the station got it
    I think you are wrong...

    They had two gallardos (an older model and a newer edition), the newer one got totaled iirc

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  24. 02-24-2012 09:01 AM #25
    About 15 years ago there was a 5.0 Mustang that looked heavily modified, it had writing on the side that said something like "seized by a drug dealer."
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    02-24-2012 09:02 AM #26
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  26. 02-24-2012 09:05 AM #27
    Quote Originally Posted by Chiropractor JW View Post
    it had writing on the side that said something like "seized by a drug dealer."
    I am thinking it said "seized from a drug dealer" and not "seized by a drug dealer", unless that dealer really wanted people to know he was in the area.

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    02-24-2012 09:05 AM #28
    Quote Originally Posted by Hotwing View Post
    Fixed

    They crashed it and totaled it the same day that the station got it
    No, they didn't. They got two of them donated by Lamborghinin back in 2004, and those cars stuck around for over a hundred thousand miles each. In 2008, they got two more from Lamborghini. In 2009, a car swerved into one of the older ones causing it to hit a row of parked cars, totalling it. So, one out of the 4 total gallardos that Lamborghini donated to the police force got totalled by someone else a YEAR after the last one was delivered.

    http://www.hoax-slayer.com/italian-l...ar-crash.shtml

    Youre referring to the hoax email that's been circulating again.
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    02-24-2012 09:08 AM #29
    A suburb of Columbus has some BMWs

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    local police department


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    02-24-2012 09:18 AM #33
    Quote Originally Posted by classicjetta View Post
    A suburb of Columbus has some BMWs
    Isn't there some sort of BMW facility in Hilliard? Or is it Dublin?

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