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Posted: 12/13/2018 9:18:28 AM EST
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I wish American LE would do the European paint schemes. Also the Euros use unmarked cars as well.  Attached File |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 9:18:35 AM EST
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I wish American LE would do the European paint schemes. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 9:22:41 AM EST
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Because it used to be that people painted them black and white so to be easily identified to allow the civilians to find them when they needed help. You know. To serve and protect. Now they just want to ticket you and abuse their power. Easier to do that when they can sneak up on you in a black squad with low profile lights. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 9:31:26 AM EST
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I might bet trashed (wouldn't be the first time  ) but I think the Michigan State Police car is badass. 
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Posted: 12/13/2018 9:33:42 AM EST
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Ours still are. Costs 3000 more per car and makes it a bitch to sell at auction when we surplus them.
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Posted: 12/13/2018 9:34:18 AM EST
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I wish American LE would do the European paint schemes. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 9:37:26 AM EST
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They are all about looking cool now.
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Posted: 12/13/2018 9:41:42 AM EST
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Why aren’t police cars still cars? Forfeiture of drug money’s. Yet we pay for the gas to feed a fleet of sawed off suburbans |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 9:53:26 AM EST
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God that looks like hell. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Besides cost and aesthetics, some departments believe that all white is easier to discern and better for roadside safety. Even many fire trucks have gone to putting flourescent red and yellow on the back for this purpose. http://www.miamisprings.com/images/july42003/metro-dade-fire-rescue.jpg https://cdn.firehouse.com/files/base/cygnus/fhc/image/2015/06/960w/Harrisburg_2015_081.556c6346554c7.jpg 
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Posted: 12/13/2018 9:56:27 AM EST
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I wish American LE would do the European paint schemes. 
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Posted: 12/13/2018 9:57:00 AM EST
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ive seen a trend where police cars reflect some aspect of their community. For instance Myrtle Beach uses bright baby blue like water. Another city with music history has music notes around the name. I like it. But I also like black and white classic colors
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Posted: 12/13/2018 10:07:11 AM EST
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One of the fire depts in north Texas has BLACK fire trucks with matching BLACK bunker gear. Nastiest thing you have ever seen. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Besides cost and aesthetics, some departments believe that all white is easier to discern and better for roadside safety. Even many fire trucks have gone to putting flourescent red and yellow on the back for this purpose. http://www.miamisprings.com/images/july42003/metro-dade-fire-rescue.jpg https://cdn.firehouse.com/files/base/cygnus/fhc/image/2015/06/960w/Harrisburg_2015_081.556c6346554c7.jpg |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 10:29:21 AM EST
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Since the days of when color even became an option, cars here were always just white.
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Posted: 12/13/2018 10:56:31 AM EST
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If it hasn't been mentioned, resale value.
In our area, the vehicles are mostly all white, with black wrap applied, or white vehicles, with predominately black graphics. White vehicles have higher resale value. Jay |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 10:59:23 AM EST
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It’s cheaper to use off the shelf colors and helps the resale value.
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Posted: 12/13/2018 11:35:18 AM EST
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I wish American LE would do the European paint schemes. It would probably reduce how many get hit on the side of the road. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 12:45:31 PM EST
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They are.
Penguins have a rare condition called Synesthesiac Color Blindness. When you hear a siren, you see colors that aren't actually there |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 12:51:32 PM EST
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Toronto in the 70s/80s
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Posted: 12/13/2018 12:55:19 PM EST
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The black part would be racist......have you been living under a rock?
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Posted: 12/13/2018 12:57:44 PM EST
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DMPD has SUV's instead of cruisers now, but they still do black and white.
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Posted: 12/13/2018 1:03:02 PM EST
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Quote HistoryI thought that was a Taxi
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Posted: 12/13/2018 1:10:36 PM EST
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Because it used to be that people painted them black and white so to be easily identified to allow the civilians to find them when they needed help. You know. To serve and protect. Now they just want to ticket you and abuse their power. Easier to do that when they can sneak up on you in a black squad with low profile lights. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 1:16:11 PM EST
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Because it used to be that people painted them black and white so to be easily identified to allow the civilians to find them when they needed help. You know. To serve and protect. Now they just want to ticket you and abuse their power. Easier to do that when they can sneak up on you in a black squad with low profile lights. Scum bucket move imo. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 1:16:15 PM EST
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I thought that was a Taxi Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Posted: 12/13/2018 1:23:44 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sure. Come up with about $5K per car. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 1:24:16 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Because two tone costs more than a solid color. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 1:25:11 PM EST
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Besides cost and aesthetics, some departments believe that all white is easier to discern and better for roadside safety. Even many fire trucks have gone to putting flourescent red and yellow on the back for this purpose. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 1:26:15 PM EST
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I think they might still light up!!! 
https://img.gta5-mods.com/q75/images/michigan-state-police-cvpi/e44f47-2015-11-25_00001.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I might bet trashed (wouldn't be the first time ) but I think the Michigan State Police car is badass.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8247/8489849347_2315d7c67d_b.jpg
https://img.gta5-mods.com/q75/images/michigan-state-police-cvpi/e44f47-2015-11-25_00001.jpg
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Posted: 12/13/2018 1:34:35 PM EST
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Austin had also done the same going to Black & White. both used to run Blue & White color schemes. Sheriffs cars in most counties in S.E. to Central Texas tend to Brown-Gold or Gray-Silver. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 1:35:52 PM EST
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What gets me is that here in Arizona (not sure about elsewhere) police cars are coming out either solid white with white marking or solid black with black markings! Just enough of a shade difference that you could only tell if you're staring at it. At a glance it just looks plain-jane. Most likely to say "it's marked, see".
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Posted: 12/13/2018 1:38:15 PM EST
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I might bet trashed (wouldn't be the first time ) but I think the Michigan State Police car is badass.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8247/8489849347_2315d7c67d_b.jpg |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 1:40:45 PM EST
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If it hasn't been mentioned, resale value. In our area, the vehicles are mostly all white, with black wrap applied, or white vehicles, with predominately black graphics. White vehicles have higher resale value. Jay |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 2:02:19 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I wonder what that gumball costs in terms of MPG and tops speed. Less than an old one, but still aerodynamics isn’t high on the design criteria. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 3:18:41 PM EST
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All light bars are giant speed brakes. Less than an old one, but still aerodynamics isn’t high on the design criteria. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 3:36:59 PM EST
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Pretty sure Va State police have been gray and blue for as long as I can remember.
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Posted: 12/13/2018 4:14:59 PM EST
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What gets me is that here in Arizona (not sure about elsewhere) police cars are coming out either solid white with white marking or solid black with black markings! Just enough of a shade difference that you could only tell if you're staring at it. At a glance it just looks plain-jane. Most likely to say "it's marked, see". Hard to see the graphics in the day, and highly reflective at night. Jay |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 4:16:27 PM EST
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And the stripped down 2WD Tahoe's have a higher resale value than the sedans. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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If it hasn't been mentioned, resale value. In our area, the vehicles are mostly all white, with black wrap applied, or white vehicles, with predominately black graphics. White vehicles have higher resale value. Jay 
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Posted: 12/13/2018 7:07:58 PM EST
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I wonder what that gumball costs in terms of MPG and tops speed. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I might bet trashed (wouldn't be the first time ) but I think the Michigan State Police car is badass.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8247/8489849347_2315d7c67d_b.jpg I'm somewhat suspicious that whatever study they cite for their source predates modern low-profile LED lightbars, but that's what they claim. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 7:10:54 PM EST
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They are still black and white in my AO.
Both local pd and state troopers. Our cops also wear cowboy hats. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 7:19:28 PM EST
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Because you can buy fancy sticker a lot cheaper the a 2 color paint job. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 10:42:58 PM EST
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I think they might still light up!!!
https://img.gta5-mods.com/q75/images/michigan-state-police-cvpi/e44f47-2015-11-25_00001.jpg J- |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 10:46:08 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Okay, find me a 4-door sedan that allows more then you lunchbox in the trunk. J- |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 10:50:12 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: MSP claims that the gumball is actually more aerodynamic and as a result doesn't cost them as much fuel efficiency or top speed as a regular lightbar. I'm somewhat suspicious that whatever study they cite for their source predates modern low-profile LED lightbars, but that's what they claim.
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Posted: 12/14/2018 7:23:33 AM EST
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They probably cite their own study since they conduct the yearly study of patrol vehicles that pretty much every other agency in the nation use for purchasing and the automakers use to come up with new trends in patrol cars. That said about 99% of the stuff that MSP does is out of tradition and no other reason,
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Quoted: MSP claims that the gumball is actually more aerodynamic and as a result doesn't cost them as much fuel efficiency or top speed as a regular lightbar. I'm somewhat suspicious that whatever study they cite for their source predates modern low-profile LED lightbars, but that's what they claim.
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Posted: 12/14/2018 7:28:01 AM EST
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Posted: 12/14/2018 7:29:25 AM EST
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They are fuck ugly, but I do respect the tradition. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I might bet trashed (wouldn't be the first time ) but I think the Michigan State Police car is badass.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8247/8489849347_2315d7c67d_b.jpg
https://img.gta5-mods.com/q75/images/michigan-state-police-cvpi/e44f47-2015-11-25_00001.jpg
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Posted: 12/14/2018 7:30:00 AM EST
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I wonder what that gumball costs in terms of MPG and tops speed. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I might bet trashed (wouldn't be the first time ) but I think the Michigan State Police car is badass.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8247/8489849347_2315d7c67d_b.jpg |
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Posted: 12/14/2018 7:33:25 AM EST
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Quote HistoryETA: Omaha PD still has black and whites.  Attached File |
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Posted: 12/14/2018 7:40:49 AM EST
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The NSP has also added some light colored stripes to the rear bumper to add to their visibility on the side of the road. And their black cars look a lot sharper than their old white color scheme. ETA: Omaha PD still has black and whites. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/66085/index_jpg-771605.JPG Quote HistoryQuoted:
The NSP has also added some light colored stripes to the rear bumper to add to their visibility on the side of the road. And their black cars look a lot sharper than their old white color scheme. ETA: Omaha PD still has black and whites. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/66085/index_jpg-771605.JPG |
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Posted: 12/14/2018 7:45:58 AM EST
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In the 90's, manufacturers of police package vehicles stopped offering cars in multi colors. It was a cost cutting measure. Some agencies held fast to tradition and opted to go the extra expense and have the multi color paint done after market. Other's simply changed their traditional looks and added stripping decals. These days, decals and wrapping have replaced the after market painting. Our largest local agency has never strayed from their black and white design. However, their cars come all black and they wrap the white. Short answer is that solid colors are less expensive. Edit; I may be full of shit, but I did manage a PD fleet of over 50 vehicles for a few years in the early 2000's. Back in the nineties I was the commercial and fleet leasing manager for a large Ford dealer. We sold a lot of CVPIs, and many local agencies were pissed when certain paint choices became an option. It also surprised me how much it actually cost to put a new cruiser on the road. Radio, PA, light bar, push bar, cage, gun rack or locker, decals, spot lights, ruggedized laptop and mount ... It's far worse today. |
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