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Posted: 12/13/2018 1:36:56 AM EDT
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I saw that before. Good segment. The cigarette butts in the shotgun was a good story Quote HistoryQuoted:
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cool starry bra about California black and whites.. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 1:39:20 AM EDT
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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 1:42:13 AM EDT
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Because when you are painting them with someone else's money might as well do what you want.
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Posted: 12/13/2018 1:47:55 AM EDT
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Because when you are painting them with someone else's money might as well do what you want. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 1:49:10 AM EDT
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We still use black and white cars.
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Posted: 12/13/2018 1:58:41 AM EDT
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Some agencies never had black and white cars. It's not the universal thing that some folks think. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 1:59:32 AM EDT
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So penguins could make bait threads? Lots are still black and white. Lots aren't. Why did army change camo patterns? why dont gas station employees still wear uniforms and pump your gas? who gives a fuck? |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 2:07:11 AM EDT
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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 2:28:37 AM EDT
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They're all black and white like God intended where I live.
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Posted: 12/13/2018 2:38:39 AM EDT
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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 4:22:27 AM EDT
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My son asked, I don't know  J- |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 4:43:31 AM EDT
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My son asked, I don't know |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 6:22:44 AM EDT
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I was told the OHP here saves 700 buck per unit, by going all black. Simple economics when you're buying a shit ton of units.
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Posted: 12/13/2018 6:26:47 AM EDT
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Lots of ours are.
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Posted: 12/13/2018 6:41:00 AM EDT
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I've been a little irritated with the "ghost" cars lately. They have a matte clear sicker that says "sheriff" or "police" on the side, and are normal civilian cars or SUVs. The visual presence of police forces is a big deterrent for crime, and people in distress need the easy visual. I guess you have to get that radar revenue though. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 6:48:32 AM EDT
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No idea.
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Posted: 12/13/2018 6:50:11 AM EDT
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I might bet trashed (wouldn't be the first time
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Posted: 12/13/2018 6:57:54 AM EDT
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Metro Dade told the state to take those green uniforms and shove em" King Kong ain't got nothin on Miami Vice! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Down in Miami we called them Green and Whites for MDPD. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dbzf8KIXkAANIP-.jpg King Kong ain't got nothin on Miami Vice! |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 7:07:06 AM EDT
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They went from the Green and Whites to this.
Then tried this. 
MDPD today. Tallahassee for a while were Blue and Whites. 
Then they experimented with this. 
Now they're with this. 
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Posted: 12/13/2018 7:13:07 AM EDT
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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 7:14:40 AM EDT
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Nailed it. Revenue farming is the new priority. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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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 7:15:06 AM EDT
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There's two city departments around here that use the colors of their respective school district mascots. I don't think I've seen that anywhere else.
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Posted: 12/13/2018 7:16:20 AM EDT
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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 7:18:36 AM EDT
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Locally they are. Not the LAPD style but the cheaper white base with the big black “police” lettering with the towns name superimposed across it. It’s a factory option from Ford along with light packages and all the other police car bits and pieces. Guess it makes sense to buy them that way. Cheaper and ready to roll when they take delivery.
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Posted: 12/13/2018 7:19:37 AM EDT
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My former town went from some stupid purple-blue to black and white as they transitioned from CVPIs. The Taurusii and Explorers looked sharp in black and white, IMO.
New city has a black paint scheme, nice, but not as snazzy. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 7:21:09 AM EDT
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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 7:22:13 AM EDT
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We do graphics for a suburb of Columbus police department, who has about 20 active cruisers. They buy all black SUVs, then we wrap the doors and roof white. Says it's way cheaper and helps on resale also.
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Posted: 12/13/2018 7:22:28 AM EDT
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We are switching to solid colors since it's cheaper and has higher resale at aution after they are taken out of service.
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Posted: 12/13/2018 7:22:53 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/13/2018 7:24:39 AM EDT
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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 7:27:44 AM EDT
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The Shark Fin ia stupid. The Bubble Light is cool. 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: 12/13/2018 7:29:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It’s funny because there’s nothin low profile about those cars. Murdered out Interceptors/Tahoe’s/Chargers with push bumpers and steel wheels stand out just as much as a fully marked cruiser. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 7:35:11 AM EDT
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Dade County, always being difficult and different from the rest of the state. Has never painted their trucks Red. Always been Highlighter Green longer than I've been alive. 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 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 7:40:19 AM EDT
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Around here, the major cities/areas/deparments are returning to the black and white scheme with unit numbers on top. Everything is cyclical... They are actually harder to spot, currently, due to the prior color schemes/markings and the familiarity of the older markings, which were used for many years.
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Posted: 12/13/2018 7:45:43 AM EDT
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Like hey, check out that all black car sitting in the middle of the highway. Ray Charles can see that shit Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: It’s funny because there’s nothin low profile about those cars. Murdered out Interceptors/Tahoe’s/Chargers with push bumpers and steel wheels stand out just as much as a fully marked cruiser. ISP used to run a Mustang out on a local stretch of interstate that was truly undetectable. I used to see him doing business every morning on the way to work in the early 2000’s. Hideaways in the head/tail lamps, deep tinted windows, normal plates and nothing poking out to draw your attention. He’d park on the shoulder with his four ways on pretending to be a disabled motorist while he shot radar. I was happy he was there since that area had a ton on interchanges that all merged together and people drove like total fucking tards there. Accidents were a daily occurrence for awhile until they really started cracking down. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 7:51:28 AM EDT
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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 As a displaced Michigander, the MSP Blue Goose will always be what comes to mind when I think of "state police." |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 7:51:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Pretty much. Even in traffic if I see certain makes it models my eyes automatically scan for spot lights, interior light bars or LE license plates. Very few low profile cars are very sneaky. ISP used to run a Mustang out on a local stretch of interstate that was truly undetectable. I used to see him doing business every morning on the way to work in the early 2000’s. Hideaways in the head/tail lamps, deep tinted windows, normal plates and nothing poking out to draw your attention. He’d park on the shoulder with his four ways on pretending to be a disabled motorist while he shot radar. I was happy he was there since that area had a ton on interchanges that all merged together and people drove like total fucking tards there. Accidents were a daily occurrence for awhile until they really started cracking down. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 7:52:44 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/13/2018 8:12:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryGuess that'll be OPs sons next question for today's thread |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 8:40:15 AM EDT
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I push a black and white, they wrap the parts that are colored white. The wrap looks like shit within a year. I miss the white with reflective markings.
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Posted: 12/13/2018 8:50:49 AM EDT
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They are in Roanoke, Va
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Posted: 12/13/2018 8:54:18 AM EDT
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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 9:07:03 AM EDT
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All local, county and state vehicles are either black or midnite blue metallic so they can hide.
Low profile lights or completely concealed lights. Lots of MI State Police consumer colored Tahoes doing discreet ops on the highways, with completely hidden lights. Guy was in full uniform and blocking the passing lane while he matched speed with a chick in a car int eh middle lane, I bobbled behind him to get his attention so he'd yield the lane. He whipped in front of her and I nailed it because I was PO'd at him, settling back down cruising speed in the middle lane. He jumped on it and was on my ass, then pulled me over. He let me go with a warning, although he wasn't yielding the passing lane, and we were both speeding, but he said he was just on a mission, using the Tahoe to look down into cars to catch texters. It was a light gold color, and impossible to ID as a cop vehicle. |
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Posted: 12/13/2018 9:22:01 AM EDT
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We went all black several years back when the Buckeye State Sheriff's Association decreed that it be done. I was told at the time it was a cost savings thing. It also helps at resale time. Why anyone would buy a used Sheriff's cruiser is beyond me but people like those buckets of junk. The gold graphics package on them makes them fairly well identifiable. The rule in our department is if you are working traffic you'd better have a fully equipped cruiser because anything else is verboten. Detectives can and will do a traffic stop if necessary but they don't work traffic. In reality, none of our guys work traffic. No time for that. The cars stick out like a sore thumb but people fail to notice them all the time, even with the blinky lights on top going off like a carnival ride.
Stock images. Not affiliated with any of these agencies. The graphics and color scheme are uniform state wide. As are uniforms. The uniform thing is a bitch because it always means we're behind the curve on the latest gear.  
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Posted: 12/13/2018 9:22:23 AM EDT
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Here's ours:
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Posted: 12/13/2018 9:36:09 AM EDT
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We went all black several years back when the Buckeye State Sheriff's Association decreed that it be done. I was told at the time it was a cost savings thing. It also helps at resale time. Why anyone would buy a used Sheriff's cruiser is beyond me but people like those buckets of junk. The gold graphics package on them makes them fairly well identifiable. The rule in our department is if you are working traffic you'd better have a fully equipped cruiser because anything else is verboten. Detectives can and will do a traffic stop if necessary but they don't work traffic. In reality, none of our guys work traffic. No time for that. The cars stick out like a sore thumb but people fail to notice them all the time, even with the blinky lights on top going off like a carnival ride. Stock images. Not affiliated with any of these agencies. The graphics and color scheme are uniform state wide. As are uniforms. The uniform thing is a bitch because it always means we're behind the curve on the latest gear. http://www.darkecountysheriff.org/images/cruiser_2.jpg http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7291/8742203232_517f291e91.jpg http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5471/9319232249_1ff232f540.jpg Miami Dade Police do tan shirts and brown pants and tell the state to fuck off. It is going to be interesting because in the 50s, the county voted to get rid of the elected Sheriff's position and have it as an appointed position. This past election, an Amendment passed that mandates all Constitutional Offices to be elected. In Miami Dade, MDPD is still the County Sheriff. Some Sheriffs also use a basic design for a patch. And others do their own thing. 
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Posted: 12/13/2018 9:55:53 AM EDT
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They still are in many places.
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Posted: 12/13/2018 10:01:12 AM EDT
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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 10:14:13 AM EDT
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I wish American LE would do the European paint schemes.
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Posted: 12/13/2018 10:18:25 AM EDT
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Houston's just switched over to black and white in the last 6 years. 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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