Never Seen This One Before
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From: Broken Arrow, OK.
Never Seen This One Before
I am making a very quick run back to Oklahoma on I-40 and when I get just in OK coming out of Arkansas what do I see but a brand new Police vehicle. It was a Dodge Magnum, this thing had about a thousand lights on it and thankfully it already had someone pulled over. I do have to say that for a cop car it was awesome. Just thought I would share that there is a new set of lights to look for on the highway.
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From: Topsfield, MA
Interesting.
My last discovery was cops now use small light bars under the roof line in the top of the windshield. The stobes pan accross the top of the windshield to give the look of a light bar, sneaky.
My last discovery was cops now use small light bars under the roof line in the top of the windshield. The stobes pan accross the top of the windshield to give the look of a light bar, sneaky.
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From: Brandon Mb
we've got one ghost car here thats pretty sneaky if you're not lookin for it. All it has for lights is two inside the grille, plus the headlights. But locals can pick it out cuz it has some kind of swirl stripe on the back. It's a XLT Expedition. Should have been an XL Explorer, but they screwed up ordering it.
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From: Southern Louisiana
on the interstates here the state troopers have a couple of firebirds with the light bars just below the roofline. in my neck of the woods they use whatever is in decent shape that is impounded in drug raids, for some undercover cars. i could be mistaken about the drug raids being where they get them from but i think i heard someone mention it and it makes good sense.
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From: Alvin, Texas.
Originally Posted by t_dickie
It's a XLT Expedition. Should have been an XL Explorer, but they screwed up ordering it.
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From: Brandon Mb
This was a 4 years ago this summer, so the Excursion was still in production. I know several mounties back home, and one admitted that to me.
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Last edited by t_dickie; Mar 21, 2005 at 10:35 AM.
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From: Omaha
The highway patrol here use fox body Mustangs and Camaros. I dont doubt that they will upgrade soon because how old there cars are.
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From: Lancaster County PA
I was in Arkansas a number of years ago and saw their highway patrol had at least one Corvette, presumeably to be used as an interstate chase car. I am not positive of the exact vintage, but it looked to be of the 60's era.
It was cool.
It was painted and lit as an obvious police vehicle.
It was cool.
It was painted and lit as an obvious police vehicle.
Last edited by ckal704; Mar 21, 2005 at 02:32 PM. Reason: more to add
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From: Shawnee, Ks
The big thing around here are plain cars, they have explorers, crown vics, tarus's, nova's, and some other cars. They usually have tinted windows and hidden lights and a few of the crown vics in my city have aftermarket wheels. Very sneaky. County Sherif's have a couple Excursions but they are marked.