Have any of you ever seen a car that resembles a police car, with some type of intentional indication that it may be one.. Then as you approach it, realize that it's not a police vehicle at all? I've seen this a few times... A lot of old retired CVPI's roll around, with an antenna farm or push bar. One has a number on the back of it. These aren't necessarily volly cars (most vollys here are good about their POVs) either, no lights usually. Though, one of our EMTs has a police charger fully outfitted with questionably-legal police equipment.
While at school (university) today, I noticed this and it brought to ask as I have seen it so much. There is a black Taurus SHO that is there on the days that I am. I appreciate the SHO, it's a beautiful muscle car. It does resemble its police counterpart, but oh well. OK, so as I walk by this car, I see that there's a "Police Interceptor" badge tacked under the SHO logo on the back. The windows are also heavily tinted. I never noticed the badge, that bugs me. It went from being a beautiful all american sedan to being a wannabe...
I used to think that this kind of thing isn't intentional. But people are sticking "Police Interceptor" onto their civilian Taurus'..? A little ridiculous. Do you have this issue in your area? Why would someone want to perceive themselves as a police officer? I feel like if I needed a police officer (maybe even on-duty?), and I flagged down one of these vehicles, I would be pretty upset to find out that it's not real.
/vent
While at school (university) today, I noticed this and it brought to ask as I have seen it so much. There is a black Taurus SHO that is there on the days that I am. I appreciate the SHO, it's a beautiful muscle car. It does resemble its police counterpart, but oh well. OK, so as I walk by this car, I see that there's a "Police Interceptor" badge tacked under the SHO logo on the back. The windows are also heavily tinted. I never noticed the badge, that bugs me. It went from being a beautiful all american sedan to being a wannabe...
I used to think that this kind of thing isn't intentional. But people are sticking "Police Interceptor" onto their civilian Taurus'..? A little ridiculous. Do you have this issue in your area? Why would someone want to perceive themselves as a police officer? I feel like if I needed a police officer (maybe even on-duty?), and I flagged down one of these vehicles, I would be pretty upset to find out that it's not real.
/vent