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From: John on 28 Jul 2010 19:46 On 7/27/2010 9:22 PM, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B wrote: > Over the years I have seen the Ct State police use just about anything for > an unmarked car, the usual Crown Vics, an occasional Chevy Impala of one > vintage or another. In the 80's they used Mustang 5.0s and Mazda MX6s for > undercover work. > > Imagine my surprise when on a work trip to Hartford today I see a car > pulled over just outside of Enfield, with another car behind it. I didn't > notice the first car because of the second car. Then I saw the blue > uniform writing a ticket... > > In one of these... > > > http://cdn.motors.co.uk/d/used-photos/22950/400x/0/0/V619JTO.jpg Nice, I'd call that a bait car for racing. I recall on 128 the MA state police used, of all things, a red ford panel van. Funniest thing to see a mustang pulled over with a red van behind it with a cop writing a ticket. The only give-away were the blues in the grill. They also had a blacked out Ford Probe GT. Also, in Billings/southern Montana they had late 90s Z28 camaros. The speed limit at that time during the day was "reasonable and prudent" Apparently they needed the Z28s to enforce prudent. -- John
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 28 Jul 2010 21:10 On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:46:18 -0400, John wrote: > On 7/27/2010 9:22 PM, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B wrote: >> Over the years I have seen the Ct State police use just about anything for >> an unmarked car, the usual Crown Vics, an occasional Chevy Impala of one >> vintage or another. In the 80's they used Mustang 5.0s and Mazda MX6s for >> undercover work. >> >> Imagine my surprise when on a work trip to Hartford today I see a car >> pulled over just outside of Enfield, with another car behind it. I didn't >> notice the first car because of the second car. Then I saw the blue >> uniform writing a ticket... >> >> In one of these... >> >> >> http://cdn.motors.co.uk/d/used-photos/22950/400x/0/0/V619JTO.jpg > > Nice, I'd call that a bait car for racing. > > I recall on 128 the MA state police used, of all things, a red ford > panel van. Funniest thing to see a mustang pulled over with a red van > behind it with a cop writing a ticket. The only give-away were the > blues in the grill. They also had a blacked out Ford Probe GT. Are you from Mass? Are you the John with the Corolla? For sale? ;p Do you remember when they had an 18 wheeler? They used it on the Pike a lot. It would be set up with the flashers and the the orange triangles, and up by the cab a state trooper with a radar gun, and a chase cruiser hidden from view. At the Lee end of the pike (westfield barracks, I think) they had a 1993 Lincoln MK VIII...Ford GAVE them to them! > > Also, in Billings/southern Montana they had late 90s Z28 camaros. The > speed limit at that time during the day was "reasonable and prudent" > Apparently they needed the Z28s to enforce prudent. Is a 240MPH GT-R "prudent"? :)
From: Steve W. on 28 Jul 2010 21:14 John wrote: > On 7/27/2010 9:22 PM, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B wrote: >> Over the years I have seen the Ct State police use just about anything >> for >> an unmarked car, the usual Crown Vics, an occasional Chevy Impala of one >> vintage or another. In the 80's they used Mustang 5.0s and Mazda MX6s for >> undercover work. >> >> Imagine my surprise when on a work trip to Hartford today I see a car >> pulled over just outside of Enfield, with another car behind it. I didn't >> notice the first car because of the second car. Then I saw the blue >> uniform writing a ticket... >> >> In one of these... >> >> >> http://cdn.motors.co.uk/d/used-photos/22950/400x/0/0/V619JTO.jpg > > Nice, I'd call that a bait car for racing. > > I recall on 128 the MA state police used, of all things, a red ford > panel van. Funniest thing to see a mustang pulled over with a red van > behind it with a cop writing a ticket. The only give-away were the > blues in the grill. They also had a blacked out Ford Probe GT. > > Also, in Billings/southern Montana they had late 90s Z28 camaros. The > speed limit at that time during the day was "reasonable and prudent" > Apparently they needed the Z28s to enforce prudent. > NY bought a bunch of Camaros and Mustangs as "pursuit" vehicles. I think that there is only one left in the fleet now. Most of them were wrecked by the guys who thought that they knew how to drive them at over 100 mph!! -- Steve W. (\___/) (='.'=) (")_(")
From: Ed Treijs on 29 Jul 2010 10:32 On Jul 27, 10:46 pm, Tegger <inva...(a)example.com> wrote: > Plus one city is using the standard Crown Vic, but with a taxi-light on the > roof! It doesn't say "TAXI" though, it just has a big phone-number. You > need to get up close before you see that, in /very/ small letters above the > phone-number, it says "POLICE". And the phone-number is that of the local > cops. My friend who drove taxi in Toronto years ago always speculated that a taxi-appearing cop car would be the hot ticket for giving out tickets. (Ever mix with a pack of taxis racing south on Yonge St. back to downtown at 2 AM to pick up more clubland fares? 90 km/h south of St. Clair--whee!)
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 29 Jul 2010 16:37
On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:32:57 -0700, johninky wrote: > Around these parts about 10 years ago the local police used a white > Trans Am. Finally had to retire it because many women complained > about it not looking like a cop car. They wanted a ride without being incarcerated? |