http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/31/9623210/the-14-strangest-police-vehicles-of-2015 The weird cop cars of IACP October 31, 2015 Russell Brandom
[images http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/31/9623210/the-14-strangest-police-vehicles-of-2015 https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/bOLpHL5KxQXO9tWO59XPW3AhFy4=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/4203595/P1010823.0.jpg This trike is from BRP, which had a number of ATV-like police vehicles at the show https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/IwSvDaZGpBJ27JIIlw6_tZmhnz8=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/4203607/P1010821.0.jpg Xtreme Green Products is an all-electric police equipment company based in Las Vegas. Their IACP tagline was (I kid you not) "our black and whites are green all over." https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/FEdcaFp9_SWmXtggA82rJOdJhXY=/1020x0/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/4203615/P1010816.0.jpg There's nothing like an all-electric sports car for your local police force. ] This week, police from across the world gathered in Chicago for the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference, essentially CES for weird law enforcement tech. And since cops love weird cars too, that included a number of interesting, exotic and downright bizarre vehicles, from these Forza electric scooters to a pair of gyrocopters that are apparently being used to patrol Somerset County, Kentucky. Of course, like a lot of car shows, there's a strong element of aspiration to the whole thing. Most police departments can't afford emission-detecting Teslas, and when it comes time to replace their fleet, they'll opt with the same solid black-and-white Fords and Dodges you see everywhere. But thanks to IACP, if they decide to get an electric post-Segway or a 30-foot mobile command center, they'll know exactly who to call. We can always dream.... [© theverge.com] ... http://cleantechnica.com/2015/11/03/bmw-i3-police-car-hangs-with-old-vw-beetle-police-car/ BMW i3 Police Car Hangs With Old VW Beetle Police Car November 3rd, 2015 James Ayre The Los Angeles Police Department’s quite stylish BMW i3 electric vehicle made an appearance at the Petersen Automotive Museum’s most recent “Breakfast Club Cruise-In. ... [dated] http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/01/06/whats-black-and-white-and-green-all-over/ '1/3 Americans deny climate change & TV is partly to blame' http://www.people-press.org/2013/11/01/gop-deeply-divided-over-climate-change/ For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Watts-Black-and-White-and-Green-all-over-A-PD-s-Tesla-EV-tp4678494.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
