On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 18:16:55 -0700, Ashton Crusher wrote Re Re: Report: Ponch Approved? California chooses Ford Explorer Police Interceptor as next patrol car:
For
>the past couple decades the whole "police car" requirements thing has
>been nothing more than a way to justify spending a lot more money on
>big fast gas guzzling cars for fat officers then on any real need for
>the kind of performance that was specified. Now that you can't get a
>stripped down luxury car as a police car they are changing their
>requirements so they can get luxury SUVs. It's all a game where they
>waste your tax dollars specifiying things they don't need and that no
>private company would pay for if they were funding the fleet.
Well put.