VW Beetle Turned Into Police Car
A police force in the US has converted a VW Beetle into a police car. The 1973 "bug-erceptor" only has a top speed of 70mph so won't be used in any chases. Instead the car will be used mostly as a public relations tool for the department, making appearances in parades and at school events.
The car was seized in a DUI case and boasts a new paint job, sheriff's decals and tags, a siren, radio, barred rear side windows, a side-mounted spotlight and police lights.
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The Dutch police used beatles in the past as policecar: see http://www.volkskrantblog.nl/pub/mm/tempest/298/Image/politiekever.jpg
Posted by: daan | Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 09:29 AM
What a cute little car.
Posted by: amy | Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately, this is the sort of thing rural-American communities do with their mis-appropriated Anti-Terrorism funding.
Posted by: Jes | Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 03:14 PM
Anti-terrorism funding is a mis-appropriated use of finding....
Posted by: someguy | Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 08:37 PM
Dutch police used Volkswagen Beetle up to the 80's of the past century, onlu for patrolls in the cities. See here:
http://www.brandweerbus.com/images/DSC05428.JPG
They also used the fast Porsche Targa on the highways:
http://www.deklassieke912.nl/bestandenGeschiedenis/PolitieTarga.JPG
And up till now (most in The Hague) they are patrolling in Mercedes:
http://www.okema.nl/pix/Herpa_De_Kleine/1596.jpg
Posted by: Jack | Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 09:40 AM
Dutch police used Volkswagen Beetle up to the 80's of the past century, onlu for patrolls in the cities. See here:
http://www.brandweerbus.com/images/DSC05428.JPG
They also used the fast Porsche Targa on the highways:
http://www.deklassieke912.nl/bestandenGeschiedenis/PolitieTarga.JPG
And up till now (most in The Hague) they are patrolling in Mercedes:
http://www.okema.nl/pix/Herpa_De_Kleine/1596.jpg
Posted by: Jack | Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 09:41 AM