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Cop cars are changing

Geo-TH,In

Geo-TH,In

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Be careful if you come to Indiana. Cop cars are changing colors, brands, makes, and models. They are all over the place, SUV, Pick-ups, sports cars, no lights outside car, no markings on side of car. This morning I came up on a black charger. I knew it was a state boy by the plate. Also, all cop car still have a spot light above left mirror. The unmarked cars seem to be busy too. I was told the new DOT officers are also trained to be state cops. They carry guns and can arrest you. Saw one last night after he pulled over a pick-up pulling a trailer. Never seen DOT watch the small guys before. Be careful or you will be supporting the local economy, fines.
 
I drove to Colorado a few years ago on I-70 west from PA. The most cops I ever saw in one place was coming through Indianapolis. The place was crawling with them.
 
Last summer the dot cops (Indiana) were stopping small trailors here in my county. It is about time they stoped some of these landscapers. Most don't chain, strap or even rope their mowers and "tools". They think setting the brake is good enough. Even a friend trailored his tractor home with no chains, only 5 miles but anything can happen.

joe
 
Same here in Nebraska. Law officers might be driving anything from traditional police cars to pickups, SUV's, or whatever.
 
Traveling Highway 75 north of Topeka, KS. to Nebraska line the placing is crawling with patrol cars. All makes of cars, SUV and pickups.
 
Yep writing a lot of tickets generating a lot of revenue keeping our highway's safe. Like to see that much activity on some city streets. Want to guess why you don't ?
 
There's a white pick up the state guy uses on 65 up here. Topper on sometimes, off sometimes, push bar added then. Pretty smart. Keeps everyone guessing.
 
George, you really need to crawl out of the cab of your termite and brush up on your US history.
this morning you replied to WIZZO that there were few buildings in the US that were over 100 yrs old.
I guess you have never been to the east coast states where this country was founded. There are many, many fortified farmsteds with stone built houses and barns surounded with stone walls to fight off the Indians before the Revolutionary war. Here where I live in central NY there are hundreds of stone fortrases still standing. (Google Hyde Hall, NY) about 2 miles from me. This is only one of hundreds in the NE. It was a land grant from King George of England. Many other in the area. Also check out the General Herkimer Homestead, and Sir William Johnson Homestead.
The construction of the Erie Canal started in 1917 198 years back, and wonce completed people were able to migrate west, to, settle, and start farming an area that became Indiana.
Our family farm is named Clinton Camp Farm. Google General James Clinton, Who was commamder of the Continental Army and his trecke from Fort Tyconderoga down the Susquehana River to meet up with George Washingtons Army at Valley Forge. The family farm is where Clinton encamped to build a dam at the outlet of Otsego Lake ( the head water of the Susquehana River) so he and his army could raft down to the Cheseapeke basin.
You really need to brush up on your American Heritage.
Granted; these American stone fortruses don'd date back any where near what WIZZO posted, but this country has a much older heritage of local cut stone buildings than you realize.
As far as Cop Cars, The NYSP had Comeros and Firebirds on the interstates back in the 70s
Loren, the Acg.
 
Indiana got rid of most of their DOT people a couple years ago and added it to the job description of State Troopers. That is why DOT stops have been lax in IN for awhile. Troopers were not keen on more work for the same pay.
 


Our state boys had a few stinger cars, mustangs, firebirds and camaros years ago. Now it seems all I've seen after the crown vics are gone most state cars are unmarked stinger cars. Local boys have changed brands, colors, lights inside cars. Getting hard to spot one unless you see one with it's lights on.
 
If you are driving reasonably, the cops have no reason to bother you. If general traffic is speeding and so are you, you will not likely be bothered. When you start getting aggressive, then you will attract some attention.
Also note that even though they change up the makes/models of the cars, even the unmarked ones SCREAM cop all over them. The suspension has a "cop" stance. Those silly looking wheel centers are usually a dead giveaway. Spotlights are another clue. After spending 20 years in a big truck, I can spot a cop for miles and miles. Haven't had a ticket of any kind in over 10 years.
 
No buildings in the US that are over 100 years old???? WHAT TURNIP TRUCK DID GEORGE JUST FALL OFF OF??

ALL THE BUILDINGS ON MAIN STREET IN ALL THE LITTLE TOWNS IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ARE OVER 100 YEARS OLD.
 
Back in high school (1972) a number of us were drooling over a nice sub-lime green 1970 Dodge Super Bee on a used car lot, until a deputy sheriff bought it for his patrol car. It was not an inconspicuous car, especially after he put a light bar and door decals on it, but it was fast. The old Plymouth Furys that the Iowa Highway Patrol was driving back them were not slow either.
 
(quoted from post at 19:49:31 06/03/15) If you are driving reasonably, the cops have no reason to bother you. If general traffic is speeding and so are you, you will not likely be bothered. When you start getting aggressive, then you will attract some attention.
Also note that even though they change up the makes/models of the cars, even the unmarked ones SCREAM cop all over them. The suspension has a "cop" stance. Those silly looking wheel centers are usually a dead giveaway. Spotlights are another clue. After spending 20 years in a big truck, I can spot a cop for miles and miles. Haven't had a ticket of any kind in over 10 years.
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I agree. If you look safe and drive safe there really is no reason to stop you. I see a lot of beater cars or beater trucks and rough looking trailers pulled over....I wonder why???
 
Last state bid for vehicles was Dodge Ram extended cab, Dodge Charger, Chevy Tahoe, Chevy Camero, Ford Taurus, Ford Interceptor SUV or car. When we bought our first Charger, the final cost was $19,000. Any color. The DOT guys were commissioned by the state police. They have all migrated to road patrol and do inspections with traffic stops. One must be in uniform, marked car, or both. Unmarked cars can not make stops if officer is not uniformed.
 
Ysp, and we're all in favor for it. Keeps it safe for my wife and kids, keeps the morons in line. Or in the Graybar Hotel.
 
Unmarked cars are usually Police Detective cars or Admin. vehicles not used for routine road patrols.
 
Come on guys, how did cop cars changing turn into lets beat up on George Time? If you are going to get critical at least look at what I posted.

“In the USA we are lucky to have buildings more than 100 years old. There are a few I can think of that were built in the late 1800's, but just a few. How old are the oldest in England and other countries?”


There is a house a mile away that is on the hysterical society's register, it's a wooden family farm structure in need of repair, no castle.

Many building in town are being town down to make way for new ones. Only court houses are stone cut, but no 500 year old castles. Do the math, 1492 to 2015.

On another note, I like the idea that cop cars are unmarked cars. There are many people I would like to write a ticket. My last ticket was 46 years ago, speeding, on my way to work.
 
Must be slow to change up there in Indiana? We have had them here since the late 80s, early 90s. Started with the V8 Mustang LX. Didn't take long for the HP to figure out they couldn't jump the medians to stop speeders on the hwy, so they went back to the Crown Vics and Caprices, and most of the local police used the Mustangs and such. Ive seen HP trucks, SUVs, Chargers, and others here in SC.
 
(quoted from post at 02:18:58 06/04/15) I thought using unmarked cars for routine traffic stops was against the law. Must be different states have different laws.
I know I am not stopping for a unmarked car; especially at night.
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In Ohio they must be marked and be positioned in plain site a certain distance off the roadside to do speed checks. No hiding behind signs or being way off the road and clocking speed here.

I agree, I wouldn't stop for any unmarked vehicle at any time. I've heard you should continue driving to a busy place or a police or fire station, even better, to call the police or sheriff and report what is happening if you have a cell phone (and get reception, if you don't, be double cautious). There have been too many reports of wanna be police stopping people to do bad things.
 
I can tell you this much about police cars. When I started in 87 I had an 85 Dipolmat. The interior had a radio the size of maybe 2 CB radios and a light/siren control below that the size of 1 CB radio. That was it. I was one of the lucky ones because the Division of State Police had recently adopted the policy of NOT removing the AM radio from the dash as had been done for 75 years (or whenever radios became common in cars). So I got to listen to static in the day time on the one station that sort of came in and some music at night. The trunk had a first aid kit from WW2, a rope, a pry bar, a shovel and some flares. That was it. You could fit 3 outlaws in the back seat and one in front and everything was peachy. I had a 357 Smith and a stick and a raincoat and that was about the extent of my equipment.

Fast forward to 2008/9. The cars were tiny little things inside, I think they were Fords, can't remember the model. I was again lucky as I was working DOT at the time and had an E350 Ford van. What was in the cars and my van? At least one radio, light/siren control, the computer for the tickets, laptop, printer, shotgun in rack, cage with a spit shield, radar, radar detector unit, 2 spot light controls, plate reader control and often a CB unit too. The back seat was a tiny space a couple kids could sit in and still bang heir knees on the cage mount. In the trunk (behind the seat in my van) was the actual radio unit, with all the added extra frequency stuff, a first aid kit the size of a medium suitcase, gas mask, PPE equipment, flares, pry bar, ammo, rope, maybe a small shovel, and a mess of other stuff I can't recall. All that in a tiny trunk.

It's no wonder the PO's are all 5'3" tall now. There's no way to fit a full sized person in that little space!
 
(quoted from post at 03:58:16 06/04/15) Makes it real easy for a bad guy to impersonate an officer.
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That happens all too often! Ohio Highway Patrol is on the last of its Crown Vic cars as are some local sheriff and police departments. See mostly Chargers and Ford Escapes and the occasional larger SUVs being used to replace them over here.

Off topic... I saw a Prius taxi yesterday. Kinda small for that use, isn't it?
 
And they need to patrol that area. The casinos along 75 North of Topeka bring out the drunks and old people that have no business driving. Between Topeka and Holton they average at least one bad wreck a weekend and more than a few deaths a month.
 
last time i was in ky i saw an unmarked camaro pull a guy over,...lights were in the sun visor and in the grill
 
I would like to have one of those Crown Victoria's and get rid of the 1981 Mercury Cougar. Hal
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I read several years back that the only one with any armor was the Ford which had Kevlar in the doors. They asked a police chief about the new Hemis and he said " Yeah , they used to have big block Novas and everybody wrecked them". By my area the new thing is what I would call ghost lettering on the vehicles. Appears as a normal unmarked sport utility until it gets close.
 
I recall seeing an unmarked camaro in the late 1980s as I drove from Iowa to Washington, DC along I70 in Indiana. Guy rushed past me (he in a Mustang, me in a 1979 Dodge Omni) and tucked in in front of me. Then along comes a camaro with red/blue lights flashing in the windshield -- no light bar on top. He tucked in in front of me and behind the Mustang and busted him. There were no markings on that camaro.
 
The Milford, Nebraska police department used to have a mid 70's full size Dodge with a hemi in it. It was known as "the bomber". They kept it as a backup car for several years after they took it off the front line.

Going west out of Milford on U.S. 6, there's a place where the speed limit goes from 35 to 60. It's a quarter of a mile to the first intersection and a full mile to the second intersection. One of the Milford cops once told me if you had a rolling start and nailed it where the speed limit changed, you could peg the 140 mph speedometer, stop, and make a u turn at the second intersection.

It was a known fact locally that if you ever saw that sucker in your mirrors with the lights lit you might as well pull over. There was no way you'd outrun it.
 
Here in northern Indiana we have had all kinds of unmarked police cars from about the same time as you. I was just south of Indy yesterday and saw two new Mustangs and the marked unit that patrols the highway in front of our house just got a new dark blue Dodge Charger.
 
(quoted from post at 20:13:44 06/03/15) Last summer the dot cops (Indiana) were stopping small trailors here in my county. It is about time they stoped some of these landscapers. Most don't chain, strap or even rope their mowers and "tools". They think setting the brake is good enough. Even a friend trailored his tractor home with no chains, only 5 miles but anything can happen.

joe
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I see no problem with busting anybody that doesn't tie down their load.

The Father In-Law responded to a scene. Southbound couple on a cruiser bike met a northbound car and trailer with sheets of plywood. A sheet of plywood Frisbee'd off the trailer over the bike riders. The husband on the bike said to his wife, that was awful close but she never answered. She wouldn't respond so he pulled over. His helmet didn't have a scratch but she caught the plywood across the eyes. She was dead slumped forward against her husband.
 
Ever seen 3 chargers and a crown Vic responding to a call?
3 Lincoln county sheriff chargers went flying by sonic out of North Platte one night. Heard the crown Vic coming but he was losing ground quickly.
 
The slick tops make better patrol vehicles than traffic cars in my opinion. Nowadays I guess they all have enough hidden LED's that they really don't need a light bar on them anymore.
 
The best/worst/sneakiest cop car I ever saw was a light colored crown vic with a line of caps on the back window ledge.
 
What's the reason the cops got away from crown vics? I know a man who bought retired
crown vics for his family cars.
 
(quoted from post at 11:58:52 06/05/15) What's the reason the cops got away from crown vics? I know a man who bought retired crown vics for his family cars.
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Ford stopped making them.
 
The last Crown Vic rolled off the assembly line in Sept 2011. They were the last car to have a full frame under them. I have seen crown vics into trees and hits from vehicles where the officer walks away. Not many other cars would have a surviving driver. The chargers are not taking hits from small animals so well. The front clip blows apart when striking small animals at low speeds.
 
The sneakiest one we have around here is a black SUV with those "family" stick-figure stickers in the back window! No kidding!
 
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