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by charlie
Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:15 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Fake cops try to abduct man outside store in Pasadena
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It's a shame when someone play police. It hurts everyone.


I have to dispose of sheriff patrol cars for county I work for. The law requires that we sell them by auction. Anyone can bid on them. There is no retriction on who can purchase. It gives the taxpayer a little something.

We use only Crown Vics because we want our cars to be rugged, reliable and last a long time under extreme use. We will not buy front wheel drive patrol cars.

When we auction them, we
remove the plates cut them and send them to Austin. We remove decals, lights bars, radios etc.

Generally the old cars are purchased by re-manufacturers who revamp them or part them out. There is a big business in revamping Crown Vics for resale to smaller police agencies or shipping them to foreign countries for police work.

Our cars usually have 200,000 to 300,000 miles on them, unless they have been wrecked. The remanufacturers replace engines, transmissions and replace what is required. This is normally a daunting task for the average yahoo who is not set up to do this.

Still, individuals buy them. Others agencies often sell their CVs at around
60-70,000 miles. They are often in pretty good shape.

Some people want them because they are a little different than the normal fleet CV. The police package has sturdier wheels, more cooling capacity, higher amp alternator, performance suspension and more HP.
Some buyers are attracted by these features. They may have bullet resistant door or other features.

Unfortunently, some buyers may be police wanna be's or unbalenced goofballs.

There's nothing to stop someone from buying a regular CV and accessorizing it to look like a plain package patrol car so they can play police.

Some of the DPS supervisors are driving front wheel drive Chrysler products that don't automatically screem "civil service car" when you see them. Other agencies are driving front whell drive GM products.

There are also some of the new Dodge rear wheel drive police package sedans now on the road. Watch out, they're fast!

Regards

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