There was a town near Chicago where the police used a modified school bus, because they routinely arrested dozens of people at bar fights.
I don't know why police forces quit using paddy wagons or some modern equivalent. Aside from the messes, I've seen quite a few incidents where prisoners in the back of a cruiser got loose, stole the vehicle, or assaulted the officers. A few even had weapons in places that escaped detection at the time of arrest. Excaliber?
- Jim