Police cars then and now

[Zaap]

This thread needs more 'then'.

 

[OllyW]

This thread needs more 'then'.

There's some great classic British Police cars on this site.

 

[gilkisson]

There is alot of assumptions with those statements. How do you know it was bought with drug money? I want more proof than just assumptions

I don't blame you. Here is as close as I could find, the forfeiture laws in North Carolina:

If the defendant is convicted of impaired driving or habitual impaired driving, the case will move to the sentencing phase which is separate from trial in North Carolina. At the sentencing hearing, the judge must hear evidence and make specific findings on a list of factors which are considered grossly aggravating, aggravating, or mitigating. The judge compares these factors to determine which level of punishment the defendant falls into and then imposes a sentence from a range of options. (N. C. Gen. Stat. § 20-179 (1997)) A vehicle will be subject to forfeiture if the judge specifically finds that the defendant was driving his vehicle at the time of the offense while his license was revoked due to a previous offense involving impaired driving.

1. individuals under age 21 who drive after consuming alcohol or drugs or willfully refuse to submit to a chemical analysis, or individuals under age 18 who drive when no longer eligible for a permit or license;

2. impaired driving violations on military installations substantially equivalent to state law and which resulted in a license revocation or suspension on the installation after a hearing;

3. willful refusal to take a chemical analysis;

4. certain persons charged with offenses that are alcohol related or involve impaired driving for which consent to chemical testing is implied (statute effective July 1, 1998);

5. conviction of impaired driving, or impaired driving with a commercial vehicle when the person did not take a chemical test at the time of the offense or did so with certain results;

6. second or subsequent convictions of transporting an open container of alcohol in the passenger area of a vehicle while the driver is consuming alcohol or alcohol remains in the driver's body;

7. court ordered revocation for offenses involving impaired driving;

8. offenses in other states involving impaired driving which would be grounds for suspension or revocation if committed in North Carolina;

9. manslaughter (or negligent homicide) with a motor vehicle if impaired driving is involved; and

10. unintentionally causing the death of another person by vehicle when this is the proximate cause of the death and driving while impaired is involved.

(N. C. Gen. Stat. § 20-28. 2(a) (1997))

If these conditions are met, the vehicle will be forfeited if the defendant is the only registered owner at the time of the offense. Procedures are available to protect the property interests of innocent parties who are registered owners or have a security interest.

Taken from http://search.cga.state.ct.us/dtsea...dex\1998&HitCount=0&hits=&hc=0&req=&Item=8071

IANAL, so I was using google-fu probably haphazardly... but it seems the States have taken efforts to make it another cut-and-dried routine-paperwork government routine...

Boiled down, it sounds like, "You too screwed up to have a car, so we gonna take it from you..."

 

[CaptMurdock]

A fun picture gallery over at CNET:

Police cars then and now​

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Number four on your link...

"Car 54, Where Arrrree Yooouuuu?"

Ahh good point .

(doesn't sound like my kind of convention though )

Really? I think that a police convention, where they show off all the New Toys, would be fascinating. But that's just me. YMMV.

Classic style here while out to lunch one day.

Ahhh, Long Beach. Place has hardly changed in thirty years. Do they still pronounce Ximeno Street as "Ex-im-eno" or did they go PC and now say "Hee-meno?"

There is alot of assumptions with those statements. How do you know it was bought with drug money? I want more proof than just assumptions

Well, he paid for it in cash, and all the bills were rolled up in tight little tubes, and they had this funny white powder residue...

Just sayin'

 

[sushi]

"We're on a mission from God."

 

[angusslo]

all the sport cars in this thread just got bloody raped!

zi germans have this mind-blowing, 229MPH speed MONSTER

here it is:

jup, it's brabus rocket (merc CLS) with V12 Bi-Turbo and 730HP!

not to mention 0-120MPH in 10,5s

 

[Tomorrow]

There is alot of assumptions with those statements. How do you know it was bought with drug money? I want more proof than just assumptions

I know that some jurisdictions will (or at least can) confiscate a car if drugs are found in it. It happened to my aunt many years ago; her son was busted with pot in the car and the cops took the car.

 

[renewed]

Houston Area Has..

 

[ejb190]

I did a quick Google search and came up with a bunch of photos of police cars with something like "This car used to belong to a drug dealer" on the back window or bumper. Mustangs, a Viper, a few Escalades.

There's the past and the present. I'm looking forward to the future and seeing the Carbon E7 hit the road. I've talked to a several LEO's who would like to get their hands on one, but cost is going to be an issue for a while.