Pretty soon that dumb ass chief will approve tricycles and e bikes as police vehicles! What’s next scooters and roller skates!

We need more female cops because they do something better than men

Nobody said what it is though

We need more female cops because they do something better than men

Nobody said what it is though

I know what it is but I can't prove it.

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/11/13/tacoma-trucks-f-150s-soon-be-honolulu-streets-police-vehicles/

I bet they wanted these types of subsidized vehicles for personal use.  It has nothing to do with improving how the department operates or for efficiency.

And the chief is so stupid he can't figure it out. 

Maybe some of you out there can enlighten me as to why we have subsidized vehicles for officers anyway.  The way I see it the department can save money by just using fleet vehicles.  What the officers going do when they need to bring an arrested person to the station?

Throw em in da back of da truck?

Or are they also requesting king cab trucks?

Or are the officers going to let them ride in the passenger seat with the instructions to "not touch anything".?

Or add to the already overbudget by requesting the arrest wagon?

Every day more and more craziness emerges from the City and the State.  Auwe and Aieesooos.

I know what it is but I can't prove it.

Nice

The subsidized vehicles are very popular with the cops.   It's supposed to lower vehicle acquisition costs and maintenance.  Not sure if that really works.  It's also an employee benefit.  They're used to driving their cars and take more pride in them and don't have to transfer/setup their equipment to different vehicles everyday.  They put a lot of mileage on the cars, so I guess they can buy a new car more often.

If there's an arrest, they call a fleet car to transport em.

It's going to be hilarious when hackers figure out how to trigger the remote kill switches in non-fleet police vehicles.
On a scary note a lot of cops sign up for the program because they can do all sorts of mods that are illegal for the general public.
The grew up watching the Fast and the Furious and wanted to be Paul Walker. They may get their wish.

The subsidized vehicles are very popular with the cops.   It's supposed to lower vehicle acquisition costs and maintenance.  Not sure if that really works.  It's also an employee benefit.  They're used to driving their cars and take more pride in them and don't have to transfer/setup their equipment to different vehicles everyday.  They put a lot of mileage on the cars, so I guess they can buy a new car more often.

If there's an arrest, they call a fleet car to transport em.

Guarantee none of them will do the tactical "stop the perp car" maneuvers that are used to stop fleeing vehicles.

And as far as calling a fleet car to transport an arrest, that's what I mean.  They already overbudget, how come they no use their own vehicle?

My guess is departments with an all-department fleet see a very high rate of vehicle abuse such as using official vehicles for personal business. 

Having a mostly personal vehicle fleet flips the situation so the same vehicle is used for all personal business and also used for police business with reimbursement for that amount of use.  Of course, the amount of official use can be abused as well by claiming more time/miles on their vouchers.

What I often wonder about is the cost of insurance. A commercial vehicle usually requires a higher olicy premium, so I imagine the same is true for personal vehicles used for police work.  Is the department also picking up the tab for the insurance?  Are coverage limits higher than the state's minimum requirements?  The cops may be getting a fantastic amount of coverage at taxpayer expense whereas they might have only requested the minimum coverage to save money.  I imagine deductibles are also paid if the vehicle was involved in an accident. 

[I know when I lived on base in OK, I filed 2 claims for hail damage, and the Air Force paid my $500 deductible both times.  A friend of mine was not living on base, but he was working late.  Because he was not scheduled to work late nor ordered to work late, the AF tried to withhold his $1,000 deductible.  He eventually got them to pay.]

No matter who buys the vehicles, the program they operate under -- subsidized or not -- is subject to abuse, and it all gets subsidized by our money.