SOME-body got freaked out when their radar detector went off...
December 27, 2008
From the not-funny-but-OK-well-kinda-funny department:
Someone vandalized a state Highway Patrol cruiser set out as a decoy
to deter speeders along Interstate 85 in Durham overnight Friday.
Troopers placed the car along I-85 North, near Glenn School Road, Tuesday, said Patty McQuillian, a spokeswoman for the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety. A passing motorist called authorities at 7:19 a.m. Saturday to report that the car had been vandalized.
The vandals busted out all the car's windows with a baseball bat and slashed its seats, McQuillian. The vandalism was so bad, it looked like the cruiser had rolled over in a wreck, she said.
Uhm. Good. Either enforce properly or go home. Causing temporary brake-tapping is simply annoying.
Posted by: Sick of Fakeouts | December 27, 2008 at 08:53 PM
i've seen those parked patrol cars & they don't have their radar on...they're just parked. one i saw had some marking on the windshield like it was from motor pool or something.
eg
Posted by: eg | December 27, 2008 at 11:35 PM
"From the not-funny-but-OK-well-kinda-funny department:"
What you said. Yep.
Posted by: Phil | December 28, 2008 at 01:45 PM
Actually, I think the parked patrol cars are a great idea (and I admit I have a bit of a lead foot).
The idiot braking happens if there's a patrolman in the car or not, the only difference is that it doesn't cost us to have an officer sitting in it for eight hours.
The vandalism isn't funny - since we're all paying the tab.. Figure it's at least $1000, do you want *your* $1000 in taxes going to fix windows?
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Posted by: Andrew Theken | December 28, 2008 at 03:24 PM