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Why arent police cars painted high viz colors

OutHouse

OutHouse

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other emergency vehicles are painted high viz colors so why arent cop cars? in my area the county cop cars are white but the local towns they are all black. is it some stupid "Tactical" reason or is it because black is "Bad-Ass"?

if i were king, all police cars would look like this.

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not this.

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Yeah, it's annoying how hard it is to see police cars here in the US. They should definitely be more noticeable.
 
1. Has to hide in order to catch speeders
2. Have to intimidate the public, otherwise they won't respect your authoritah!
3. Have to keep your officers in the proper mindset of being an agent of the police state.

Black is the best choice for these requirements.
 
For the same reason they are doing away with lightbars and the sea of antennas on the trunk. It makes it harder for you to identify them when they come up on you from behind to pace you and enhance revenue.
 
In my hometown, the cars were once a noticible green. But the city complained was that the cars were repeatedly being damaged and matching the green was expensive. They went to plain colors (mostly all white, some all black) after that. Seemed like it was a patch rather than a solution to the problem. We needed better drivers of the cars or someone who was less picky about a slight mismatch of a color if cost of repainting was the real problem.

Instead, I always suspected that the real reason for the color change was that it made them harder to spot. Their goal is to be in plain sight (to avoid entrapment issues) but as invisible as possible (to maximize revenue for the judges who get paid per ticket, which is a perverse incentive for the judges not to be independent from the police).
 
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The cruisers in our town are black w/white lettering. This is so the criminals can't see them. We don't have any criminals. But if we get some they won't be able to see the police. Win.
 
Jaepheth said:
1. Has to hide in order to catch speeders
2. Have to intimidate the public, otherwise they won't respect your authoritah!
3. Have to keep your officers in the proper mindset of being an agent of the police state.

Black is the best choice for these requirements.
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Great post

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the point for police cars is not to deter but to catch so if the cars are in bright colors, they cannot be as effective at catching speeders or other traffic violators.

Some should be non-vivid colors such as for undercover work, etc...
 
dullard said:
In my hometown, the cars were once a noticible green. But the city complained was that the cars were repeatedly being damaged and matching the green was expensive. They went to plain colors (mostly all white, some all black) after that. Seemed like it was a patch rather than a solution to the problem. We needed better drivers of the cars or someone who was less picky about a slight mismatch of a color if cost of repainting was the real problem.

Instead, I always suspected that the real reason for the color change was that it made them harder to spot. Their goal is to be in plain sight (to avoid entrapment issues) but as invisible as possible (to maximize revenue for the judges who get paid per ticket, which is a perverse incentive for the judges not to be independent from the police).
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Your judges get paid per ticket? That's messed up.
 
Here in CT, something like 99.9% of state trooper cars are grey, and unmarked.

Once, a trooper was pulled off the side of the road at night on the highway, trying to catch speeders. He's seriously lucky somebody didn't just crash into him, it was so unsafe. I didn't even see him there until I was maybe 100-150ft away... Not enough time to slow down to avoid hitting him if for some reason I was in the shoulder (maybe to avoid a car coming into my lane, etc).
 
Jaepheth said:
1. Has to hide in order to catch speeders
2. Have to intimidate the public, otherwise they won't respect your authoritah!
3. Have to keep your officers in the proper mindset of being an agent of the police state.

Black is the best choice for these requirements.
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/this

they aren't there to make you safer. they are there to increase revenue.
 
Vdubchaos said:
Wait, police and judges looking out for each other is some kind of a newsflash to you?

Do you live under a rock?

You realize that we even went as far as privatizing prisons right?
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You realize I have a lot more time actively working in law enforcement than you do, right? Unless you were an officer for five years - but I have very strong doubts on that front. The stereotypes you so strongly believe in do not exist everywhere.
 
jlee said:
You realize I have a lot more time actively working in law enforcement than you do, right? Unless you were an officer for five years - but I have very strong doubts on that front. The stereotypes you so strongly believe in do not exist everywhere.
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Of course they don't exist everywhere.

But the fact that they do exist is bad enough.

I have a friend that work for state police and he confirms.....he also worked with # of different cities police forces.
 
Police in the US have a hardon for being all tactical and shit. And they're used for revenue generation and intimidation as much as for serving the public.
 
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