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Originally Posted by Burninator
I truly don't understand why police have pickup trucks. I never see them hauling anything around. Seems unnecessary.
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Cops prefer them over the Explorer because they are more roomy inside which counts for a lot when you're wearing all that gear. The department doesn't mind because they're about the same price and about the same on fuel
There are also less and less police car options as the Taurus is discontinued and the Charger is a hunk of crap. There are no other domestic police cars offered by manufacturers anymore
That's basically why in Calgary you mostly see F-150's and Explorers. Even big departments like Los Angeles have ditched cars entirely for the same reason, they use mostly Explorers and Tahoes
TLDR version, trucks are more popular for cops for the same reason they're more and more popular for the public. Value for money, lots of space, and surprisingly practical. Cars make for solid commuters, but they're crap to actually do work out of. Modern "SUV's" are just the worst of both worlds
But people will still ignore the reasonable explanations and complain, blaming it on vanity or whatever nonsense makes sense in their head, just like the whole scary black cars thing