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Originally Posted by timun
On the contrary, the vast majority of big police departments don't have black-and-white cars. The 10 biggest departments in the US are New York, Chicago, LA, Philly, Houston, DC Metro, Dallas, Miami-Dade, Phoenix and Las Vegas Metro, and of those 10:
- New York, Chicago, Philly, DC Metro, Miami-Dade and Phoenix are white,
- LA, Houston, Dallas and Las Vegas Metro are black-and-white, and
- of those four who run black-and-white, only LA and Vegas Metro had them immediately prior to the demise of the Ford Crown Vic. Dallas switched in 2009, Houston in 2012.
In Canada the largest police forces are RCMP, OPP and Toronto, and they have white, black-and-white, and grey-and-white respectively. OPP switched to black-and-white in 2009. |
Fleet size, not total #'s, and NYPD and most departments in the Eastern US are misleading because they include stuff like parking enforcement, transit enforcement, and housing enforcement, within the police not separate departments all of which just use normal vehicles, not police models.
Trust me, RCMP pays handsomely for the privilege, but they are Federal after all, money isn't an issue. As shown by the fact they have more Tahoes than Explorers (Chevy doesn't charge extra for white like Ford does, although the vehicle itself is much more $)
For example, out west here;
Alberta:
BC: