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Old 09-07-2008, 04:52 PM   #1
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Anyone notice the new vehicles the cops have? White one ton Fords that are so incognito that you think they're just a contractor? Headache rack and all... I didn't even notice them until a couple weeks ago when I noticed the guy in the truck next to me was uniformed. At first I thought "nice truck... Cops must make a good buck". Then I noticed that it wasn't his personal vehicle, it was a ghost car. Good job, CPS. Verrrry sneaky. I likes.
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Old 09-07-2008, 04:55 PM   #2
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Arent they F150s?
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Old 09-07-2008, 04:57 PM   #3
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........ I always thought this was weird.... i can remember being younger and hearing about ladies who got pulled over by unmarked cars and a uniformed person raped them etc..... You would think they would have to have something to identify their cars as a police car.... but come to think of it here in Oklahoma the only the way i can tell some of them is by their license plate... hmmm
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Old 09-07-2008, 04:59 PM   #4
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Arent they F150s?
I was coming down from a crack high the day I was right beside one, but I could have sworn that it was an F350. Do the 150s come in crewcab?
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Old 09-07-2008, 05:01 PM   #5
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They've had those since sometime in 2006 I believe.

Still not as sneaky as the puke brown 1997 Dodge Durango they use for radar. Sonovabitch.
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Old 09-07-2008, 05:01 PM   #6
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They've had them for years now. Started off patrolling deerfoot.
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Old 09-07-2008, 05:02 PM   #7
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I was coming down from a crack high the day I was right beside one, but I could have sworn that it was an F350. Do the 150s come in crewcab?
Yeah they do, Ive seen both a white colorado and a white F150 doing radar on and around deerfoot..
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Old 09-07-2008, 05:06 PM   #8
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Really? I can't believe I've never noticed them before. Usually I can spot a cop a mile away. Next thing you know they'll start driving rice rockets.
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Old 09-07-2008, 05:21 PM   #9
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The ones to watch for..

Explorers, Excursions, F150s, Colorados, Impalas, Durangos, Suburbans, Tahoes, Astro/Econoline/Ram Vans, Crown Vics, even the new Malibu
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Old 09-07-2008, 05:22 PM   #10
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I've seen them drive late 80 broncos... so they may ALREADY be driving rice rockets.
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Old 09-07-2008, 05:26 PM   #11
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The ones to watch for..

Explorers, Excursions, F150s, Colorados, Impalas, Durangos, Suburbans, Tahoes, Astro/Econoline/Ram Vans, Crown Vics, even the new Malibu
I was also behind a ghost car that was a charger
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Old 09-07-2008, 05:29 PM   #12
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A few years ago we saw one downtown that was a pink mid-ninties chevy blazer. However, I'm sure that was specifically for dowtown drug busts, as we saw them pull over, get out and take down some shady guy near the Cecil.
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Old 09-07-2008, 05:32 PM   #13
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The RCMP in BC were in a rental SUV on the long weekend...not that I have any personal knowledge of that
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Old 09-07-2008, 05:32 PM   #14
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I was also behind a ghost car that was a charger
Ohhh yeah... also watch for chargers, and magnums
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Old 09-08-2008, 06:23 AM   #15
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Yeah, I've seen the trucks for a couple years now, and as previously mentioned, I don't think you can even rely on them always being white (the autos!) any more.
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Old 09-08-2008, 08:46 AM   #16
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Nother good trick it to watch for thoes kinds of cars with no day running lights... Alot of thoes cars will be the only ones driving at you with no headlights on...
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Old 09-08-2008, 08:52 AM   #17
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I was coming down from a crack high the day I was right beside one, but I could have sworn that it was an F350. Do the 150s come in crewcab?
I too saw one of these for the first time on the weekend, and thought it was bigger than the F150.

I wondered why the pickup was slowing down to a stop on Memorial underneath the Zoo overpass; I was thinking vehicles coming up from behind will be annoyed at the joker stopped. When I went by I noticed the blue light flashing through the grill and figured it must be a police vehicle.

I saw teh Colorado a couple years ago. I wouldn't have known it for a police vehicle until it turned it's lights on (the guy who passed him on the right while going through a construction zone probably regretted it).
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The RCMP in BC were in a rental SUV on the long weekend...not that I have any personal knowledge of that
Oh yeah, those sneaky RCMP in BC must have a deal with Avis or something, I saw a red Grand Prix pulling over a van of guys in Surrey about a year ago.
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Old 09-08-2008, 08:59 AM   #19
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CPS has had ghost Ford Excursions for a while. Saw one on Friday.
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Old 09-08-2008, 09:19 AM   #20
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Ran into one this morning... nice illegal right turn ticket off of 14th Street.
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