Dubai's police fleet is officially the envy of law enforcement organizations across the world.
The Dubai Police are amassing quite a stable of amazing rides. They have a Lamborghini Aventador. A Ferrari FF wears the green and white livery. There's even an ultra-rare Aston Martin One-77 that's recently joined the fleet. Both a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and a Bentley Continental GT are said to be up next for the Dubai rozzers. At the moment...
Nearly two and a half months after Japanese student Ryo Oyamada was killed by a cop car in Queens, the Oyamada family's attorney says the NYPD still refuses to release any information that might shed light on the 23-year-old's death;...Show More Summary
Close-watchers of the Reese Witherspoon arrest footage might have caught the moment — it's at the end of tape one, after the "I'm an American!" speech — when Jim Toth apologizes to the cop for his wife's behavior. (Alternate interpretation: He sold her out.) He didn't stop there; TMZ just
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We had a hunch this would leak! The Reese Witherspoon arrest videos taken from the dashboard of the cop car are out and TMZ got their hands on them. There are three videos in total - one showing Reese getting handcuffed while she fights...Show More Summary
Whew! It's been an exciting afternoon for SPD, as an allegedly drunk, allegedly assaulty suspect led officers on a merry chase in an allegedly stolen cop car: Seattle Police Department Nice wheels. Details come from the SPD blog:Police...Show More Summary
Remember the dirt bike rider who was rear-ended by a cop car chasing him, killing his friend? Yeah he got fined. The rider got fined. Read more...
We've been talking about cop cars a lot lately, haven't we? First there was all of the ridiculous patrol cars used by the cops in Dubai, and then there was the Seattle cop who rides around in a restored 1970 Plymouth cruiser. Read more...
As the nation’s peacekeepers are learning to live without the venerable Ford Crown Victoria it is also a time to reflect on what police cars were like in the time before the Panther platform debuted in 1978 for the 1979 model year. In 1972, the cruiser of choice for the City of Lexington was the [...]
Everybody’s talking about abuse of police power nowadays, but what are you doing about it? If the answer is not “crush eight cop cars with your tractor then drive away”, you’re not doing as much as Roger Pion. Edited to congratulate the B&B and to add information It might be going too far to call [...]
American Airlines recovers from a computer glitch, the U.K. says goodbye to Margaret Thatcher, and Dubai releases a fleet of Ferrari cop cars. Plus, hot air balloons fly above Luxor, Egypt, once again.
Dubai has a Lamborghini Aventador cop car. The cops are getting a Ferrari this week. But it probably isn't the LaFerrari, like this one that's testing in Dubai right now. Read more...
15 percent of traffic fines issued in Dubai every day are for driving at speeds in excess of 130 m.p.h.. That’s why Dubai’s police now has a Lamborghini Aventador that can do 216 m.p.h. According to Emirates 24/7, Dubai’s police force cited enhanced patrolling abilities to justify its purchase of the $550, 000 dollar police [...]
There is a long history of law enforcement adding supercars to their police cruiser fleets. The latest comes from a likely place, Dubai, where one-upping the rest of the world in conspicuous consumption has become a national point of...Show More Summary
There are a ton of supercars in the Middle East. When they're breaking the law, you need a cop car that can actually chase them down. That's why you need an Aventador cop car. Read more...
The funeral for Ryo Oyamada, the 24-year-old student who was fatally struck by a cop car in Queens in February, was held in his native Japan this past weekend, and grieving family members say they're still waiting for answers—and an apology—from the NYPD. [ more › ]
A Brooklyn cyclist who got hit by a cop car was flabbergasted to find a bill for repairs in his mailbox four months after the collision. Justin Johnsen, 31, was biking on Flushing Avenue by the Brooklyn Navy Yards on November 5th when a cop behind the wheel of an unmarked car ran into him. Show More Summary
My takedown of the Ford Police Interceptor Sedan Taurus generated almost two hundred comments. Having recognized what the people want, I immediately began scheming for rides in the Ford’s two major competitors in order to give it to them. An E-mail, followed by a visit to the municipal sales manager at Lexington’s Freedom Dodge- Chrysler- [...]
Calgary! Do you know what time it is? Oh, who am I kidding, of course you do! It's time for your new police cars to be unveiled!!!! Read more...
More than A DOZEN cop cars and TWO police helicopters raced to Diddy's L.A. home moments ago... but law enforcement sources tell TMZ the incident is yet another "swatting" prank. Law enforcement sources tell us... a swatter made a call that…