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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
When leftist politicians run the police force this is what happens. "LAPD spent millions on 'green' electric BMWs used for joyrides to nail salons, day lunches: report" http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018...-lunches-report.html ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | ||
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I can think of no better use for a police department electric BMW car than a trip to the nail salon. You sure don't want shitty looking nails when you outreach to the community and stuff. | |||
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It ain't Joe Friday's LAPD anymore. _________________________________________________________________________ “A man’s treatment of a dog is no indication of the man’s nature, but his treatment of a cat is. It is the crucial test. None but the humane treat a cat well.” -- Mark Twain, 1902 | |||
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From the article:
Just one more case of police brass being on a different planet than police officers. In their defense, going to the nail salon might actually be the only thing those vehicles are useful for. "The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people." "Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy." "I did," said Ford, "it is." "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?" "It honestly doesn't occur to them. They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates the government they want." "You mean they actually vote for the lizards." "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course." "But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?" "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard, then the wrong lizard might get in." | |||
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| Do No Harm, Do Know Harm |
Many agencies allow their officers to use take home vehicles for all personal use with the exception of titty bars and driving home drunk. Many other agencies use hybrid or other fuel efficient vehicles for longer trips, such as going to training, etc. But I doubt any are using electric BMWs for either. Knowing what one is talking about is widely admired but not strictly required here. Although sometimes distracting, there is often a certain entertainment value to this easy standard. -JALLEN "All I need is a WAR ON DRUGS reference and I got myself a police thread BINGO." -jljones | |||
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| No double standards |
But it is $3M well spent, to save the planet, and the universe. (I wonder if anyone in the LAPD got any kind of a thank you "gift" for the order). "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it....While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it" - Judge Learned Hand, May 1944 | |||
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Now, I'm no brass, but I think buying local, nalon salon, versus foreign, say an electric BMW, is more helpful to the community. But what do I know besides having some college business classes Used guns deserve a home too | |||
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| Mired in the Fog of Lucidity |
You seem to be implying that there is a boondoggle here? In L.A. California....with expensive green vehicles that only go 80-100 miles per charge....say it isn't so!  Maybe, if the department personnel are too reluctant to use them, they could be donated to illegal aliens to run drugs. What a perfect cover for the drug-runners and at least the vehicles would have some miles put on them. I'm pretty sure that this would be well within standard sanctuary city guidelines. | |||
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| No double standards |
Why is your suggestion so funny and so scary at the same time. "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it....While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it" - Judge Learned Hand, May 1944 | |||
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The exact question and investigation that needs to be undertaken. You can bet palms got greased on that purchase. New state motto/slogan....California, the land of insanity and corruption. We're guaranteed to fail. Come fail with us. ----------------------------- Guns are awesome because they shoot solid lead freedom. Every man should have several guns. And several dogs, because a man with a cat is a woman. Kurt Schlichter | |||
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| Mired in the Fog of Lucidity |
I know!!  Insanity is running strong in Cal. these days and anything goes. The same state that calls itself a sanctuary state, and provides a safe space for God knows who, is the same state the limits it's citizens the ability to buy ammo to protect themselves. That's impossible to square, in my mind. | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
I could, if I stretch, see hybrid cars for big-city constant stop-and-go driving. But not all-electric. | |||
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Judging from the photo of the car, there is no room in the back to transport prisoners. Or even a bitey doggie. That, in my LEO experience, makes it useless. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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What next? Will LAPD be adopting Smart Cars (motorized roller skates) as patrol cars? flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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flashguy - Don't suggest that too loudly. NYPD traffic units use them. For what I have no idea, but they probably suck less than the Cushman motorized scooters. | |||
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I don't see a problem in general, however, with using BMWs, Mercedes Benz, or even Porsche vehicles (mostly SUV/crossover body style.) I'm sometimes jealous of the "nicer" cars that our compatriots in Europe use as marked vehicles. That said, I don't think those patrol vehicles usually have partitions. An X3, X5, or a Porsche Macan or Cayenne? Hell yes. Highway patrol in a 3-series or 5-series? Sign me up. | |||
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I wonder what 3 mil might have done for the homeless problem there?\\https://sigforum.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/320601935/m/1700083634 Ahh, priorities. Piety first people second. ************* MAGA | |||
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Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
That's an outrage. How do they expect drunk officers to get home from titty bars? Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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I took a bus home from the titty bar. Which was sorta strange, because I had never driven a bus before, and the next morning I wasn't sure how to get it out of my yard. I have my own style of humor. I call it Snarkasm. | |||
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So stupid, I’m so sick of faux environmentalists. The pollution it took to manufacture all these unneeded cars will far eclipse any remotely possible emission savings. So LAPD spent millions of tax payer dollars to do more harm to the environment.  “People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.” –Chuck Palahnuik Be harder to kill: https://preparefit.ck.page | |||
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