So i live in a city of about 100000. I was just wondering if my tax dollars are paying for the the police department to have "Spinners" put on some of the police cars or if the officers waste their own money. I just find spinners on a cop car a little unprofessional and taunting in a way.
2006-06-12 20:52:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Here in Indiana, when our local dept issues a take-home car, the Officer is allowed to add any additional lights, approved equipment, etc. The cars here do not come with hubcaps or rims, so many Officers put on chrome caps and beauty rings at their own expense, which are nothing like spinners and do make the cars look better. I have yet to see spinners, except on some of the undercover (formerly seized) narcotics vehicles. I would bet anything on the fact that tax dollars are not paying for spinners. Most departments can barely pay for Kevlar vests, much less spinners for patrol cars. Ask your department's PIO for verification.
2006-06-12 21:00:03 · answer #1 · answered by dh1977 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I should hope they are using their own money for those unnecissary accessories...and man if they were in my town someone would probably get up the gull to steal them lol...and I sure wish someone would because that really is stupid and yea it would really make me irrate to see that heck my car doesn't even have spinners on it and believe me I wouldn't want them. Yea it's VERY unprofessional and believe me you if you or I got pulled over by one of those ego maniacs and we made a sarcastic remark about it our ticket would probably be double what it woulda been had we pretended we didn't notice...which would probably pay for them in the case of tax dollars being used.
Man that really is unprofessional and I definately think I'd be taking that to a higher command to try and ban that crap.
2006-06-12 21:03:20 · answer #2 · answered by KitKat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what they are putting spinners on police cars? wow what a waste of money but i guess they do that were i live they bought a VW beetle painted up put lights on it rims etc.. and call it the drug bug and they drive it around trying to bust people but it is a walking billboard for the drug dealers to run and hide, gov't is corrupt
2006-06-12 20:57:41 · answer #3 · answered by sicivic05 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you 100%. But to check on this you can contact the city or town hall. If they don't have an answer rest assured they can get an answer. When I say the city hall, I mean like the mayors office.
2006-06-12 22:40:30 · answer #4 · answered by GRUMPY 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They may have been seized in a raid or stolen property that was never claimed. Did they put them on the DARE car or just regular police cruisers?
2006-06-12 20:56:59 · answer #5 · answered by Shawne & Lexi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suggest you find out how your tax $ is spent. Where I used to live the cops bought their OWN patrol cars.
2006-06-12 20:56:06 · answer #6 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many officers that have thier own take home car do add thier own personal touches to it.
2006-06-13 03:03:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sometime they are "donated" by the local drug dealer
2006-06-12 21:04:42 · answer #8 · answered by nk_rso 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋