why paint police cars?

Question

it costs thousands of dollars to paint each police car it also costs a great deal of money to paint police buildins and to give cops uniforms couldnt this money be better spent on getting more police to protect our neighborhoods or giving current police raises or better ongoing training

Answer 1

Part of Policing requires community involvement, and how can the community stop you and talk to you when your car looks like the rest of the cars out on the street? Police dont only punish crime, they deter it all together, if a Cruiser was pulled up infront of a store when somebody was plotting to rob it and when they pulled up they saw the police car, they'll know theres an officer in there and wont do it, but if the car was there with no paint the crime would go down anyways. Same thing for the Uniforms, but the Uniforms are way more important than Cruisers being painted.

Answer 2

OK, now tell me how you identify the police when you need help? Just go up to random cars until you find some because they aren't any different than the other people?
The reason is so that people can find them quickly in time of need. Plus when we answer a call for service like a burglary in progress, the victim and other agencies can tell the players apart. Otherwise we just see some dude running up with an M-4 carbine in his hand, do we shoot him or say thanks for the help?

Answer 3

painting police cars, is so that they are easy to identify

in an emergence. and as for uniforms, most police officers

must buy them out of their own pocket.

Answer 4

A very large part of Policing is called "Deterrent" It only happens when police offiers can be readily Identified as officers.

Answer 5

The law requires police vehicles to be marked with distinctive insignia to distinguish them.

If they just drove regular cars, it would be too easy to impersonate. There have been several instances of fake cops robbing people.

Answer 6

personally i think its wrong because its entrapment. Just like how cops can now use unmarked cars for bust. i feel this should be and is against the law. If i need a cop, i want to be able to find him, and when im trying to stay away, i want to know where they are.

Answer 7

Because politicians and other public officials place the number one priority in appearance rather than functionality.

Answer 8

yeah i know what you mean they keep their car dirty anyways. so why fix it over the money should go to help kids in need or have them patrol streets to make people feel safe. so that kids dont get kidnapped or raped anymore it always appear on the news. And help prevent kids from joining into any gangs.