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    Four Of Five Alexander County, Illinois Police Cruisers Repossessed

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    Image of twitchykun (Level 1 Jalop-Knight) twitchykun (Level 1 Jalop-Knight)
    10/13/09

    In reply to Four Of Five Alexander County, Illinois Police Cruisers Repossessed
    soooo, are we getting the band back together?
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    Image of Old Grimey Old Grimey
    10/13/09

    In reply to Four Of Five Alexander County, Illinois Police Cruisers Repossessed
    Very interesting. Now that Alexander County has only one cruiser that's on the fritz, and if they don't get their loaners on time, they might have to get sidecars for their motorcycles so that they can take prisoners to jail without a car. And about that picture, it looks like the Bluesmobile. Does any jurisdiction in the US still use Malaise-era cars in their police, sheriff or constable departments?
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    brake booster by Lucas...I'd better get religion! promoted this comment Old Grimey was starred Old Grimey was unstarred
    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    10/13/09

    @Old Grimey:

    I'd swear I've seen a couple of Gran Fury cruisers around in the past 5-7 years.
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    10/13/09

    @Old Grimey: I seem to remember seeing a 1970s/80s era Pontiac sitting on two flat tires in front of a small Georgia town police station in about 1998. My local sheriff used Gran Fury's well into the 1990's.

    I know of another local sheriff that still uses at least one K-5 Blazer (1989 at the newest), or at least they did a couple of years ago.

    While out in Seattle in 2008 I actually saw a 1967 Plymouth Fury working an accident scene on the interstate, but I'm pretty sure the car was a museum piece that just happened to have a cop driving it.

    [www.pacificautotronics.com]
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    Image of Old Grimey Old Grimey
    10/13/09

    @brake booster by Lucas...I'd better get religion!: What kind of Gran Fury are you referring to? There are the C-body variants, which are a badge-engineered Dodge Monaco or a stripped-out Chrysler Newport (take your pick), there are the R-body cars, which are a badge-engineered Dodge St. Regis and a close cousin to the Cordoba and Magnum, and there are the ones that are basically the same thing as the 5th Avenue and Diplomat, and were the last rear-wheel-drive Mopars until the 300/Magnum/Charger, unless you count Rams, Dakotas, full-size vans, Durangos and Vipers.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    10/13/09

    In reply to Four Of Five Alexander County, Illinois Police Cruisers Repossessed
    Cop tires. Cop brakes. Cop push bar to move traffic along.

    I've seriously considered learning/practicing aluminium welding so after I make proper 'roo bars for my Beater Baby Benz and my wife's RX300, I'll have the skeellz to do one for the Freightliner-chassied 40' diesel pusher motorhome.

    ...then I need to ship it to Australia.
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    Image of 57sweptside 57sweptside
    10/13/09

    In reply to Four Of Five Alexander County, Illinois Police Cruisers Repossessed
    That license plate is the one used on the Bluesmobile, but I don't get why it has a light bar, let alone why the bar is of more recent vintage. If it is supposed to represent the Bluesmobile BEFORE Elwood picked it up, it would have "M" plates since around that time IL issued municipal plates for city-owned vehicles whether cop cars or snow plows. And to further nitpick, IL plates like this (circa 1978 or 1979 with yearly stickers) had blue letters on white background, and in 1974 had white plates with red letters. Black on white was 1972.
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    10/13/09

    @57sweptside: I also feel the need to point out that the number font on that plate isn't right. The "9" in the serial is the giveaway. But, in fairness, I checked and they were wrong in the movie, too.

    /Plate nerd.
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    Image of 57sweptside 57sweptside
    10/14/09


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    Edited by 57sweptside at 10/14/09 12:27 AM 57sweptside was starred 57sweptside was unstarred
    Image of Big Stig Big Stig
    10/13/09

    In reply to Four Of Five Alexander County, Illinois Police Cruisers Repossessed
    I bet the Alexander County, Illinois Sheriff's Department would be overjoyed to get their hands on some 1974 Dodge Monacos by now.

    Alexander County is home to Cairo, which, for a lack of better words, is a ghost town. At one point it was a prosperous town of about 20,000 residents at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. However, decades of disinvestment coupled with racial strife that culminated in the 1960s have reduced the town to a shell of its former self, and the population is now about 4,000.

    There are many nice places in Illinois, but with Cairo and East St. Louis, Illinois is home to two of the worst communities I've ever seen. Speaking of East St. Louis, I live just across the river in St. Louis, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a similar story about ESTL's police department soon. Talk about two places that could really use a stimulus package...in President Obama's home state no less...
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    Image of Number_Six Number_Six
    10/13/09

    In reply to Four Of Five Alexander County, Illinois Police Cruisers Repossessed
    Reduced to running rented wrecks, ruined rozzers repo'd in Illinois insolvency ignominy.
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    Image of TimTim TimTim
    10/13/09

    In reply to Four Of Five Alexander County, Illinois Police Cruisers Repossessed
    I love the image that suggests the County Sheriff was still making payments on a bunch of '74 Dodge Monacos, 35 years later.
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    Image of Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II
    10/13/09

    @TimTim: 5 cop cars for the whole county. 5. So it is possible.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    10/13/09

    @TimTim:

    This is Illinois...not totally out-of-the-question.

    Where's Blagojevich when you need him?
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    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    10/13/09

    @Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: At one time the small town I grew up in had four police cars (less than 2k people). The budget was insane for that size town, and those responsible were sacked. One of them was a CHP stang.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    10/13/09

    In reply to Four Of Five Alexander County, Illinois Police Cruisers Repossessed
    Do you think they chained dogs to them, or tried to hide them behind various buildings?
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    Image of Jagvar Jagvar
    10/13/09

    In reply to Four Of Five Alexander County, Illinois Police Cruisers Repossessed
    Surely they could buy some high-mileage Crown Vics for peanuts. Hell, half the cars at LeMons are Crown Vics.
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    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    10/13/09

    @Jagvar: Even better, hold a Lemons race as a fund raiser so they can get the cars, and donate the top five cars to the county to use as squad cars!!
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    Image of vdiddy210 vdiddy210
    05/07/09

    In reply to Illinois State Trooper Takes Seized Charger SRT8 Home
    This stuff is ridiculous.


    I know if you're involved in a crime you should be punished. but a DUI, while a serious offense, is something to revoke a license not seize an automobile.


    especially one that cost around 40k.


    Police are greedy (I know a bunch) I've gone to a police auction once and they were down to fisticuffs over buying certain cars and property. I understand they don't make much money but they work for the government (aka us) and they made the decision to live this lifestyle.


    They might be able to justify it as the driver broke the law and now needs to pay, but it's really just legal stealing. I love when cops get the DUI, that makes my day...yet somehow they don't get their car taken away

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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    05/07/09

    @vdiddy210: Cops actually make better money than they'll admit. Some areas they can make >$90k a year.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    05/07/09

    In reply to Illinois State Trooper Takes Seized Charger SRT8 Home
    Reminder:



    THIS.

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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    05/07/09

    In reply to Illinois State Trooper Takes Seized Charger SRT8 Home
    They obviously had to get fast cars so your family and you can be saved from the robbery.
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    Image of Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: I miss Deartháir II
    05/07/09

    In reply to Illinois State Trooper Takes Seized Charger SRT8 Home
    I was hit by a drunk driver.. I don't mean drunk at .09, I mean drunk to the point the police didn't know how she got her key in the ignition.


    She totaled my Ford Escort. While not much, she took my wheels right out from under me and all I got was a measly $2,500 and a bus pass for the next 5 months. while I found something as trustworthy as my 145,000 mile turbo 5 speed Ford.


    In other words.. the booze hound made me ride the SMART bus in Detroit for 6 months. Take the drunks car, it makes me sleep better at night.

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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    05/08/09

    @Prawo Jazdy And The Velocity Trumpets: I have no problem with the seizure of the car (seems a bit excessive with a $40k car but whatever, shouldn't have been driven drunk), my problem is with then giving it to an officer as a "spoil of war", this sort of behavior simply encourages abuse of power.
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    Image of MarywithanM™ MarywithanM™
    05/07/09

    In reply to Illinois State Trooper Takes Seized Charger SRT8 Home
    Please, you're all getting just a little too excited. There's definitely nothing shady about this. It's not like they're auctioning off personal property before people have been convicted of a crime. Because that would be illegal. And see, they don't have big lettering that announces that it was seized from a drug dealer. C'mon. No harm, no foul.
    /live in Illinois
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    05/07/09

    @MarywithanMforeveryone: Sure, it's okay to hide now, but just wait till they take your Internet and start hooning that.
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    Image of jodark jodark
    05/07/09

    In reply to Illinois State Trooper Takes Seized Charger SRT8 Home
    And these are the "Only ones" that should have guns according to most Collectivists. They the very reason the Right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be INFRINGED.
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    Image of BRAWNDO_POWERED BRAWNDO_POWERED
    05/07/09

    @jodark: I just got back from Moody's pub, and I saw off-duty cops there drinking WITH THEIR GUNS ON THEM. Is there anybody out there who actually believes that these people are somehow more morally grounded than the rest of us?
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    05/07/09

    @BRAWNDO_POWERED: Oh, there are a lot of them.
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