Of course all those who drive the vehicles home declare the full value of the cars on their taxes? right?

The Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor is the greatest police car that has ever been made. As citizens, we should know that the Ford Crown Vic is the least expensive to maintain, repair, and operate. It also provides the best police comfort, space, and layout for police equipment. They also have a reasonably comfortable back seat (if you know what I mean). We should question our police departments' expenditures for vehicles other than Ford Crown Vics. The Vail, CO police recently began using Toytoa Highlander Hybrid's and city expenses will go through the roof. They will be sorry!

They're not required to...on call, on 24/7 are exempt. Not as smart as you thought AY?

1)The Crown Vic is NOT the least expensive to operate, it's actually the MOST expensive. It gets the worst gas mileage, weighs the most and has the most underpowered engine. It's initial purchase cost is close to $5,000 higher than a Dodge Charger and $10,000 higher than an Impala. It's also a dinosaur, with production ceasing in 2011. The Impala is comparable in interior size, while the Charger is vastly superior in performance (The Impala actually has better performance too). Both the Impala and Charger are far superior in snow.

2)Most officers who drive their vehicles home pay for them. Salt Lake City Officers who live outside SLC pay anywhere from $400-$2,000 a year to drive the vehicle back and forth and park it...they're not allowed off duty use. WVC officers pay $10+ a paycheck to take their car home. Salt Lake County Sheriff's Deputies have to pay for insurance on their vehicles.

The Crown Vic is comfortable and in the early 2000's they finally got some off the line speed. The charger is limitied in trunk space as is the Impala. The trunk space of the Crown Vic is better. Crown Vic sucks in the snow. The charger has been difficult for some to handle in bad weather, they overdrive their capacity. The thing I would say is that all cars leave the officer low to the ground, and the Impala and Charger windows do not have as good a line of sight as the crown vic, espicially when you put in cameras and radar antenna. I prefer an SUV, good vision, seated high which helps with back problems from getting in and out of a low car. The only problem with an SUV, other than handling due to the 4WD, is without a trunk, your "tools" of the trade are not as secure. The car per man program is a neccesity in smaller areas, like mine, where having the car avaialble to the officer at home is a great benefit to the citizens.