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Old 10-23-2011, 05:25 PM
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OUT OF SERVICE

NOT IN SERVICE

The sad truth is that the general public would not know the difference. Both of those could be interpreted as a real police vehicle that has been sidelined temporarily for a variety of reasons. Here is a CHP Vic pulling a trailer for a motor, and the car is marked "out of service".





Personally, I kinda like this variation:

NO LONGER IN SERVICE

...which I think is closer to accurate with very little chance of being misunderstood. If I had a marked car, I would probably create a magnetic sign that read:

SHOW CAR
NO LONGER IN SERVICE
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