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I personally know of two local instances where it was applied and it's a safe bet that in a state this big there have been a ton of other cases too: * an "artist" and his wife each had all white retired police Diplomats. On the front doors of both he had painted the cartoon characters of Porky Pig on one and Elmer Fudd on the other bursting out of an oval and a body length two tone stripe on the side with "Sheriff Porky" and "Sheriff Fudd" lettered inside it on the rear quarters. After much negative contact with LE and a trip to the see the judge, he removed all the markings. (Wish I had gotten a photo of those two.) * a business called "NYPD Pizza" was running four-door full size Fords painted and lettered to very closely resemble old blue and white NYPD units to deliver their goods. They looked quite convincing, you really had to look close to see the word "pizza" on them and the real cops did not appreciate that as they were soon abandoned and replaced with unmarked delivery trucks. (It must have been lousy pizza too as they were out of business within a year.) Out here, the authorities just don't like to see any LE words, symbols or paint combinations on anything that rolls down the road. |
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I don't remember if OSP cars have 'Not In Service' or 'Out Of Service', but the maintenance man uses them all the time. When he's done cleaning the post, he takes a patrol car to the drivers exam station and cleans, and then goes to Walmart to buy supplies. He just drives around with the magnetic sign over the door emblem.
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To dove tail here in in california we had a local guy paint his exterminator trucks black and white and he painted the bug sheriff on the doors in red. His vehicles were impounded so quickly he could not believe it. He appealed to the DMV and lost. The fines were minimal but the cost to repaint the trucks cost him lots of money. Not in service or in an enclosed trailer is the safest way to go. IMO
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does "not is service" imply that this is a real police car just "not in service" at this time?
does "out of service" imply that this is a real police car just "out of service" at this time? It all needs to be covered up.... period, including the blue lights, and it doesn't matter if they work or not. this includes the words state trooper, state police, police, sheriff, deputy, department, etc etc etc Just cover it all up so nobody has a chance to be confused.
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I still think that putting them on or in a trailer is the best way to go (IN is ideal). Then, there's no worries about paint scratching magnets, painters tape gone wild, misinterpretation of signage, or running into the wrong LE on a bad day and getting into trouble.
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In terms of my original reason for creating this thread, I recently ordered a printed license plate frame that will say "NOT IN SERVICE" between the top two mounting holes. I plan to cut it out so only the top of the frame is used (to allow the inspection sticker at the bottom to remain visible). Delaware only requires a single DMV plate be placed on the rear of the car, but if the frame comes out good I will make another one for the front. I'll post a picture once it's done.
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It's all about you and where you live
Let's start with YOU. Common sense is not as common as you may think visual perception is 90% of reality (i made that up) but it's true. walks like a duck talks like a duck you get the idea saying not in service or out of service indicates to most that...... at any moment it COULD be in service. I distort the markings with magnetic strips that i carry in a plastic coffee can that says this to the viewer (again visual perception) this WAS a police car. Not.... COULD be a police car at any time. additionally i have NEVER connected anything on the car Why would i have to...... it's a Display vehicle. Now where you live The peoples republic of California laws regarding display / car show / restored / emergency vehicles use no common sense at all. maybe if these guys would not insist on connecting and playing with the lights n siren at car shows? Black n White VW Bugs that say geek squad can't be used in California? come on GEEK SQUAD! vw Bugs? California (and other states) should be more concerned about the the guy in the full size crown Vic X police car the guy that is trying to act the part. (and who knows what else) |
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And trailering your car does not absolutely protect you from overzelous LE. I know of a couple who were jammed up for over 2 hours by a certain CHP officer about their marked CHP Mustang that was being lawfully trailered at the time. |
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