So are you all saying that if the car doesn't look authoritative enough then traffic violators won't pull over or the dealers will keep slinging their dope even after they see it? That should make them a little easier to arrest then, right?

I'm all for high visibility graphics, but you don't have to put (in my opinion) ugly graphics like these to achieve that. What if the LAPD made their graphics reflective. Besides, in a city like Los Angeles, police cars need to be authoritative, and I know that whenever a black and white turns the corner, everyone all of a sudden turns into a law-abidding citizen. I suppose this car would'nt look so bad if it had those nice black steel wheels and if those numbers above the black pillar were placed somewhere else.

Way Cool Police Graphicz

WHAT THE ARE YOU GUYS A BUNCH OF OLD FOLKS?BLACK AND WHITE 'S KEEP GETTING DULL AND UNCREATIVE..ALOT LIKE THE L.A. PD THOSE THINGS ARE YEASTERDAYS NEW..THE MODERN GRAPHICS SPEAK OUT AND HAVE HIGHER VISABILITY THEN ANY B/W...WHAT NEXT..GET RID OF THE L.E.D. LIGHT BARS AND GO BACK TO THE HUGE ROTOATORS<

I personally like this paint job but I agree that we need more traditional black & white paint schemes.

I agree they are awful! Go back to the tradional black & white cruisers!

How about we start another discussion on how awful these modern graphics are? Anyone?

My 3rd cousin Sheriff Chester Ingram at a lot of years in time was the Hardeman County Sheriff

The Addison is there not only to ID what city the car is from it is also the logo of the city. It's on everything from traffic lights to signs to t-shirts. So I don't see any problem with it.

Sorry I didn't have the minutia down pat, suffice it to say that the point I was making (also minutia) was that this is a daytime city/nighttime small town.

I'm not a cop. But I got a gun. So you'll obey me? Or a Gangsta' wid a gun? The point is, pohlice have "authority" (badge more so than a gun) and these people don't think he can project that authority to a civilian mind without certain unstylish graphics.

Fact of the matter is, I don't respect the police because they carry a gun. I respect them as an authority.

Addison's normal population is just over 21,000, not 1,000. The daytime population is around 100,000, not hundreds of thousands.

As for the perception of authority, I generally obey anyone that's carrying a firearm, no matter what their car looks like. I think most people probably feel the same way, and those that don't, well they probably don't care what the car looks like either.

i don't think there's anything particularly wrong with this paint scheme, with the exception of the "addison" name in script. i do, however, think this vehicle is ugly. certain graphics packages look better on certain model vehicles, since the lines flow a little differently than this monstrocity. i just think this vehicle is what makes the graphics package look bad.

Why on earth does it mean there's no "authoritative" presence just because something is stylish? I happened to think this is a very nice design.

If you are going to be such a purist about style, then all of the cars made today look stupid, bubble-like and should not police vehicles. When a cop pulls up in a bubble-mobile, does he lack "authoritative presence"?

BTW, Addison is a white collar office community in Dallas. Its permanent population is very low, like maybe 1000... but in the daytime, the population surges into the hundreds of thousands. Very similar to Greenwood Village, Colorado (Denver)

Go ahead and say what we're all thinking - It's just too gay.

What's with the exclamation mark? Looks like this Durango has been hijacked by the local tourism authority. I agree that law enforcement vehicles should first and foremost convey respect and authority.

Quote: "switching back to b/w ...its the state mandated law...as here in Texas the law requiers a police unit..to be all white or black and white ..no other colour"

BULLS**T... prove it, give me the statute number and quote the law. Hard to take a guy seriously when he can't even spell "area" correctly.

Quote: "it is now a state law"

BS!

Dallas Police has traffic enforcement cameros with black backgrounds and yes, UTD police has blue cars. Richardson Volunteer Police also has blue backgrounds.

No, it's not. Brazos County SO and Rockwall County SO have silver vehicles. Dallas County SO has at least one green traffic unit along and at least one silver car. North Richland Hills still uses blue and silver vehicles, I think, and UT-Dallas has blue units. San Antonio and Bexar County have been using standard color "low visibility" traffic units for a couple of years now.

Coming to an American City, USA police station near you.