You want to know the real reason Lieutenants are not in marked cars? Even those that are in patrol positions? MONEY. The department can purchase an unmarked car directly from a dealer lot (through the state contract)at cost and it will be delivered in a few days or less. All they have to do than is add some lights and bingo, it's ready. They did mark a few of these (Taurus) but those were only done to work out the final marking for the new interceptors as they were not available at the time and
You want to know the real reason Lieutenants are not in marked cars? Even those that are in patrol positions? MONEY. The department can purchase an unmarked car directly from a dealer lot (through the state contract)at cost and it will be delivered in a few days or less. All they have to do than is add some lights and bingo, it's ready. They did mark a few of these (Taurus) but those were only done to work out the final marking for the new interceptors as they were not available at the time and