boost69 Donating Members 737 Member For: 19y 8m 10d Posted 14/01/08 02:14 AM Share Posted 14/01/08 02:14 AM New undercover fleet for policeBy Edith BevinJanuary 14, 2008 12:00amANY car on the road could now be a cop car, thanks to a NSW Police initiative to combat hoons and law breakers.Highway patrol officers have used unmarked police cars for years.But the latest scheme sees a range of high performance sports vehicles including Ford Falcon Typhoons and Suburu Impreza WRXs patrolling the streets.The vehicles are fitted with the latest accessories and are in a range of colours - some even sporting "P" plates - to fit in with vehicles commonly associated with car hoons.Police Traffic Services Commander Chief Superintendent John Hartley said the scheme was part of a ploy to "blend in" with the hoons."What we're doing is using a combination of marked and unmarked police cars," Supt Hartley said. "We're using covert style vehicles which are, in the main, high performance cars like the (Ford) Typhoons."They are a new strategy to get cars that blend in with the hoodlums."What we find is people don't pick them as police cars and it's easier to pick offences like speeding, using a mobile phone or not wearing a seatbelts."We've found that people usually slow down and modify their driving behaviour when they see a marked police car."What we're trying to do is get the message across that anywhere, anytime, any car could be a police car."You won't know whether the car beside you is a police car or not."But the fleet designed to catch law-breakers on the roads does not stop at new or sports-modified models.Police are also deploying older, well-worn cars as part of their covert traffic operations, Supt Hartley said.It seems to be working, with speeding and drink driving offences well down over the Christmas period.And although it has a very serious side to it, the new cars are providing police with one or two "lighter moments""The officers tell me that they have had a couple of people pull alongside with the intention of a drag race," Supt Hartley said. "They think the better of it when they look across and see a police uniform on the guy sitting behind the wheel."Supt Hartley said a "classic" example of the success of the scheme was the recent case of a hire car driver who was pulled over for speeding while ferrying a bride and groom.Police began deploying the undercover vehicles in March when the State Government announced funding for an additional 50 highway patrol cars.They took delivery of the fleet shortly before the Christmas traffic campaign."I think it's having a big impact on the street racing and hoodlum activity (but) it's probably to early to tell about general driving behaviour," Supt Hartley said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-SPEC You are a dead set goose Silver Donating Members 3,968 Member For: 19y 1m 29d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 14/01/08 02:22 AM Share Posted 14/01/08 02:22 AM Sneakly little pricks.Always out to ruin a good time.The answer is supervised, free and sponsored track, pan or drag days for people to use their cars. Pulling people over and issuing fines is not the answer.F*ck the Police, they are just so simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 8m 3d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 14/01/08 02:27 AM Share Posted 14/01/08 02:27 AM (edited) Looks like I'm going to have to invest in a scanner I think.Oh and I like the fact they say people slow down when they see a marked car, hell we wouldn't want that, lets just hide let them speed and then book em instead. Edited 14/01/08 02:30 AM by XRTPSI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzMahoony Hench, but no longer shredded or tanned. Member 3,343 Member For: 17y 10m Gender: Male Location: Canning Vale, W.A Posted 14/01/08 02:31 AM Share Posted 14/01/08 02:31 AM lmfao this isn't to make the streets safer just for them to get more money, as stated above why not make tracks for people to legally have a bit of fun with their car?I guess they would loose ALOT of their revenue..Combat hoons LOL I love how the media plays with the public and the cops are the superheroes saving the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest newl Guests Posted 14/01/08 02:32 AM Share Posted 14/01/08 02:32 AM Not a lot of good a scanner will do with the digital trunked communications systems in use these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 8m 3d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 14/01/08 02:36 AM Share Posted 14/01/08 02:36 AM What ever they got people will get round it, it's just a matter of time. As long as it dosn't cost to much but they pay for themselves in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XF Falcon <put funny sh*t here> Member 3,365 Member For: 18y 2m 20d Gender: Male Location: Perth, NOR Posted 14/01/08 02:44 AM Share Posted 14/01/08 02:44 AM Damn hoodlums !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHOWDOWN BACK SLOWER THEN EVER! Member 706 Member For: 17y 6m 25d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 14/01/08 02:44 AM Share Posted 14/01/08 02:44 AM lmfao this isn't to make the streets safer just for them to get more money, as stated above why not make tracks for people to legally have a bit of fun with their car?I guess they would loose ALOT of their revenue..Combat hoons LOL I love how the media plays with the public and the cops are the superheroes saving the day. The main aim of coppers should be to show presence of the law and decrease the amount of speeding that occurs. Instead these clowns purely go around revenue raising and driving nice cars in the mean time.Ozzie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSK Member 340 Member For: 17y 4m 15d Gender: Male Posted 14/01/08 02:56 AM Share Posted 14/01/08 02:56 AM Scary. I wonder if all the drivers will be in marked uniforms. Semi defeats the purpose of being unmarked/undercover in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley Scott www.australianflag.org.au Donating Members 6,763 Member For: 19y 6m 11d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 14/01/08 03:02 AM Share Posted 14/01/08 03:02 AM Probably plenty of cops out there that feel exactly the same way, but they dont make the decisions. Times are a changing.Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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