Group says police should not drive SUVs
Leila Fujimori, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, August 18, 2004
The NBC series Hawaii is able to have a little fun with its props thanks to the Honolulu Police Department policy that allows police officers to use their personal cars on the job (the TV cops will drive convertibles). But the practice also allows some odd choices when it comes to patrol vehicles.
Are gigantic SUVs too much for HPD, whose cars should be agile as well as fast? Have you seen any other cars out there with blue lights that make you scratch your head?
Leila Fujimori, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, August 18, 2004
A national consumer safety advocacy group says on-duty police officers should not be driving sport utility vehicles, such as the one that rolled over in an accident that killed a Wahiawa officer Monday... Of the 1,264 vehicles that the Honolulu Police Department subsidizes, 716, or 56 percent, are SUVs.
Are gigantic SUVs too much for HPD, whose cars should be agile as well as fast? Have you seen any other cars out there with blue lights that make you scratch your head?
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