GA Police Department Shows Off New Lamborghini Patrol Car

[RCA]

Alpharetta, GA -

A Georgia public safety department got a super addition to it's fleet of vehicles.

The Alpharetta Department of Public Safety posted the following picture and link on their Facebook page.

"We want to thank Motorcars of Georgia/Lamborghini Atlanta for donating and decaling this car at no cost to the citizens or the city. We will be driving it in the Old Soldiers Day Parade and it will be at National Night Out for photo opportunities. It is a once in a lifetime chance to get your picture taken with a Lamborghini police car."

http://www.wspa.com/story/23032099/ga-police-department-shows-off-new-lamborghini-patrol-car

[Uriel999]

Well, I'd rather cops get donated lambos than bear cats!

[phill4paul]

Well, I'd rather cops get donated lambos than bear cats!

Lol. At least they'd bottom out on my drive way with a Lambo.

[tod evans]

I was afraid they'd "civilly forfeited" some poor citizens sportscar...

[TaftFan]

Well, ok, as long as it was donated

[Thor]

Well, ok, as long as it was donated

At $400 for an oil change, it is tax money well spent.

[tod evans]

At $400 for an oil change, it is tax money well spent.

Don't worry cops in a Lamborghini..........Not really a good fit, they'll fuck it up.

[Henry Rogue]

Donation? That's a bribe.

[nobody's_hero]

Don't worry cops in a Lamborghini..........Not really a good fit, they'll fuck it up.

I don't expect this to last either. It will be like the 3-series BMWs the GSP got a decade or so ago. They've only got one left and it sits collecting dust at the HQ.

[fr33]

Like a hillbilly eating caviar...

[mad cow]

Officers Crockett and Tubbs will drive it as carefully as if they had seized it off a dangerous yet beautiful Colombian drug smuggler themselves.

[nobody's_hero]

This article says they have to give it back after the events:

http://www.11alive.com/news/article/301186/3/Lamborghini-police-car-loaned-to-Alpharetta-for-parade

And I hope they give it back before they get any not-so-bright ideas for the next budget.

[Anti Federalist]

I was afraid they'd "civilly forfeited" some poor citizens sportscar...

That was my first thought before reading the article.


Well, I'd rather cops get donated lambos than bear cats!

That was my first thought after reading the article.

[tmg19103]

Even though the car dealer donated it, insurance on that car will cost taxpayers a fortune. Best to sell it and upgrade to 4 new police cars from ones that are about to go out of service anyway. That will really save taxpayers money. Of course, the cops want there expensive and impractical toy.

[presence]

http://wspa.images.worldnow.com/images/2695005_G.jpg

[presence]

Even though the car dealer donated it, insurance on that car will cost taxpayers a fortune.


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Moreover, invidious consumption, a more specialized sociological term, denotes the deliberate conspicuous consumption of goods and services intended to provoke the envy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envy) of other people, as a means of displaying the buyer’s superior socio-economic status.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspicuous_consumption





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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgar_Display_of_Power

...but it also applies to this situation.

[pcosmar]

http://wspa.images.worldnow.com/images/2695005_G.jpg

Gives "Lipstick on a Pig" a whole new look.


http://static.someecards.com/someecards/usercards/MjAxMy03ZWJlOWQ3ZmEyNThiMzBj.png

[Zippyjuan]

This article says they have to give it back after the events:

http://www.11alive.com/news/article/301186/3/Lamborghini-police-car-loaned-to-Alpharetta-for-parade

And I hope they give it back before they get any not-so-bright ideas for the next budget.

The "two events" being a parade this week and next- and then it goes back to the dealer. Insurance or oil changes won't be any expense they will have to worry about. It is cheap advertising for the dealership.


ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- Officials in Alpharetta said in a release Friday that they were going to be displaying a Lamborghini sports car badge as a police car in a parade this weekend.

The vehicle is being loaned to the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety by Motor Cars of Georgia, according to department spokesman George Gordon.

Gordon said the vehicle was loaned to the department for Saturday's Old Soldier's Day parade, and next week's event for National Night Out. They said they will be returning the vehicle after the events.


Doens't seem like a big deal. Unless you don't want them taking any gifts.

[pcosmar]

Unless you don't want them taking any gifts.

Gifts?
or bribes.

What is the position of public officials taking "gifts"? From an Ethical standpoint?

[libertarianMoney]

Sorry. Dump of ideas here. I hope you enjoy at least one of them:

I think most cops should be driving a Lambo. They're going to need a fast car to make their getaway after all their charades fall through.

Hmmm... I think police are annoying but I want to get on their good side for financial purposes. I don't want to support the police state so it needs to be a donation that's completely symbolic and unproductive that they'd love. Eureka!

GA's last laid off officer is sorely disappointed.

Why do they want to use a Lambo for a parade? Unless it's the fastest parade in history, the audience is going to be sorely disappointed.

"once in a lifetime chance to get your picture taken with a Lamborghini police car."
Based on government misappropriation of funds and my criminal record, I doubt that.

[Carlybee]

Gifts?
or bribes.

What is the position of public officials taking "gifts"? From an Ethical standpoint?

Maybe they made a deal to "look the other way" at Lambo owner's driving through.

[thoughtomator]

There's one other police department which recently acquired a Lambo.... it's in Dubai. Nice to see the ethics of Arab monarchies in our melting pot eh?

[Anti Federalist]

National Nite Out

I had to look that up to see WTF it was.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Night_Out

[Zippyjuan]

National Nite Out

I had to look that up to see WTF it was.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Night_Out

Thanks for the link.

[aGameOfThrones]

2 cops on the lambo:

cop 1: look a speeder, let's go get him, yeah!

cop 2: I don't know, man.

cop 1: why?

cop 2: he's going too fast, I don't want to fuck up my sweet ride.