BMW Police cars in the states...

[Tyler]

Saw my first BMW police car yesterday afternoon, looked like a 3 series. Not too sure how many states have them as i have never seen one before.

[mohaughn]

That is interesting. I didn't know that BMW did fleet sales in the US. Although it is common for police to use confiscated cars for special purposes. I see that it is leading a pack of bicycles so I wonder if maybe it is a community service type of vehicle.

They have a corvette, a viper, and a porsche in the local sheriffs department. They take them around to their public relations events. I don't think they actually patrol in them though.

[momorugger]

that's a 5 series. You can tell by the trunk.

[Tyler]

Yes it was some kind of bike race going on. I saw it coming and normally i wouldn't but i took a pic of it only cause i thought that was odd.


In Hawaii the police use there own vehcles to patrol, so you see mustangs,vettes,explores etc... I think more than half the force does that which is kind of cool in a way.

[Kaliimc]

We have at least one here on Oahu, I live in Kahala just to the left, out of sight on your photo Tyler and it is a 5 series. On my street there is a HPD substation, that's the area I see the car.

At first I thought it could not be a BMW, it must be a new Infinity, but it is definitely a 5er!

[ChItalian1027]

at the 06 chicago car show toyota had a cop car camary. but damn! i think that it might just happen to be a patrol car.

[Triple_A]

Originally Posted by kickass95318ti

at the 06 chicago car show toyota had a cop car camary. but damn! i think that it might just happen to be a patrol car.

i saw that car at the show! its looked pretty kool, better then the lame-o impalas and crown vics they are currently driving in. and yeah i really think the BMW patrol car in question is a 5-series not only the trunk, but the body panels are way too long for it to be a 3-series.

[larryn]

I wonder if it's a confiscated drug car? I know that in quite a few areas in the country, cars that are confiscated in drug raids are used for pseudo-police cars. It's supposed to send a message out to the other drug-lords that "we pwnz u".