Question for a LEO

[cstone]

There is an unmarked interceptor cop car that sits on Hwy 36, south of Boulder. Flat black Charger(?), blacked out windows, no visible lights or insignias. Looks like a Road Warrior wannabe.

Just out of curiosity, how do you know it is a cop car?

[Ah Pook]

Just out of curiosity, how do you know it is a cop car?

Pulled up on the right side berm as you enter the Boulder city limits. All lights go off when someone passes too fast. Yes, I have seen it go after "bad guy" speeders. <yes, there is humor there>

[cstone]

Pulled up on the right side berm as you enter the Boulder city limits. All lights go off when someone passes to fast. Yes, I have seen it go after "bad guy" speeders. <yes, there is humor there>

So the lights are visible when activated? I knew there was something that had to give it away.

I sometimes think about the crazy idea the Maryland State Police had on I 95 near the Susquehanna River bridge many years ago. They parked an older, out of service marked car in the median with a 2D cut out of a trooper in the driver's seat. For several months the prop worked and as expected, driver's on both sides of the road would brake and slow a bit as they moved past. Alas, some nefarious types eventually figured out that the marked car was unmanned and the vehicle was left on blocks with some very rude graffiti spray painted on various parts. Thus ended the service of that marked car.

Traffic patrol has it's uses and given the number of annual traffic fatalities in our nation, I try to give some latitude to the revenue generation side of law enforcement.