Quote Originally Posted by lead_magnet View Post
There is another safety issue that is being overlooked here. Some agencies require their officers to take the vehicle home so they can be placed "on call". Some Officers don't like having a marked unit parked at their house advertising that an Officer lives there. There is more benefit to an unmarked unit than just "generating revenue" as some have stated. Unmarked vehicles are less of a target for theft (attempting to steal the equipment from the vehicle). Better for working narcotics etc.
This could go both ways. My childhood home had a police car parked out front every single day. Many other houses on the block got vandalized over the years (close to the southern border) ours never did (minus my locked up bike getting stolen while we were out of town for a few days).

The local crooks didn't want to open that can of worms.