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Police Really Want a Cybertruck, Email Shows

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A California police department wants to be the first agency to have a law enforcement-branded Cybertruck, according to an internal email obtained by 404 Media.

The email Sergeant Jacob Gallacher, of the Anaheim Police Department, sent in early February read “P.S. I spoke with the Chief yesterday and we still want to be the first police agency to have a Cybertruck. If anyone can make that happen, I know it is you!” Gallacher sent the email to James Hedland from UP.FIT, a company that sells modified Teslas for use by law enforcement. The email was part of a conversation about the department’s use of Teslas.

Gallacher later told 404 Media that the email was something of “a joke,” but reaffirmed the agency’s wish to obtain a Cybertruck before other agencies, even if more for “community engagement” than using it as a patrol vehicle.

“We would, but it’s not necessarily from a patrol perspective,” Gallacher said. 404 Media obtained the email through a public records request.

Delusional ,

It doesn’t surprise me that cops want something that is ugly and tacky and completely unnecessary. And they’ll use a shit ton of taxpayer money to get it too.

littlebluespark ,
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Must be highly reflective then. Hunh.

OldWoodFrame ,

Part of being the police is advertising that there are police here, as a deterrent. This works well for that.

But another part is having fast, reliable vehicles able to out maneuver other cars on the road, to stop criminals after the fact. Not so good at that part.

Corkyskog ,

Idk about reliability, but electric cars can have crazy speed and acceleration.

scoobford ,

Sort of. EVs are very fast off the line, but generally very heavy. It might be good for handing out speeding tickets on a freeway, but a pursuit on surface streets would probably not go as well.

It’s also a fairly tall EV. I bet if you slid into a curb or something, it’ll roll like Peppy Hare.

Assuming the thing worked as advertised and they get a VERY steep discount, it might be a good idea?

VanillaBean ,

Eh chases aren’t that common. Most of the time police won’t pursue because it puts the public in more danger. Especially populated areas.

FanciestPants ,

Wouldn’t criminals just wait to do crimes until it’s raining?

dejected_warp_core ,

I’ve always thought these looked like they belong in a science-fiction b-movie. With the blue paint and police lights on top, they really look like they’re from a RoboCop knock-off film.

FlyingSquid ,
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I keep saying it looks like a fiberglass shell over an El Camino in an 80s post-apocalyptic film.

Then I found out about the movie Battletruck.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/072e160c-c1cf-4dee-8def-47458adb8902.png

I almost think Elon is a fan…

dejected_warp_core ,

Exactly! Don’t forget about Megaweapon:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/5f5e0959-ebad-4e0a-808c-4f34878a9db3.jpeg

And Space Mutiny:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/00df4516-60d3-4eec-af1c-f18b0a2da76e.jpeg

And apparently I’m five years late to the party:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a759dde3-7c7d-4c04-a2d5-83915b3de6fa.png

FlyingSquid ,
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Megaweapon! Megaweapon! Megaweapon!

Grass ,

ngl I’d pour water on it.

Etterra ,

Just further proof of the idiocy of the average cop.

HotsauceHurricane ,

lol. We definitely need cop cars vulnerable to flipper zeros.

radivojevic ,

How do you get away from a cyber truck? Spray it with water

AnUnusualRelic ,
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Water balloons soon to be outlawed in California according to law enforcement source.

radivojevic ,

Aren’t they already outlawed?

AnUnusualRelic ,
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It’s possible. Especially if they cause cancer.

radivojevic ,

Everything causes cancer.

AnUnusualRelic ,
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Then it should be outlawed. Safety first!

radivojevic ,

Just like guns.

BestTestInTheWest ,

Dubai police already have a cybertruck in service.

Marduk73 ,
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Lol figures this shit is from california.

dogslayeggs ,

The kind of person who actually wants a Cybertruck is definitely the kind of person who would be interesting in being a dickhead cop.

Allonzee ,

Im all for this.

Easier to elude the police capital defense force when they drive an attention seeking shitbox.

MagicShel ,

Imagine the fingers that will be lost in the trunk and the heads that will be smacked into the steel roof until it just looks like the top of the doors are painted red.

SomeGuy69 ,
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When people lose random limbs, they can argue the person tried to resist the arrestment and got in between the moving parts. It totally wasn’t on purpose.

MagicShel ,

That is exactly my expectation. Put their hands on the trunk while they frisk them, “accidentally” hit the trunk close button, then either the person loses fingers or gets shot for resisting arrest when they move them out of the way.

Gradually_Adjusting ,
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I still think fondly on the time I saw a burning cop car during the BLM protests. That was a good day; Grateful for the promise of more to come.

ironhydroxide ,

Yeah, but then the cops tracked that person down by what SHIRT they were wearing.

Gradually_Adjusting ,
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Amazing how good they are at solving crimes when they really apply themselves. Wouldn’t it be wild if they did that for us?

ironhydroxide ,

We aren’t part of the owning class, police will never care about the working class in this system.

AncientFutureNow ,

dont advertise for elon, downvote

FlyingSquid ,
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Being aware of what police departments are up to is not an advertisement for Elon.

Also, no one here is going to buy the Homer Car Cybertruck.

homesweethomeMrL ,

I appreciate the sentiment of not promoting Elmo but yeah. Even if it wasn’t a dumpster fire, i doubt there’s a lot of potential buyers here.

Amanduh ,

If the truck didn’t have a bunch of issues I would totally buy one. I like how it looks.

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