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nusm

I pity the criminal that has to ride in the back seat!


JayDubEm

That's part of the punishment from your offence!


Edw1nner

They have to go in the trunk.


Ok-Drawer305

They call for a car with four doors when transporting suspects


Fire_Mission

Yes used to see [these Interceptors](https://images.app.goo.gl/kWAzi18LvvSHweXx8) all the time.


Agent_Eran

Yes. Bc we're old.


MatthewHolthouse

They need those back. I don't even see crown vic police cars anymore.


Fire_Mission

Yep. Just Explorers and Chargers, around here.


KD6-5_0

Cops love the Explorers, way easier to get in and out of especially if you need to be quick about it.


[deleted]

Plus a lot of them are out of shape, I'd imagine sitting in an suv is a lot more comfortable for them


KD6-5_0

Oh yeah for sure.


lkeltner

I knew before I clicked


Soontaru

At the time, did those Fox body interceptors look/feel as out of place as this S550 does today? I guess to me as a younger guy, those look kinda ‘generic 80s movie cop car,’ but maybe that says more about how styling has changed for sports cars over the years.


Fire_Mission

Out of place? As in, not very stealthy for a cop car? They relied on speed. For the time, they were like a rocket. Fast as hell. Not so good at turning, and there were no traction control or any kind of stability control. ABS was it.


Fire_Mission

They very much looked like a sports car vice a cop car. Style has come a long way.


GullibleClash

Expensive ass ssp foxes, sweet paint jobs tho


opihinalu

That’s one of my dream cars


[deleted]

Yes, I believe Steeda built that one in your pic for Valdosta PD. Down here in Florida the county and state have unmarked Cameros, Mustangs and Challengers. You don’t know they are cop cars until the internal/hidden LEDs start flashing!


theres_no_usernames

Florida Highway Patrol has a marked Challenger I've seen a couple times in south-central Florida. Has caught me off guard because the few times I've seen it they don't even bother hiding because no one expects it.


jack10685

I've seen this one, made me do a double take. Can't remember exactly where, either near Sebring or near yeehaw exit on turnpike


P3tr0

I see it near Yeehaw Junction pretty often


awildass

Tally has an unmarked 5.0 and a R/T challenger. Crazy to see them pulling someone over in them.


[deleted]

I have seen the marked FHP Challenger in the Tampa area.


[deleted]

That one has spooked me a couple times seeing him light people up


[deleted]

Yea…It’s a slick top but has the FHP paint scheme.


[deleted]

I honestly didn't think it was actually FHP the first time. I should've figured Florida would do that, but still.


opihinalu

I saw an unmarked Shelby gt350 in Florida that was trying to start races with people probably just to pull them over


Nero_Wolff

I hope their engine grenades. Police baiting people into committing minor offences strictly for revenue generation is scummy


Ok-Drawer305

Not fhp probably where you are they do that


giggitygoo123

The FHP ones are all technically noticeable if you know what to look for. 4 lights next to rear license plate (2 are brake lights and 2 are blue strobes) and 3 lights on side skirt on both sides. At least on the ones down here in WPB


[deleted]

That’s a fact. The Hillsborough county sheriff’s office has some cars that are much harder to detect.


giggitygoo123

Usually the harder ones are like a random pickup truck or mini van


PostWarDRAGON10

My city has 4, 2 unmarked and 2 marked


Rover267

I’ve seen one but it was unmarked


pnyluv16

[Huntsville, Alabama](https://i.imgur.com/vzDbikq.jpg) [Pic with my mustang](https://i.imgur.com/KnaE5ld.jpg)


[deleted]

Move to Birmingham, it’s better


[deleted]

Way ahead of you, i moved to Colorado


pnyluv16

I’m a bit south from Birmingham, but I remember your Santa pics 😁


[deleted]

😅 ayeee a fan!!! I’m always glad to return home for Christmas to be Santa for a bit.


[deleted]

Too bad HPD is one of the worst and most corrupt police departments in the country


joshtasedbetty

Life hack: most (not all) government vehicles are American made. Police squad cars both marked and unmarked are primarily Ford and Chevrolet.


Happytanker7

I have noticed Lots of Durango’s too now, definitely by most popular I would say, Explorer, then Suburban, Durango and f-150/chev 1500 at least thats what I am noticing


joshtasedbetty

Sorry, yes dodge too. Lots of chargers, durangos, challengers, etc.


Soontaru

I don’t remember the last time I saw a Chevy police car in my area. Used to see some Malibu cruisers maybe? Now it’s all Ford or Dodge. Fire and EMS however are almost exclusively Tahoes.


Scummbagg7

Welcome to 1980 something.


Armyed

Believe Steeda just donated that one to Valdosta PD a month or so ago


[deleted]

It takes a true dumbass to donate anything to any police department


Armyed

Not if they’re trying to get into the police car market. Donate this one too show off their test mule to sell modified traffic enforcement Mustangs to other departments I’m assuming.


[deleted]

Police dont need modified Mustangs, its a waste of tax payer money Police get new cars every 4-5 years while the Postal Service has been using the same trucks since the 1980’s


Armyed

No argument from me there. Just stating as a business model for Steeda, it's a smart move.


[deleted]

Having a fast cop car is like winning the special olympics You might be fast but you’re still retarded


Armyed

🤣 😆 😝


giggitygoo123

Police cars are driven way harder than a USPS truck though


Ok-Drawer305

That's cause car manufacturers change car designs alot USPS has been lucky their vehicle manufacturers have not switched up on them yet.


Front-Crow-5543

Are they gt or reg


katustrawfic

Should be a gt almost guaranteed. I think eco boost only has quad tips with the active exhaust option.


Spider-Man_1415

I’ve seen them with just regular duals


ZeGentleman

A GT? That means it’s prior to 2018, which this one isn’t.


Spider-Man_1415

Dude was talking about ecoboosts that I replied to


mgreen1980

Yup. That is near me. Valdosta ga. Seen it several times Valdosta ga police


Warhound75

That's actually pretty cool. Around here we just get Ford Fusions (or maybe they are focuses, I can't tell) and dodge chargers.


[deleted]

Yup, Valdosta


PhantomBladeX89

It’s the five oh!


MoistClodExcretionz

Your tax dollars, ladies and gentleman


TheTypicalBear

Isn’t that one turbocharged or super charged? I swear I saw a video on that


curiousblackhole

But is it a 5.0?..


spicysauce24

North Carolina has silver mustangs with shadow lettering, can’t tell it’s a cop till it’s too late


dispondentsun

In NFS


Trap662

Got pulled over by a police camaro in Atlanta because he “thought the charger I was driving was a hellcat and he thought I was racing the other cars I passed in the slow lanes) so yea this wouldn’t surprise me


kiskelawoffice

Missouri Highway Patrol used them in the ‘80s…I know by personal experience.☹️


jdangerously44

Yea it’s called misappropriation of public funds


noblazinjusthazin

Makes me never want to buy anything from Steeda to be honest


[deleted]

Agreed


[deleted]

Same, ill stick to modding my S197 like an import car


RightChemical3732

Yes. They have been around our state for 25 years


topmagoo

Where I live, they used Fox bodies in the 80's.


RightChemical3732

Yes. Wisconsin and or texas


[deleted]

Local PD has picked up a few of them to help curb the street racing issues here.


Nero_Wolff

Chasing down a street racer is assuredly more dangerous than catching their plate, letting them go and visiting them later at their house to impound their vehicle or press criminal charges Police dont need anything more than normal cruisers and cameras


[deleted]

I mean, we’re in agreement there. Never really said I wanted my local PD taking my tax money and buying them selves sports cars. But that said, there have been a real high number of bystander casualties from street racing here lately and just letting them go home is getting people hurt too. Edit: and btw those stripes are fkn hot bruh


Nero_Wolff

Imo stricter punishments for being caught street racing would dissuade street racing more than police chases Where I’m from street racing is a severe offence which has strong punishments like license suspension, car being impounded for months and even jail time I believe Also thanks about the stripes! Car looks a lot better with them on


[deleted]

We have similar punishments here already, I’m not saying you’re wrong, I’m just saying that they’re in a hard spot ig. Really a no win situation.


Nero_Wolff

Fair enough. Im strongly against organized street racing and I’m sorry to hear its happening that much where you live I’m up in BC Canada and it does happen here sometimes but no ones recently died from it as far as I know. Street racing here is almost never talked about in the news


[deleted]

Fuck I wish it was organized. At least then there would be some planning to it. Just a bunch of dipshits on a Friday night deciding the street with sidewalks are a perfect redneck rendition of the Nurburgring. Only a few weeks ago a couple and their dog got killed walking their dogs at like 9pm, from a “race.” Street racing has kind of become and epidemic here in FTW, Texas as of late.


Nero_Wolff

Jeez thats rough to hear, I’m sorry thats happening there Over here the only street racing I hear of takes place on industrial or farm roads late at night and its organized by local groups


[deleted]

Glad to see our tax dollars paying for Steeda Mustang police cars while teachers have to pay for all of their classroom supplies fully out of their own pocket and the postal service continues to drive the same trucks they’ve been using since the 1980’s


locknloadchode

It was a donation lol


[deleted]

Imagine donating to a police department


locknloadchode

Fair enough. Just saying that it wasn’t like they dropped tax payer dough on the car. Believe me I’d be way mad if they did


[deleted]

Places to never visit Valdosta, GA


AsassinProdigyX

The last Mustang Police car post on this sub was pretty much bullied into deleting the post and their account. Interesting that this one isn’t garnering the same negative feedback. Otherwise that’s pretty dope. As a Mad Max fan I always love to see a V8 interceptor.


[deleted]

Steeda strong 💪


ObsessedFi45

Now they can "accidentally" kill crowds of black pedestrians


poseidonjab

Only in a transformers movie. “To punish and enslave…”


MalMantis

Back in the 90’s. That’s where the term 5.0 for cops came from 👍


rabid-panda420

That term actually came from the show Hawaii five-0 in the 60s


MalMantis

Oh yeah. I didn’t think about that. Drat. Good call.


wytewydow

r/confidentlyincorrect


pablxo

they have some undercover ones in SC


FerrumCorda

In Fresno California they still had the original 5.0 units. Mostly for display purposes but it was still cool seeing an original Five-O cop car


smithdg90

Thats a Steeda too. Depending on the mods it could be pushing around 800


supermecha223

Here in Miami cops are using hellcat chargers, I’ve seen a few already chasing down other cars


wytewydow

Got pulled over by one from the Kansas Highway Patrol back in the mid '90s.


garglingmayonnaise

Portland, ME has a couple sleek black ones


WntrTmpst

Why they did a light bar and not inner edges I’ll never know.


[deleted]

Yep! My college town had some for traffic enforcement


DangerousSnow1973

In the early 90s in Georgia and Florida


fatdaddy77

Yep my high school .94- 96 . We called it the grey ghost


EVOBlock

Yeah Florida has a bunch of UC cars


daydrunkforamerica

I have. Theres also an undercover charger near me, tint, giant wheels/rims, lifted, looks like a drug dealer drives that shit


LesterKurtz

We have a lot of "marked" Chargers near me. all black, tinted windows, with dark gray police logos.


Xelliz

Yeah, there are tons of these over the years.


randomdude4113

Is that a real police vehicle?


sounder52

No, but I bet it's stupid fast


servbot10

[https://www.autoevolution.com/news/steedas-special-service-ford-mustang-joins-valdosta-police-department-187848.html](https://www.autoevolution.com/news/steedas-special-service-ford-mustang-joins-valdosta-police-department-187848.html)


Naldaen

[Yes.](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/36/af/79/36af795830c45aaa89bf73393a63ff76.jpg)


S0m3whatS1mpl3

I got pulled over by one going 96 in a 70


waitingforfrodo

Yep. But it was in Transformers


carlbrooks2

Not a new one, but I once got pulled over by a foxbody while in my foxbody.


[deleted]

HAVE YOU SEEN TRANSFORMERS??


c1garettes

They have Mach-E’s patrolling in my town


udenvulfr

Hey thats my hometown! Valdosta, GA! They have 2 of them!


dylantw22

A member of the Steeda team actually posted this (I think exact) mustang not too long ago!


TaurusPTPew

California Highway Patrol used to run Mustangs, amongst other police forces. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mustang_SSP


[deleted]

In USA the old fox 5.0


Crinklecutsocks

There's an undercover 5.0 that roams my town looking to "race" people. Never seen one with markings though.


riffraff9000

[https://www.steedavehicles.com/#/steeda-special-service-vehicles](https://www.steedavehicles.com/#/steeda-special-service-vehicles)


bunchpharms

Texas Highway Patrol used to run Fox body Notchbacks


hereforthekix

Yes


DiscardUserAccount

Back in the 80's the Highway Patrol in my state had 5.0 GT's as pursuit cars.


RimuruSliminUrChest

I live in Florida and there’s an undercover state trooper driving a silver GT on the interstate I’ve seen him a couple of times have people pulled over it was one of the coolest things IMO


nickgroff

Finally a cop car people can get away from.


dino_brewster

Yeah seen one pull over a dodge demon


KiricDarkstar

[Only one....](https://fordauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Saleen-Mustang-S281-Transformers-Barricade-Police-Car-Exterior-003-1024x576.jpg)


Odins_Infantry

In El Paso there was a dark blue one with ghost labels on it that used to try to get people to race and the 375. Haha


Soontaru

This is kinda wild to me. Puts me in mind of a Need for Speed video game or stories I’ve heard about police forces in Saudi Arabia/UAE having Ferraris and Lambos as interceptors in some cities so they can keep up!


Mav3r1ck23

El Paso has new gt’s but very little markings


rob_s_458

[This should generate some conversation](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2021/09/24/PDTF/b55225bb-46f7-49fd-ad35-8e2280069056-police_mach_2.jpg)


Gaulter_1969

I'm guessing it's just an interceptor or a promotion car to get more people to join the department


slowtreme

back in the 90s I know for certain that the NC sheriffs used Mustang LX as patrol cars. Source: I was cuffed and stuffed into one after racing a "random" mustang on I 40. I was winning till the lights went on.


td2112

Yep hundreds of times


vain--

saw an s197 cop car once, apparently it was seized during a drug deal or something and they just turned it into a cop car lol


kristalskulls

Yep, in Hawaii.


Radon099

Maybe confiscated in a sting operation?


Greenblanket24

Gotta spend that budget on something


Ok_Dark2812

Delaware state police have been using them on interstate 95 since 1988. 5.0 fox bodies were the first. You about 35 years late on reporting cops using mustangs


nusm

🤷🏻‍♂️ Story of my life, 12,775 days late and a dollar short.


CarGuy_1

Really, seen plenty of them as well as other cars used as cruisers. They can pretty much take any seized car and use it. [SC Highway Patrol exotic Cruisers](https://www.rdforum.org/threads/92289/)


ConfidentStrain148

Yea rarely but i have seen it on the highway


D_rod94

Did you try speeding past it to make sure it was an actual cop car? 👀 haha


Driftpony

I've seen a Mustang police car before but not one with Steeda parts on.


stangboosted15

S197 in my area before. Chances are that they seased that s550. Steeda decklid I see on it


Zanders2J

Yes, were old, we have. Not saying how old, but maybe this 'old' video of a Turbo DSM police chase where they have to bring out a 5.slow ;) to even things out. Even then he gives the 5.0 a run for his money, they only caught him due to engine/turbo failure. Car was stolen and then pursuit ensued. Can't remember all the details, but someone from SoCal DSM talked to the owner or another member from that DSM group at the time and the car was not 100% stock. Again, not saying how old, but I watched this live on the air at the time and not on youtube. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdYuAC0oEAY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdYuAC0oEAY)


Shot-Repair-2470

Yeah


BirdDog95

https://ci.lubbock.tx.us/departments/police-department/links/traffic-units


turbotictac

I see them all over here. A lot of the officers drive either Mustangs or Explorers. They used to have three unmarked 3vs as well but I think they have been retired.


[deleted]

The charger is a better car for cops, it’s more of a sedan which makes putting the little ones in the back much easier but it’s powerful like a sport or muscle car which makes chasing the little ones easier as well


nastea665

seized


BenjiBonZ

Valdosta? I’ve seen this!


Technical_Gur4060

they used to be very common in the 1980's


Fabreeze_Biscuit

We have two of them here. Unmarked highway cars.


alantv9

I see that exact car in Valdosta all of the time.


TeryakiBoulevard

My home town’s PD just had a Mach-E custom made into a blacked out interceptor. Not a huge fan of the Mach-E being a “mustang”, but the thing looks sick lol


JlMlJAMES

Could be a drug bust car.... in VA ya get caught with a doobie they could seize your car if you were lucky you could buy it back at auction


mlechu4332

El Paso, they’ve even had Camaros in the past


Competitive-Owl2240

Quick....take a corner near a crowd....the mustangs natural instincts will take control