Salt Lake City police officers ditching take-home cars
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Published 2024-07-26
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All Comments (21)
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Personally I would never take home a police car. Only advertising you are a cop
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My father was a sheriff in a much worse area than any in Utah. Driving a cop car home was a NO NO... Due to retaliation, guess it's just different here. If I was a cop at this time, I wouldn't dare!
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Why should the officer have to buy insurance for a city vehicle
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I would never want to take my patrol car home. I would keep my issued vehicle at the PD and just drive my own car to work, change then go on duty.
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Holding officers liable for car accidents off duty .
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I find cops hiding from public view while on duty all the time. How does hiding from view benefit the public? If the cruiser cannot be seen it does not provide the peace of mind nor deterrent that the graphics on the vehicle are meant to provide. It does nothing for public safety.
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Vehicle owners are responsible for insurance not the driver.
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oh my, they have to drive back & forth like the rest & do and pay for - no free gas, car repair, etc for us. and they can get to work faster? what a bunch of bs
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If they are on call then they should be covered
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No where here in Canada will you ever see an officer with a take home cruiser. Ive had two neighbours thst were officers and at most you might see their cruiser parked infront of their house not even in the driveway for lunch break.
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No thanks, keep your patrol car. And BTW, not paying an officer while s/he finds a pool car is a violation of state labor codes. S/he is working when they are going through the station's fleet in order to find a pool. car, period .
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As former LEO , this is completely absurd and pathetic…..
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Had a job once where I was issued a company vehicle. The perception of the benefit of such an arrangement when you have a lengthy commute is enormous.
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1:52 does somebody else see the red flag besides what he highlighted in this section if not I'll point to that now an officer was rear-ended on the way to work so off duty and then his boss told him to act like an officer of his own incident
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Free car, free gas. free tires, free maintenance. So 70k in annual vehicle benefit versus $1,200 in additional rider? Uber and Lyft drivers have to get this gap insurance so what's the big deal?
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Hard working Americans dont get free cars and gas to go back and forth to work.
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Why is it that the taxpayers should cover the costs associated with an off-duty accident where the officer is liable? It is more than enough that officers have qualified immunity and are not financially liable for their own breaches of law while on duty.
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Gee, personal responsibility sucks when you're the person
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Why should the car only be in service for one 8 hour shift? Hand it off to the guy working the next shift, and keep it in service for all 24 hours. The same work will be done, and the size of the motorpool needed will be significantly less.
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make your home a target.. smart
