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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 01:50 PM
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POLIZEI! MINI Cooper Police Car from Munich





 
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 01:56 PM
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Wunderbar!
 
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 01:58 PM
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HAHA, sweet!!
 
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 02:01 PM
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Oooohhhhh Noooooo! The corruption of Mini!
 
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 02:07 PM
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Very sweet. I know there is a sheriff in Pittsburgh? PA who has a Cooper as his/her patrol car.
 
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 02:41 PM
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Polizei!?!?! Where are you?
 
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 02:48 PM
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Saw a pic of this once before, but didn't see any while in Munich. BUMMER!
 
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by gromit801
Oooohhhhh Noooooo! The corruption of Mini!










 
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 05:39 PM
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POLIZEI!

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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 07:44 PM
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That's awesome! I live in Pittsburgh, but I have never seen that police car. I wonder where it patrols! It's probably the only police car I would be happy to see!
 
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Old Jul 20, 2006 | 07:45 PM
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Awesome. i LOVE the Mini police cars!
 
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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Monk Edsel
That's awesome! I live in Pittsburgh, but I have never seen that police car. I wonder where it patrols! It's probably the only police car I would be happy to see!
You talking about the Sheriff one? It almost looks photoshopped on IMO, the decal on the side is crooked and doesn't show a break for the door, etc.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 05:33 AM
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No, it's apparently an actual sherrifs car -- though I've never seen it, either, but there was some degree of fuss regarding it being the only in-service MINI police car in the US.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 05:38 AM
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Very cool. Anyone have any additional photos of the Sheriff's Mini?
 
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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 06:46 AM
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Very cool. Anyone have any additional photos of the Sheriff's Mini?
They're somewhere here on NAM, along with links to several news paper articles about the car as well... This was back in early 2004 late 2003...

Some real digging should also locate the 2003 MINI for the SFPD (or was it CHP?) that was done I think for a SEMA show...
 
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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 07:16 AM
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I recall seeing something before (maybe on here) that the Sheriff's MINI is used for stuff like DRUG prevention show's and other promotional stuff like that. Could be wrong though.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 07:54 AM
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Interesting, the cars are MC's?

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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Liquid
You talking about the Sheriff one? It almost looks photoshopped on IMO, the decal on the side is crooked and doesn't show a break for the door, etc.
The decal on the side isn't crooked it's the angle that the camera was tilted at, and there are breaks for the door if you look closer.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 10:19 AM
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Where do they put the criminals when they arrest them??

In the boot?
 
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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by DarkMiniCooperS
Where do they put the criminals when they arrest them??
We drive MCSs they don't catch us

I know that the US dept. use the MINIs as more of a PR tool than actual Enforcement, there was a thread about the munich car speculating a 6-cyl. engine retrofit, that is use in enforcement, maybe they call for back up?
 
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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 02:35 PM
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Got pics of that same Polizei MINI From Straghlung Pur IV. It is fully loaded with JCWs on it. Checkout the article at Motoringfile.com at

http://motoringfile.com/2006/06/06/s...iv-in-germany/
 
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Old Jul 28, 2006 | 04:41 AM
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Originally Posted by qwertmonkey
Polizei!?!?! Where are you?
about 1 mile away from that polizei-mini
 
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Old Jul 28, 2006 | 01:43 PM
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Ha! I was just in Munich a little over a week ago, walking around alone with my camera when, to my surprise, I turned the corner and saw this same mini. I wonder if it was on the same day, because it looks like its parked in the same place.
 
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Old Jul 28, 2006 | 01:49 PM
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Man, they didn't spring for an "S"?! .... must be the city bean-counters. You'd think they'd want the extra punch when chasing all those outlaws
 
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Old Jul 28, 2006 | 01:53 PM
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Neat... now they can pull me over for public intoxication next time I stagger out of The Hofbrauhaus:

 
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