NYPD has its own highway patrol? Isn't that usually left up to the state?

Who makes running shotguns now? Remington?

The one thing the article doesn't mention is how the brazen car
thief made entry into the police vehicle to take it in the first
place. Was the door left unlocked? Did he break a window? Did he
have a master key? I guess we'll never know.

Most police officers leave their cars running when they're not in
it and don't plan on being away from their vehicle for too very
long. First of all, most police vehicles these days are running so
many electronic devices inside the passenger compartment,
including computers with monitors, that the vehicle battery dies
rather quickly if turned off. Even the super-duper heavy duty
batteries are hard pressed to not get drained quickly from all
the electronics. Then there's the need to keep the car interior
cool during the warm and hot months so the electronics don't fry,
and warm in the winter months (especially on the east coast) so
the battery doesn't fail from freezing temps. It also hastens
response when they get a priority call when every second counts.
Fumbling with the key to get it into the ignition then hoping the
car starts quite possibly could be a matter of life and death if
extraordinary circumstances should arise, which they often do in
that line of work.

Oh.. ..reading these posts I see the car was stolen. I was going to guess that a large orangutan got in and took a large poop on the drive side seat.

Left turn Clyde...

I'm going to have to say that there is nothing wrong with police officers leaving vehicles running and unattended. An overwhelming majority of the population is smart enough not to steal one, anyone dumb enough to actually do so is pretty much guaranteed to spend some time in general population instead of with the general population.

This is a good thing.

his uncle approves

dramboxf: Yes the NYPD has its own highway UNIT. They patrol the highways and parkways (in NY, a parkway is a highway that only passenger vehicles are allowed on; no trucks or motorcycles) that are in the five boroughs of NYC. It's considered one of the 'elite' units of the NYPD.

Hmm... Thanks. I was wondering the same thing as whoever asked that question as it is a foreign concept to me. Where I'm from highways range from anything from a two lane major artery to a 10 lane expressway (correction 14 lanes-- just looked up the Dan Ryan). The state police tend to patrol the expressways and the local police the highways.

Chicago also has some weird laws about passenger vehicles only on Lake Shore Drive. My friend got a ticket for driving his non-commercial pickup truck on it.

"Yippee-ki-yay mother farker!"

When PA cops approached the suspect, he had handcuffs dangling from his waistband and was carrying a blue clipboard, police paperwork, a police identification kit that scans drivers' licenses and a wad of $100 bills, sources said.

That a standard part of cop gear now days?

MentalMoment: When PA cops approached the suspect, he had handcuffs dangling from his waistband and was carrying a blue clipboard, police paperwork, a police identification kit that scans drivers' licenses and a wad of $100 bills, sources said.

That a standard part of cop gear now days?

Well, the badge doesn't get you as many free hooker bj's like it used to...

Was the wad of cash they found on the suspect from the patrol car? This guy is going to mad props in jail. I'm sure his grandkids will be impressed, too.

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: ... he gets decaf coffee instead of regular coffee?

And some bastard slips him one of those convex prank-spoons.

When do police NOT leave their cars running? I wish I could do that.

FTA:
The car thief[...]headed over the Whitestone Bridge

How much resistance did he put up?



/he had such potential

MBooda: How much resistance did he put up?

LOL WATT?

FTFA: A loaded shotgun in the vehicle was not taken and remained locked in the car's rack.


that was the last sentence of the article, yet the first sentence of the article and subby's headline mention the gun.

In Canada, we solve that problem by having the cops use Tim Hortons Drive-Thrus

To-date, they haven't lost a single horse.

MBooda: FTA:
The car thief[...]headed over the Whitestone Bridge

How much resistance did he put up?



/he had such potential

Depends on the current situation at Vch

2bits: MBooda: FTA:
The car thief[...]headed over the Whitestone Bridge

How much resistance did he put up?



/he had such potential

Depends on the current situation at Vch

ohm...ohm...ohm...

Haha this was close to my neighborhood. Hope i don't get shot by a shotgun any time soon.

(It's actually a nice neighborhood, lots of italians)

Well, nothing, if he locked the door.

[checks article]

Guess he forgot that part.

Kyle Reese approves.

"k_46r_a 2010-01-30 03:51:00 PM
I'll put on my grammar-police hat for a second for you subby. First, the entire NYPD didn't leave its car running. They probably don't all share one car. Second, the pronoun, "his" refers to the entire NYPD? Third, you have a misplaced modifier implying the vehicle and the shotgun were both left running..."

I bet subby also has a dangling participle....

Ponzholio: electrical thread...

Gyrfalcon: Well, nothing, if he locked the door.

[checks article]

Guess he forgot that part.



You KNOW Tesla would have put one of these on his car, as you can see it allows you to enjoy a cup of coffee without worry of people stealing your shiat.

It's funny because I live like half a mile from that diner!

Nico is not impressed

jimi32: 2bits: MBooda: FTA:
The car thief[...]headed over the Whitestone Bridge

How much resistance did he put up?



/he had such potential

Depends on the current situation at Vch

ohm...ohm...ohm...

personally i prefer mho mho mho

ummm....

At mid-morning, a swarm of NYPD officers was inspecting the vehicle, which was still idling at the airport. A loaded shotgun in the vehicle was not taken and remained locked in the car's rack.

I recall an incident in Vegas many years back where a cop left his car unlocked and somebody swiped his shotgun. I guess that was left unlocked, too. Talk about an 'oops!' moment. How do you go back and tell your police chief that you lost your 12 gauge and you have no idea where it is?

and a wad of $100 bills

Looks like he almost lost his morning's bribe money.

Might be another one for the unemployment line.

Epsilon: I recall an incident in Vegas many years back where a cop left his car unlocked and somebody swiped his shotgun. I guess that was left unlocked, too. Talk about an 'oops!' moment. How do you go back and tell your police chief that you lost your 12 gauge and you have no idea where it is?

You don't.

You quietly leave your badge and gun by your locker, pack up your belongings, and move to Pahrump, there to become a Basque sheep rancher, and live your life in a trailer in the mountains and never return to civilization again.

Oh, come on. Ya just gotta. You see an opportunity like that, and I mean, really, c'mon. Hell, just tear off out of the lot, go about a block, get out and run like the wind.

The cop was suspened. Thats not mentioned in the article.

Super Soaker 50: NYPD has its own highway patrol? Isn't that usually left up to the state?

Pretty much. We told the staties to GTFO.

FTFA --
When PA cops approached the suspect, he had handcuffs ... and a wad of $100 bills, sources said.


All of which he found in the police car ???

Meatzilla: It also hastens response when they get a priority call when every second counts.
Fumbling with the key to get it into the ignition then hoping the
car starts quite possibly could be a matter of life and death if
extraordinary circumstances should arise, which they often do in
that line of work.

hahahahaha. I don't know what planet you live on, but on Earth the cops are there to take a report. That is, when they aren't too busy hassling people and writing tickets. ESPECIALLY the highway patrol.

Super Soaker 50: NYPD has its own highway patrol? Isn't that usually left up to the state?

Yes. The State doesn't have the resources to do it. Most major cities have some sort of Highway Patrol Unit of their own.

ZAZ: They should equip all police cars with remote kill, the same way police want to equip all civilian cars with remote kill.

Then give me the password.

This is an agency that is still using portables from 80's, and most of the RMP's don't even carry computers, much less working ones.