Now this is just an idea, There is a 99.9% chance this will never happen (for obvious reasons) but I thought it would be neat if civilians could get a permit which allows them to buy a former/out of service cop car. This is a thing that happens in real life. All the decals, lights, computer, and radio and such are removed from the car, while still keeping the cop engine, shocks, and brakes. (Sometimes the spotlights are kept on too) The cars are then auctioned off to civilians. There should be some requirements as a permit, a clean record, possibly no guns owned. It would look something like this:
No. Hell no. The last thing we need is for the already abundant police impersonators and âsecurityâ to now have a patrol car to try and pull people over in.
Hell no. This idea is completely useless and unnecessary. This will just promote police impersonations and it wouldnât benefit anything else. I hate to say this, this is one of the worse ideas I ever heard following after the idea of making V2 playable on mobile.
Wtf. If you know that it wonât happen, donât even try suggesting it. Think of what could happen if people got them, they could say that theyâre DHS agents that are driving unmarked cars or off duty agents.
About the impersonation issue, it would be easy to identify if its an actual unmarked vehicle or not based off of the plate. An actual unit (marked/unmarked) would have the unit callsign whereas a civilian vehicle would have three letters followed by numbers as the license plate. And also, people can call 911 if they have any doubt regarding the vehicle that is stopping them. It wonât really be an issue. As a retired vehicle would have its markings, lights, sirens, and other equipment stripped, then it would just look like an everyday car that people drive so successful impersonation would be almost impossible as it would not have the obvious features that a normal patrol car has.
But they will not be able to add in a spotlight, push bumper, or emergency lights, especially. If you have have seen an unmarked vehicle in v2 before, then you can tell that there are key differences that cannot be copied with the regular vehicles that are present right now; such as rows of lights in the front and back windshields.
Bottom line is that we as law enforcement know what to look for in unmarked cars, but some members of the public do not. I was at a stop light once and a guy made an unsafe lane change literally right in front of me, not realizing I was FSP. (I was in an unmarked Tahoe)
best suggestion EVER in the history of firestone forums !!! ~ pls add 