Police would save money on painting cars right?
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First of all you want to deescalate things, a police car calms everyone down and makes clear that consequences are coming. You make clear you are a real agent, no excuses, you have to surrender to it. Most professional criminals are not idiots, and prefer hands up than get longer sentences for fighting back. And the marked car makes clear that time has come.
Then they aren’t even aways MANNED!
A police car parked empty is a big big deterrent, and a big distraction. You can use it both to “show the flag” and appear more present, or use it to look “stupidly obvious” while the agents are actually walking around without uniform. Sometimes you just need the marked cars to show a marked car.
It serves a purpose. When it doesn’t, they use unmarked cars.
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