Let's see your squad car

[sgtnewby]

Here's ours.
The light bar does a "Night Rider" thing zigzaging back and forth (I thought it was funny).

[Lawson]

http://forums.securityinfowatch.com/showthread.php?t=2474

http://forums.securityinfowatch.com/showthread.php?t=155

[N. A. Corbier]

Where's the vehicle tag? Does it only run on private property, or are city/county/state agencies exempt from license tags?

[sgtnewby]

Where's the vehicle tag? Does it only run on private property, or are city/county/state agencies exempt from license tags?

City, County, and State are exempt.

[Christopherstjo]

Where's the vehicle tag? Does it only run on private property, or are city/county/state agencies exempt from license tags?

I have never known government vehicles to be exempt from having license plates - typically they have the name of the government entity, i.e. city, county, state or federal and then a number that is also the vehicle number as well. If it is permissible for government cars to be exempt think of the tax revenue that could be saved in not making license plates every year or two for the (Lord knows how many) government vehicles existing.

[OccamsRazor]

[davis002]

I have never known government vehicles to be exempt from having license plates

now you do... Minnesota

[Minneapolis Security]

City, County, and State are exempt.

Government cars are exempt from paying tax, not from running license plates. Only the Authorized Emergency Vehicles listed in statute 168.012 are exempt from running plates, and they have to be "un mistakable".

sgtnewby, is your car in that list?

[Minneapolis Security]

Here is the applicable statute:

168.012 VEHICLES EXEMPT FROM TAX OR LICENSE FEES.
Subdivision 1. Vehicles exempt from tax, fees, or plate display. (a) The following vehicles
are exempt from the provisions of this chapter requiring payment of tax and registration fees,
except as provided in subdivision 1c:
(1) vehicles owned and used solely in the transaction of official business by the federal
government, the state, or any political subdivision;
(2) vehicles owned and used exclusively by educational institutions and used solely in the
transportation of pupils to and from those institutions;
(3) vehicles used solely in driver education programs at nonpublic high schools;
(4) vehicles owned by nonprofit charities and used exclusively to transport disabled persons
for charitable, religious, or educational purposes;
(5) ambulances owned by ambulance services licensed under section 144E.10, the general
appearance of which is unmistakable; and
(6) vehicles owned by a commercial driving school licensed under section 171.34, or an
employee of a commercial driving school licensed under section 171.34, and the vehicle is used
exclusively for driver education and training.
(b) Vehicles owned by the federal government, municipal fire apparatuses including
fire-suppression support vehicles, police patrols, and ambulances, the general appearance of
which is unmistakable, are not required to register or display number plates.
(c) Unmarked vehicles used in general police work, liquor investigations, or arson
investigations, and passenger automobiles, pickup trucks, and buses owned or operated by the
Department of Corrections, must be registered and must display appropriate license number
plates, furnished by the registrar at cost. Original and renewal applications for these license plates
authorized for use in general police work and for use by the Department of Corrections must be
accompanied by a certification signed by the appropriate chief of police if issued to a police
vehicle, the appropriate sheriff if issued to a sheriff's vehicle, the commissioner of corrections if
issued to a Department of Corrections vehicle, or the appropriate officer in charge if issued to
a vehicle of any other law enforcement agency. The certification must be on a form prescribed
by the commissioner and state that the vehicle will be used exclusively for a purpose authorized
by this section.

[flashlightcop509]

OK, that is just wrong on sooo many levels...

[EMTGuard]

http://forums.securityinfowatch.com/...ead.php?t=2474

http://forums.securityinfowatch.com/...read.php?t=155

You beat me to it.

[Christopherstjo]

now you do... Minnesota

No, I mean that I personally have never known government vehicles to be exempt from having to have license plates - it does not mean that it is not permitted just that I have never seen a government vehicle without some kind of license plate on the vehicle.

[Christopherstjo]

Now that is the best patrol vehicle I have ever seen - ROFL

[Curtis Baillie]

High visibility - but I want to see him sit down.

[Christopherstjo]

High visibility - but I want to see him sit down.

That would be way more information than I would want to see