Big Wheels Keep on Rollin'

Dorchester Co., SC

As we all know, this was the last year that they were producing the Ford Crown Victoria police interceptors. Many departments went out of their way and juggled budgets to order the Crown Vic final edition for their fleets.

It's difficult to convince some of us hard liners that there is actually a car out there that can beat the roominess, maneuverability, stability and sturdiness of the Crown Vic interceptors. To hear that V-8 kick in when you accelerate....well there's nothing like it if you enjoy the muscle. Those big metal cars have saved many a police officer's life.
I am reluctant to admit that the Dodge Chargers are a decent replacement and certainly a much better choice than the Chevy Wimpala. Those cars seriously suck. The Chargers are rather cramped, with no real leg room. Put a video and computer terminal in there, and your partner gets a few knee bruises.

When you get a pretty new white Crown Vic, it has to be dressed out for it's future as a po-leece car.
The Dorchester County Sheriff's office brought one of it's brand new cars over to a detail shop to have all it's badges and decals put on.
The detail shop is located in a very busy and well lit area of a small town. He took for granted that it would be safe sitting outside all night. (SNORT!)

The shop owner arrives at 7:30 a.m. to find a scene similar to this.....

Yep, bring your own cinder blocks and steal the rims and tires off a new po-po car.
Estimated loss, no doubt coming out of the pocket of the detail shop owner, is $1600.00.


The Dorchester County Sheriff's office has had some bad luck already. Some time ago, person or persons unknown cut a hole through the fence in to their evidence compound and stole tons of copper wiring that was recovered in another case.  No suspects were ever arrested in that case and I'm guessing that this one won't be all that easy to solve either.

Hot Pursuit

I-95 from New York to Miami, FL is always loaded with drug runners, car thieves and assorted other felonious riff-raff.  Law enforcement can't stop them all, but sometimes they get lucky, often putting themselves in severe danger.

About 7 p.m. last night, a Dorchester County Sheriff's Deputy attempts a traffic stop on I-95 southbound in Nowheresville, SC.

The vehicle in question, a black Acura, initially slows down upon being lit up by the cruiser, but must have decided hauling ass was better.  The chase was on.  Pursuit speed ran as high at 100 m.p.h. and the jack offs must have stupidly thought shooting at cops would aid in their getaway.  Well, we know that only serves to piss off the police even more.
The occupants open the sun roof of the Acura and start firing at pursuing police cars, actually striking a cruiser 2 times.  What generally happens during a police pursuit when the occupants are shooting at police, is that there will be a copious amount of pretty little blue lights on your ass until you go down.  That's just what happened.  Different jurisdictions will come out of the woodwork to assist in any way they can.  You just don't shoot at the po-po and expect to get away with it.

One Deputy "PITs" the Acura, forcing it to go off the road, rolling over.  Unbelievably, the occupants aren't so injured that they can't come out of an over-turned vehicle shooting and running.  They didn't get very far.  The stretch of road where they crashed is a bit desolate and heavily wooded.  K-9 officers made short order of locating our 2 perps.  Charges of Attempted Murder, Failing to Stop for Police and Possession of a Stolen Motor Vehicle should keep their worthless asses in jail for awhile.

The most amazing part --  not one single shot was fired by police.  One Deputy suffered minor injuries after the car wreck and we wish him a speedy recovery.  As for the scumbags.....well, do we care?

As of yet, no dashboard video or radio transmission has been released, but when and if it is, I'll certainly post it.