VIDEO: Top Gear Assembles Fleet of Police Cars

In one of their television flicks, Top Gear trio Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard -I love Rod Stewart's 1980s spiky hairpiece- Hammond create a fleet of police cars in their own unique way. The cars of their choice are a previous generation Lexus LS, a Suzuki Vitara 4x4 and a Fiat Coupe. Hit the jump and enjoy the two-part video.

GM Launches Police-Specification Insignia with up to 260HP

General Motors' UK Special Vehicles division has pulled the wraps off the all-new police specification version of the Vauxhall Insignia that is available with all three body styles - four-door sedan, five-door liftback and the Sports Tourer estate pictured above. Police fleets throughout Britain can opt among three versions of the car equipped with either 2.0-litre 220HP turbo or a 2.8-litre 260HP petrol engine and all-wheel drive, or a 160PS 2.0 CDTi diesel with front-wheel drive.

The Police-spec Insignia comes equipped from the production line with all of the usual patrol car knickknacks including Mobile Data Terminal (MDT) cameras, Automatic Numberplate Recognition (ANPR) system, roof lightbar with 360 blues, side alley lamps, sirens and full comms radio equipment.

In Florida Cops will Drag Race you for $25 - With Video

But it's not what you think. Since 2007, Florida police officers participate in a program called 'Beat the Heat' that was created to take racing out of the streets and into the track. Once a month, officers will race any 'civilian' driver over the age of 18 for 25$ which is the cost for participating in the drag race. The races take place at the County Line Drag Way in Miami and according to officials, since the program began in 2007 the has been a drastic reduction in illegal street racing in the area.

"We used to have races in the warehouse district almost every Friday, Saturday night. They've completely stopped," told Just News Officer Ron Bradley with the Davie Police.

Via: Just News

NYPD Introduces Nissan Altima Hybrid Police Cars

The boys in blue are going green in New York as the police department announced it will replace 40 of its squad cars with Nissan Altima Hybrids. They're the first gas-electric hybrids to be used as regular patrol cars by the largest police department in the U.S. The 40 hybrid vehicles -18 marked and 22 unmarked- will be used in patrol precincts and other units in all five boroughs of the city.

At $25,391 per vehicle, the Altima hybrids cost about $1,500 more than the conventional Impala. However, due to the fact that the hybrids return 35mpg for city driving compared to the Chevy's 16mpg, NY Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said that they will cover the difference in a short period of time.

"These new patrol cars will help fulfill the PlaNYC goal of reducing City government's carbon footprint," said Mayor Bloomberg. "Through savings in fuel, these Altimas can quickly cover their additional cost, from then they will save taxpayers money – another example of how going green is good for our environment and our pocketbooks."

New York City officials said that after a after a year of monitoring the Altima Hybrids performance the Department will determine whether or not to further expand them into the fleet.

Photo: NYC

Payback: Cop Busted on Camera without a Front License Plate by the Same Guy he Ticketed!

If the very people who enforce the laws are the same who break them, then something is definitely wrong ... In this video, a guy who received a ticket for not having a front license plate on his car found out that the same police officer that fined him was driving around a Ford Mustang without a front license plate! Dear officer, please practice what you preach... Video after the jump.