BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — Greater than 4,000 miles from Broward County, a totally marked duplicate of a Broward Sheriff’s Workplace patrol cruiser was just lately noticed parked in Stevenage, a city north of London — leaving each locals and People overseas scratching their heads.
“I used to be actually confused,” stated Rodney Value, a North Carolina native who stumbled upon the cruiser throughout a visit for worldwide go-kart racing.
“I appeared on the automotive and it has the whole lot identical to you’d see in Broward County,” Value stated. “The laptop computer, the stickers on the sprint — the whole lot seems to be the identical to me.”
Even the decals recognized the car as being from the Pompano Seashore district.
Value, who acknowledged the markings from his travels, posted images on-line — the place web customers shortly chimed in with reactions.
One consumer wrote, “Someone took the improper exit on the Sawgrass.” One other joked, “Florida all the time doing essentially the most,” whereas a 3rd added, “Broward County out right here maintaining the entire world protected.”
The thriller automotive, which included police lights, logos, and even handcuffs, sparked questions on the way it bought there. Value had a principle: “Simply shocked me that it was over there and solely factor I may put collectively was perhaps it was for the police canine.”
BSO officers confirmed they had been conscious of the duplicate — however they’d no hand in its presence abroad.
“There’s a bunch of automotive lovers over within the UK and that is one thing they do,” stated BSO spokesperson Veda Coleman-Wright.
Nonetheless, the company famous that Florida legislation prohibits the resale of marked cruisers on this situation.
“Florida legislation says that every time a legislation enforcement company sells a car at public sale, all the striping, the portray, the decals, the police lights — all of that police tools needs to be eliminated previous to the promote,” Coleman-Wright stated.
Which means whoever owns the automotive within the UK seemingly rebuilt the cruiser’s look after buying a decommissioned car.
Value stated he waited to fulfill the proprietor however didn’t have any luck. Nonetheless, locals informed him the automotive’s driver is well-known — and never only for this duplicate.
“They stated that he was only a huge fan and had different issues too like bikes,” Value stated.
BSO added that a few of the logos and mottos used on the automotive date again to older administrations.
Regulation enforcement businesses have warned that whereas lovers could acquire and replicate for pastime functions, flashing lights or impersonating police may result in authorized penalties.
Cruiser replicas have additionally been reported in locations so far as Poland, with automobiles mimicking departments in California and Tampa.
As for this Broward-inspired construct? BSO isn’t planning to broaden its jurisdiction — a minimum of to not Hertfordshire.
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