In the 1950s, the New York Tunnel Police used small, specialized electric vehicles to patrol the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels. These are called "catwalk cars."
These were used until 2011. Some NYPD were too large to fit in the cars and now they just use cameras.
These were used until 2011. Some NYPD were too large to fit in the cars and now they just use cameras.
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Question: is there any other place in the world, especially outside America, where the cops get their own traffic lane? (I know buses and taxis do, but cops?)
that catwalk tunnel car looks like the kind of thing that would appear in a Richard Scarry cartoon, probably driven by a bat or a cave ant.