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c1880 Chicago Horse-
Drawn Police Wagon

The windy city’s finest,
patiently waiting for the
invention of motorized
patrol cars.

AN IRONIC LOOK BACK AT THE WORLD’S
Police Cars

For every law that’s been made throughout
history, some dang fool, somewhere, has 1912 Ford Model T Paddy Wagon
broken it. Here are some of the novel ways Dedicated lawmen rounding up all the
law officers have taken to the road to citizens they caught having fun on Sunday.
track down the morally
challenged. 1924 Los Angeles
Holding Cell Sidecar
Perhaps the
c1962 German punishment for
Isetta State moving violations
Police Car was 30 days in a
Would love to moving jail.
have seen this little one-cylinder bubble car
try to catch a Porsche 911 on the Autobahn.

c1960 Scottish Pedal-Powered (!) Police Car A CLASSIC: 1963 Ford Galaxie

This motorless wonder probably struggled 500 Police Interceptor
to apprehend a fast-walking jaywalker. Hard to sneak up on speeders
and other hoodlums
when they learned
to spot a ‘cherry top’
light from a mile away.

BY TOM TORTORICI
Tom writes about the fascinating social history of motor vehicles.

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