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This official Irvine Police Department Cybertruck follows in a long lineage of custom IPD vehicles, including Kia Souls, PT Cruisers and even monster trucks.If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less.Teslas may be a common sight in Irvine, but the police department there just put a new twist on that trend: a Cybertruck police cruiser.
But city officials say that comparing this car to police cruisers isn’t apt, as this car was never meant to substitute for patrol cars. The car will specifically be used as part of IPD’s D.A.R.E. program, which Oldoerp described as “completely reimagined” from the anti-drug, anti-tobacco and anti-alcohol abuse messaging that many people remember from their childhood.
The department has also turned miniature monster trucks into police vehicles, and officers often go out on horseback for the same purpose.
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