Question about a strange vehicle
I saw a vehicle yesterday that made me curious. It looked like a regular, rather large dark blue SUV, but what made me notice it was that I’d heard a siren and looked around, and this vehicle suddenly turned on red and blue flashers not on the roof but kind of hidden behind the front grille. This was on Liège, not a major street, although not far from Crémazie. It zipped past the other traffic and was gone before I saw anything else.
Do our cops have stealth vehicles of this kind? I realize I assumed it was illegal for non-cop vehicles to have sirens and red-blue flashers, but I don’t know the letter of the law.
Matt H 12:55 on 2012/07/25 Permalink
Not sure about SUV’s, but they do have stealth police cars:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2OGCKoTykxw/SmdRum-PVAI/AAAAAAAAA7w/eFzRFssELmo/s1600-h/STEALTH+POLICE+CAR.jpg
Philippe 12:56 on 2012/07/25 Permalink
Maybe this?
Philippe 12:57 on 2012/07/25 Permalink
Um… weird, that link does not go where I expected. Try this instead…
Kate 13:00 on 2012/07/25 Permalink
Matt H, I know about those and have seen them, but Philippe’s second link is closer to what I saw. I wonder what makes the Mounties turn on the sirens in the city.
Dhomas 13:03 on 2012/07/25 Permalink
Weird, Philippe’s second link sends me to a flickr page of “London UK Emperors Gate Victorian interior”.
Anyway, the OPP also has something like what you described:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gopherit2/3958300776/.
mare 13:20 on 2012/07/25 Permalink
They’re used to escort visiting political VIPs. Not too many of those around in Montreal though.
Doobious 14:25 on 2012/07/25 Permalink
I took an insomniatic stroll around Cedar, Pine and Dr. Penfield the other night. It was shocked to discover that almost all of the diplomatic buildings are closed and/or for sale. How times have changed.
Philippe 20:00 on 2012/07/25 Permalink
There are a few more police services active in Montreal besides the SQ, SPVM and RCMP. One can frequently see CN police around Victoria bridge, and I’d imagine at other CN sites on and off island. I also once saw military police writing tickets for traffic violations (!) near the Longue-Pointe garrison.
Kate 22:04 on 2012/07/25 Permalink
And one hears about CP police giving out tickets when people cross the tracks at Van Horne. But the vehicle I saw was not near any train tracks when it turned on its siren.
Dhomas 13:46 on 2012/07/26 Permalink
I once got a ticket from a CP Police officer. Something like 400$ for crossing through the yards. He also tried to tell me to go back the way I came, but I refused and went on my way. I mean, what was he going to do? Give me ANOTHER ticket for the same reason?
Ephraim 16:16 on 2012/07/26 Permalink
I think anyone can put on lights, if I remember correctly. What is forbidden is that exact colours that the police use. And of course going through lights, stop signs, etc.
Also, if you see a policeman turn on their lights to go through a light or stop sign and then turn them off, that you should press at the Commission, that’s not allowed. If it’s an emergency, they can use them, but just because they don’t want to wait like the rest of the citizens… verbotten.