Although Irvine police said they won’t use the Cybertruck as a patrol car, the police department didn’t rule out other uses should the need arise.
A police department in Southern California says it has the country’s first Tesla Cybertruck for police use, but the unusual vehicle won’t see much action.
The Irvine Police Department unveiled the purchase Tuesday in a splashy video on social media, including Facebook and X. The price tag: $153,175.03, including the installation of emergency equipment.
The police department said its Cybertruck would have a limited role: jazzing up anti-drug events at schools through the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program.
I like how they’re trying to encourage people to say no to drugs with an expensive vehicle from a company headed by a notorious drug abuser.
Say no to drugs or you will approve of shit like this “car”
The only way that makes any sense.
What better anti-drug messaging than a vehicle designed by a ketamine fuelled manchild.
Maybe just… Defunding the police just a liiiiitle bit wouldn’t be so bad…
Im joking btw dont hurt me or argue at me ;-;
Because this viewpoint exists I died to crime.
Thanks a lot
Wait but thats illegal
You know you’re on Lemmy, right?
Hahah, people don’t see it right away. Here you’ll get trashed for not saying it with your chest. Honestly, I’m happier than a pig in a donut shop
We can recognize that lowering their funding won’t get rid of their unnecessary expenses
They do need to defund them if they are paying for this shit.
Police also shouldn’t be out for 5150s but here we are. At least suicide by cop is easy
Huh. I came specifically to say “Defund. Them.”
I remember in the late 90s the cops in my large city caught flack for buying SUVs in a city with no offroading and zero hills. They gave the same reason. Now all the squad cars are SUVs.
Are car manufacturers actually making cars anymore? Seems they all shifted to SUVs.
Removed by mod
Or just early childhood general education and intervention. You could hire 2-3 teachers with that.
Nothing would drive me to drugs faster.
Unless you need to go through sand to get to the drugs, or it’s raining.
Or your deal is in a carwash…or you have to off road. Ors it’s too cold…
Oh good, now you can get away with crime if it’s raining
Shoulda used that money for a one-off Anti School Drug Event.
Could’ve used the money for supplies and lunches for the kids.
I’m more surprised that D.A.R.E. still exists.
Even when I was a kid in the 90s, it was largely known then it was a massive failure.
By highschool, most of the kids doing drugs renamed it Drugs Are Really Expensive. Probably didn’t help that the police officer assigned to the high school was known amongst the students to be selling drugs to the students.
Screw Elon. Stop spending tax money to support his endeavors.
Other uses like what…?
Just say no!
Ha ha!
They just make themselves look like such dweebs with that.
Did it work though? Would be fine for an investment if it actually worked…
DARE is still happening places?
That shit causes insane levels of damage…
We had it in elementary schools and they said everything would kill you and was equally bad. So when a few kids started smoking weed in middle school. We expected their lives to be over. A few years later they were fine so everyone started smoking, then kids quickly moved onto coke, opioids and pretty much everything else.
Because they lied about some stuff, most kids assumed they lied about everything.
The cybertruck is obviously fucked, but it’s insane anywhere in the country is still grasping to a program we know hasn’t worked for decades
Our division does DARE with 4th graders still. Officers come in and spew that shit for a few weeks and kids get a bunch of swag and cupcakes for signing a pledge. I’m not a fan of any of it, but it’s above my pay grade.
It’s crazy how expensive it is too. At my HS, as an ASB rep got contacted by DARE reps once and they where oh its only $15k per classroom. It all made sense when I started to learn its always been a money grubbing grift. It never had a good reason to exist other then excuse to charge alot for busybwork.
To make things worse, we’ve known they were ineffective for over 20 years
Not just money.
Kids love cops, so cops love going to schools and having everyone treat them like super heroes
Until there’s a school shooter that is, then suddenly they’re stuck in the phonebooth trying to take their glasses off.
Copaganda
This is sadly the typical progression. People come to the conclusion that drugs aren’t really that big of a deal but then do too much of them. It’s sort of like people turning 21 and getting hammered. Better to help people do things safely and provide alternatives or treatment than to proclaim abstinence.