The internet is a crazy place but sometimes it passes on information that would just blow up your mind. The upcoming piece of news will probably do the same. The name Rolls Royce can be the literal translation of “opulence on wheels”. Cars manufactured by the British marque are owned by a handful of affluent individuals only across the globe.
Now imagine such a vehicle being used as a patrolling car by police officials. Yes you read that correctly– a Rolls Royce being used as a patrolling car. This has been made possible by the Miami Beach Police Department (MBPD) which has acquired a Rolls Royce Ghost as part of its new recruitment campaign.
Leased out Rolls Royce cop car
The Rolls Royce cop car has been leased out to MBPD by Braman Motors, a luxury car dealership, in an effort to attract potential young law enforcement recruits. The customised Rolls Royce is reportedly worth $250,000 (approx Rs 2.08 crore) and comes with police lights and sirens. The internet was left divided as soon as MBPD made an official announcement of its recruitment campaign featuring the Rolls Royce patrol car on its social media handles.
It became a topic of discussion as people on social media slammed Miami police for misusing taxpayers money for a fancy recruitment campaign. In response to this, the Miami Police Chief said, “Recruiting police officers in the country today is a difficult thing to do. Using this car to help us to do recruitment is gonna be great.”
Further, in a separate X (formerly Twitter) post MBPD clarified that “this vehicle is part of Braman Motors’ fleet, and they sponsored all costs associated with this project in accordance with the CMB Policy.”
According to a report by Miami Herald, the vehicle is being lent by the dealership and will eventually be returned. Gas and maintenance will be handled by Braman and the police force will only be held liable in the event that the vehicle sustains damage while in its custody.
