According to the British "Guardian" reported on the 25th, a few days ago, the Czech police spent more than 300,000 Czech Koruna (about 84,000 yuan) to convert a high-power Ferrari seized from criminals into a patrol car. According to the Czech police, the car can reach a speed of up to 326 km / h, will be used by a special surveillance department and will only be driven by trained police.
For this operation of the police, many Czech netizens do not approve. They argue that the way the police took the Seizure Ferrari for themselves was "terrible" and even "stealing someone else's car." Some also argue that this shows the Czech police's "disrespect for the budget and the waste of public funds."
The Guardian: Czech police converted captured Ferraris into patrol cars
According to the Guardian, the new patrol car of the Czech police is the 2011 Ferrari 458 Italia, the body color is classic red, the Czech police repainted it during the modification, and added yellow and blue reflective stripes to it, and also installed a set of police lights on the roof.
Ferrari patrol car of the Czech police
Although similar models can be sold for more than 150,000 pounds (about 1.222 million yuan), czech police stressed that the supercar is not a luxury.
According to a statement released on the 22nd, the Czech police said that the car was an asset of the criminal seized by the police, and the cost was only a modification fee. In order to meet the demand, the Czech police spent a total of more than 300,000 CZK (about 84,000 yuan) to modify the car.
According to Czech police, the car will be used to hunt down stolen vehicles and fight illegal road races. Patrol cars will be used by a special surveillance department and will be driven only by trained police officers. According to the Czech police, the car has a top speed of 326 km / h.
Jiří Zlý, head of the Czech traffic police department, also added in the statement that "this vehicle will be in service nationwide and we want to deploy it on Czech roads to fight the most aggressive criminals." We can also use its potential to trace stolen vehicles destined for neighbouring countries through the territory of the mainland. The range of tasks that the car will perform is very wide. ”
In addition, according to the Czech police, this Ferrari is not the most valuable or rare car they seized. In the past year, the Czech police seized 900 cars, the vast majority of which were resold, with the proceeds being used to compensate for the losses caused by the perpetrators.
At the same time, the Czech police also retained some of the impounded vehicles for official use. As of now, they have hundreds of such police vehicles derived from criminals. "But none of that is as luxurious as Ferrari."
The statement added that "the Czech police have clearly done a good job in seizing property derived from criminal activities." According to the Czech police, in the past year, they have acquired assets worth nearly 7 billion CZK (about 1.96 billion yuan) in this way.
It is worth mentioning that the Czech police also announced the conversion of Ferrari into a patrol car through the Twitter account on the 25th, but most Czech netizens are not excited, on the contrary, many people are critical of it.
On the one hand, many Czech netizens pointed out that the way the police took ferrari for their own use was "very bad", and some even said that the Czech police were actually "stealing other people's cars".
A Czech netizen replied to the Czech police: "It's really bad. If the police need a Ferrari, they should buy it instead of waiting for it to be impounded by them somewhere. If the police don't need it, they should resell it directly. Yes, it's that simple. ”
Another Czech netizen directly criticized that, in other words, the police "stole someone else's car" and let it rot somewhere for a decade, and then launched a "disgusting police plan" to requisition the car, and now the police are still bragging about it, "everyone thinks it's completely fine". The man couldn't help but sarcastically say, "This is really sweet..."
On the other hand, many Czech netizens also questioned how the police would deal with the follow-up maintenance of the Ferrari patrol car.
"Will the police repair it with confiscated parts?" Or do you have any plans to keep that car running? Or do you pay for the cost of a Ferrari-authorised service? ”
"What special tasks will this car perform?" Isn't a new BMW enough? Does our country have money to maintain Ferrari? ”
A Czech netizen also bluntly said: "What I see here is not only a new toy from the police, but also the police's disrespect for the budget and the waste of public funds." ”
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