LRGJr72 said:
I've never understood why the DCPD calls itself "Metropolitan Police." Their only jurisdiction is within the district. So when did use of the word "metro" become part of the department's name and WHY?
Early on, Georgetown was a separate municipality within the District of Columbia, and Washington was a separate city, presumably with its own police department that eventually expanded to include Georgetown.
As for the cruise lights, they looked to me like two forward-facing and two rear-facing low-intensity blue lights. I was pretty surprised that my camera only showed one light on at a time; it hasn't done that with the Legend cruise lights.
IMO low-intensity steady blue is the best cruise light setup for police - low intensity and steady burning to make it clear that it's not used as a warning light, only identification; it doesn't include a steady red to confuse people from California or to conflict with its stock marker lights, ditto the last for amber, green would be confusing, and white wouldn't have any immediately-apparent meaning.
This was a pretty interesting find for me - quite unlike most urban police cars, this car was
immaculate. The tires in particular show how clean it is. I don't know if it was just a brand-spanking-new cruiser or if it was specially set up for Memorial Day - it wasn't a parade piece, unlike the similarly-immaculate police commissioner's car, which makes me think the latter is unlikely.
Maybe it was just harder to see because the bar was turned on, but it looked to me like FedSig did an amazing job at hiding the bar's awkward shape - from any angle where the bar's meant to be viewed, it just looks like any other low-profile LED lightbar, just with a wider profile when viewed from the side. The most easily-visible awkward thing was the tall, clunky-looking mounting feet, and having the bar turned on hid that pretty well.