Just after picking up the keys to an Audi S7 Sportback, Australia’s New South Wales police department has added a BMW i8 to its fleet.
The hybrid sports car will be used by the Rose Bay Local Area Command and, just like the A7, it won’t act as a pursuit car. Instead, it will be used throughout the community to break down barriers between locals and the police force.
While it won’t be chasing after criminals, it certainly looks the part thanks to the police livery that includes a blue and white chequered pattern, bright yellow highlights, police decals and the force’s emblem on the roof.
The vehicle was handed over to the police department by BMW‘s main Sydney dealership.
According to Superintendent Brad Hodde, “My crime management unit will use the car to go along to open days and events. It provides a tool to break down barriers between police and the community. It enables the community to come up and start talking about the car. That conversation then leads to them opening up and they find out that we’re not such bad people after all.”
PHOTO GALLERY
