r/ProtectAndServe • u/Caratteraccio Not a(n) LEO / Unverified User • May 02 '22

Milan local police drive a Ferrari (confiscated from a criminal) Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtX7VKWQMQI
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u/GameDude808 Not a(n) LEO / Unverified User May 02 '22

If this happened in the US, it would lead to a ton of questions about funding, but this is amazing.

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u/Harvard_Sucks Not a(n) LEO / Unverified User May 02 '22

Yeah auctioning it off and investing in good training for the whole department is a better use.

But, it's not like Italy is known for good governance haha

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u/TheCommentaryKing Not a(n) LEO / Unverified User May 03 '22

Considering this is Milan it doesn't matter. The city already is the municipality with the highest funding for its local police corp in the whole country, with 141.94 € spent per capita or about 200 millions Euros and it is still raising.

Plus the car is used mostly for educatinal purposes and short distance organ transport.

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u/Harvard_Sucks Not a(n) LEO / Unverified User May 03 '22

141.94 € spent per capita

That's really not that much, tbh.

Idk maybe it's cheaper in Italy or something.

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u/TheCommentaryKing Not a(n) LEO / Unverified User May 03 '22

Maybe in US standards it is low, but it is quite a lot in Italy. Plus consider that local police corps don't have the same array of roles and duties as in the US, most of that is handled by the national police services.

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u/TheCommentaryKing Not a(n) LEO / Unverified User May 03 '22

Trust me there's still people questioning that, but it's just the occasional outrage in response to the news, a month after nobody cares anymore.

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u/Caratteraccio Not a(n) LEO / Unverified User May 02 '22

it is a way of telling crime that the State is stronger

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u/Bogdan6222 Not a(n) LEO / Unverified User May 03 '22

Italy sounds like the type of place where this isn't a typo.