The Irvine Police Department reportedly paid $150,000 to buy a Tesla Cybertruck Foundation Series and have it modified into a police car. The PD faced instant backlash. Taxpayers are hating it and call it a "no brainer."
The Police Department in Irvine, California, has just purchased a Tesla Cybertruck Foundation Series. The model is expected to join the fleet of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) unit.
In a conversation with Forbes, Sergeant Karie Davies explained that the Irvine PD used the city's fleed funds account to pay for the electric vehicle. The law enforcement unit paid $119,000 for the Cybertruck and $31,000 for the UP.FIT police-specific modifications, such as special lighting, radio communication system, and graphics, plus other mods carried out by Unplugged Performance.
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