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| A cop car from the future. |
A police car is the description for a vehicle used
by police, to assist with their duties in patrolling
and responding to incidents. Typical uses of a police
car include transportation for officers to reach
the scene of an incident quickly, to transport criminal
suspects, or to patrol an area, while providing
a high visibility deterrent to crime. Some police
cars are specially adapted for work on busy roads.
The first police car was a wagon run by electricity
fielded on the streets of Akron, Ohio in 1899. The
first operator of the police patrol wagon was Akron
Police officer Louis Mueller, Sr. It could reach
16 mph (26 km/h) and travel 30 mi (48 km) before
its battery needed to be recharged. The car was
built by city mechanical engineer Frank Loomis.
The $2,400 vehicle was equipped with electric lights,
gongs and a stretcher. The car's first assignment
was to pick up an intoxicated man at Main and Exchange
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