May 2001

On limited budgets and needing something for part time use, agencies around the country press hand-me-downs into service to use for everything from search and rescue to dog trucks. They may not be police packages when they get 'em but they sure are once they get done with 'em.

 copcar dot com presents:   copcar Bambalances

Brunswick, Ohio put a navy blue paint job on this ambulance, making it into a not-so-covert SWAT unit. 

Conneaut, Ohio uses this E-350 former ambulance as a Special Operations Unit.

The dog catcher in Hyde Park, NY, drives around in this old Dodge military ambulance.  

And in Springfield, VT, they camouflage their SWAT truck by hiding it in a forest.  Unfortunately, the reflective graphics are a dead giveaway.  

Ulster County, NY.  No telling what they use this one for.

Pickin' your toes in Poughkeepsie is no laughing matter for this Emergency Services Unit.

Warwick Twon, NY, Police have a a pair of Search and Rescue units, this one a Mobile Command Center and doubling as a Crime Scene Unit

(these photos are from the collections of James Duff and Mark Teitler)