About the police in Dubai

Dubai police spend more on each of their super cars than it costs to send a child to college in the United States. An interesting fact about Dubai: Law enforcement officers use supercars to impress tourists and show what a "cool" city it is. This includes cars such as the Ferrari FF ($500,000), Lamborghini Aventador ($397,000) and Aston Martin One-77 ($1,790,000). And they hold the world record for the fastest police car, the Bugatti Veyron, which they bought for $1,600,000! By comparison, studying at New York University, the most expensive college in the United States, costs about $248,000 for four years!

Nowhere else in the world will you be able to hail a police car and take a selfie with the driver. Nowhere else in the world can "supercars" be a police car.
This is Dubai, where the police have just received a certificate from the Guinness Book of Records for having the fastest police car in the world, the Bugatti Veyron, in service, this is just one of 14 such cars. A fleet of luxury supercars may seem outlandish, but it fits perfectly into the spirit of Dubai. In a city where your Bentley or Rolls Royce has to be wrapped in gold to attract attention, it seems normal that the police have such an assortment at their disposal! The fleet includes a custom-made Aston Martin One-77, of which only 77 were built, a Bentley Continental GT, three hybrid Porsche Panamera and two BMW i8s.

But the flagship of the fleet is the Veyron with a staggering top speed of 253 miles per hour (407 km/h). Its 16-cylinder 1,000 horsepower engine accelerates it from 0 to 60 mph in just two and a half seconds. The previous record holder belonged to the Italian police — Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4, which has a maximum speed of 370 km/h. But the Dubai Police Superpark is not used for high-speed pursuits along Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard, or indeed for very many police duties, for that matter. Instead, cars ply the Dubai Mall and Jumeirah Beach Residence in search of tourists and attention.

- "Arrest me, please!" The role of such a fleet is to break down barriers between the police and the public, explains Major Sultan Al Marri from the Dubai Police Department of Transport and Rescue. "We are not going to just show off the car, we want to show tourists how friendly the police are in Dubai," Sultan told CNN. "We are constantly looking for ways to connect with people."

Supercar Selection: Dubai Police has been using its superpark as a marketing opportunity since 2013, when it first introduced the Lamborghini Aventador. "It was a great success for us to promote our city and our police," Sultan said. From the very beginning, automakers have been fighting for a place in the fleet, which they see as an opportunity to promote their own brand, according to the head of the premium car manufacturer.
"It is very prestigious to have Dubai Police as your client, and all dealerships will fight for it," he said. "After you've spent many years trying to get into the Navy, you want to stay there. And everyone else is trying to get there." When it comes to choosing cars, Sultan explains that the Dubai police are looking for cars that cause a stir in the media. But beyond speed, his strategy is for hybrid or electric cars to make up at least 25% of the state's fleet by 2030. Two BMW i8s and three Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrids have already been added to the police fleet. "This will show from our side that the government really cares about the environment" Sultan said.

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