NYC Dept. of Buildings, Emergency Vehicle

My daughter worked as an investigator for the federal Office of Personnel Management for several years.  These were the folks who conducted background investigations for people who were applying for security clearances . . . certainly not anything involving emergencies.  Point is she was issued a government Crown Vic with the complete police package . . . interceptor engine, and a whole host of emergency lighting controlled from a switch in the ash tray.  Oh . . . did I mention the siren?  Damn thing lit up like a Christmas tree when you hit the switch.  That's the kind of thing your government does.  Instills confidence, doesn't it?
 
raybrag said:
  That's the kind of thing your government does.  Instills confidence, doesn't it?
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It certainly does and it's just another great example of how they waste money on things that are totally useless and unneeded!
 
raybrag said:
My daughter worked as an investigator for the federal Office of Personnel Management for several years.  These were the folks who conducted background investigations for people who were applying for security clearances . . . certainly not anything involving emergencies.  Point is she was issued a government Crown Vic with the complete police package . . . interceptor engine, and a whole host of emergency lighting controlled from a switch in the ash tray.  Oh . . . did I mention the siren?  Damn thing lit up like a Christmas tree when you hit the switch.  That's the kind of thing your government does.  Instills confidence, doesn't it?
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My apologies for my previous remark, it was thoughtless!!
 
BoroCall said:
This afternoon I saw a NYC Dept. of Building SUV with emergency strobe lights, it was sitting curbside next to a PD having a major renovation.

I was not aware that NYC DOB had authorized emergency vehicles.  It is strange that they do, but that the Con Ed gas or electric emergency crews do not.
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Hi, it's not uncommon for a few city agencies who are not OEM (now known idiotically as NYCEM), the FDNY or the NYPD to have literally a handful of unmarked vehicles.  All city commissioners have unmarked vehicles, in the case of the NYC DOB, they do have an Emergency Management Unit staffed by a small group of personnel and apart from the Commissioner or their FDC's vehicle, I'd have to believe it was their vehicle you might have seen.  The NYC DOB Cmsr. would be known to arrive at major scenes involving structural damages.  The designation of making a marked car into an unmarked car in an agency that's not the 3 primary first respond city agencies is a cumbersome one as the NYC DCAS expects forms filled out detailing why, who and so on -very tedious and cumbersome.  BTW all city agency Director of Emergency Management have unmarked cars too.
 
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