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From: ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems)
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Subject: Re: Re: CHP Radar, True Confessions
Message-ID: <1364@amdahl.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 4-Apr-85 13:22:19 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr  4 13:22:19 1985
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> > The only way I know to look for
> > clocking cars in California is that every government-agency owned
> > car has a distincive license with a diamond enclosing an "E" on the
> > left side of the plate (E for exempt?).
> 
> The 'E' in a diamond means the vehicle may be used in "emergencies",
> i.e. cross roadblocks, etc.
>
Undercover cars are registered just like everyone elses.  They
have no 'diamond E' on them.  Some agencies even go so far as to
register them to people (ficticious) rather than the agency so
as to prevent 'pros' from looking up plates on stakeout cars at the
DMV and finding out that they are the cops.

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