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PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - Over a dozen patrol cars were damaged or destroyed in a suspect arson attack at the Portland Police Bureau’s training facility early Thursday morning. Just before 2 a.m., Portland Fire & Rescue and Portland police officers responded to a fire at the training facility in the 14900 block of Northeast Airport Way. When crews arrived to the scene, police say they found at least 15 vehicles in a fenced training area were burning. Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the flames. No injuries were reported. I understand people in our community are hurting, but in no...

ABU GHRAIB — Iraqi Police personnel traveled to Abu Ghraib warehouse to pick up 70 new vehicles, Dec. 31. The vehicles will be painted and transformed into patrol cars for the Iraqi Police Force throughout the country. “The way this system works is that the different ministries of Iraq go out to assess and submit the requirements needed to fulfill a certain mission,” said U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer Edward Polzin, deputy site commander, Abu Ghraib warehouse. “The equipment requested is then ordered and sent here to the warehouse for staging and awaiting delivery or pickup for whoever placed...

The Allegheny County sheriff's department has a new tool in its arsenal to "Mini-mize" crime. The sheriff's department has unveiled the first-ever Mini Cooper law enforcement patrol car in the country, aptly named the "MINI COPPER." MINI of Pittsburgh, located in Shadyside, donated the car to the department for six months to a year to promote various city and county events. It will also be used in conjunction with crime prevention activities, such as child identification and protection from strangers programs.

OGDEN -- A handful of Ogden police officers will begin patrolling city streets today in 10 new cars that local businesses have partially bankrolled in exchange for the right to have their logos adorn the cruisers. Police Chief Jon Greiner said the sponsorships are nothing as extensive as those found on NASCAR racing cars. "This is just a way for all the business community to thank the police department for what we do every day," Greiner said. "It doesn"t look like commercialism." Beginning today, the 10 2003 Ford Crown Victoria"s -- with a small sponsorship circle on the rear quarter...

<p>The California Highway Patrol rolled out its latest weapon in big rig enforcement Wednesday - a fleet of white Camaros designed to blend into highway traffic.</p> <p>Seventy Camaros - they cost $25,000 each and can reach 160 mph - will be deployed throughout the state, six of them in the Sacramento area.</p>