In 2017, Los Angeles started its eco-friendly project by buying a hundred electric-BMW vehicles for its police department. However, after a few months, police officers' issues using the car for their private usage were reported. Now, the state government was allegedly selling the cars batch-per-batch for very rip-off prices on online stores. Here's how much to buy one.
LAPD sells police cars to auction online?
To (Silently) Protect and to (Electrically) Serve: 100 BMW i3 EVs Join LAPD https://t.co/o2YGGfSbyC pic.twitter.com/QfpaCYyaGz — Sean Hebdon (@Sean_Hebdon) June 8, 2016
Though the dealer already confirmed the LAPD units found in the store, the police department denied the said allegations about the sell-out.
Instead, they explained that the car leases had expired, and that's why the leasing company is reselling them.
"The 50 vehicles were turned in by us at the end of the leasing period per the contract," the spokesperson said.
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Written by Jamie Pancho
