1/2 Cab, 1/2 Cop Car: 'Taxi Squad' Hits Fridley Streets with DWI Message
'Choose Your Ride' options are stark for New Year's Eve: 'You Live' or 'You Lose'
Anoka County's new "Taxi Squad" car rolls out for New Year's Eve Monday night, starting and possibly ending in Fridley—where the idea for a half-squad, half-cab was born. Fridley Police Chief Don Abbott was the one who saw a photo of a taxi squad and started doing research and polling other Anoka County police chiefs about their interest in a vehicle that could communicate an anti-drunk-driving message. Fridley Police Capt. Bob Rewitzer saw a taxi cab in Texas and brought back a photo on his phone. On Monday, with police chiefs from participating cities and Anoka County Sheriff James Stuart, what Abbott said appears to be the first taxi squad in Minnesota debuted at a press conference at Fridley's Fire Station No. 1. Abbott said the taxi …
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Chris Steller
5:58 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013
LOL, Grant. I did ask a couple times about people thinking they could get a ride or get arrested. The cops are prepared to explain ... the whole point of it is so they get into conversations with folks about it. more ›