[Jeff Higgins]

All of our police, deputies, and troopers are in uniform regardless of whether or not they are in an unmarked patrol car. Plain clothes detectives do not drive traditional patrol cars.

Part of the idea behind this is so that we can readily identify them as LEO's when they get out of the car. I'm not sure it occurs to them, however, that most of us couldn't tell a real uniform from a Halloween costume, or some private security firm's uniform.

The current proliferation in unmarked, or no light bar cars is a clear indication of where modern traffic enforcement's priorities lie. Certainly not with being a visible, calming presence on the roads. It's all about ticketing and the revenue associated with it. Too bad it's come to this; they have lost an awful lot of respect now that they are all glorified meter maids with guns.