Looks about as cheap and crappy as those new Texas license plates.

These cars ...

http://jalopnik.com/397257/ten-greatest-american-police-patrol-cars

... are not very impressed.

Define 'serving'....

B&W is fine but the decals are fugly and wussy looking...

I like it.

Boo on the lack of roof lights, mainly because it makes the cop car much easier to spot as you are speeding down the highway.

BTW, did they get one of those guys that airbrushes the t-shirts at the fair to do the blue text?

It looks tacky and cheap with that font and gradient.

Came in here to bitch about the crappy blue text, but was unfortunately too late D:

Those aren't black & whites... those are black, white & blues. Why in TF did they incorporate the blue?!! I give it a big swing'n a miss. Teeerrrible.

Yeah but WHO designed these monstrosities?

Yuck... Those gradient fonts, ugh... Talk about moving violations...

RIDICULOUSLY UGLY. Not subtle, sleek or decent looking. Looks like a clown car!!!!

Lets be honest, these cars are WAYYYYY cooler:

http://www.helloooooo.com/2009/10/winspear-opera-house-grand-opening/

The more I look at the font typography the more horrified I am by it. It looks like they used Word Art, except worse.

Not only is it hard to read, it doesn't even make sense for stylistic reasons. This is really embarrassing and whoever picked it has horrible taste.

The blue text would be OK if it said "freeze creep."
As it stands, looks more like the DPD brought to you by your Dallas Mavericks. But you can probably still transport fake drugs in the trunk.

Why does the car need to be used as a redundant billboard?

Id like a "To Protect And Serve" type of statement on the vehicle, maybe even the city seal on the ride...This thing looks like a stock generic #16 package you see at a suburb police department...

I've had a little more time for this to stew on the way home, why on earth would they pick a text that is so illegible, even in ideal conditions? I was kind of joking about the light bar, but I thought the idea here was to increase visibility, this does quite the opposite which is really a horrible idea when you are talking about an emergency response vehicle.

Then on top of the difficult to read text they put "Serving since 1881". It's not a clothing store, it's a police car, who cares how long the agency has existed? It has no significance whatsoever. And why would you add such promoting extraneous text that is actually higher in contrast and easier to read than the important text?

This is absolutely an unmitigated disaster for not just reasons of personal taste but for very important practical reasons. The Dallas police department should be ashamed to display this and they need to fix it before they start rolling it out.

ft worth police and txdps, the secret service have nice cars

I just want to know when we're getting the matte-black mid-80s Tauruses (Tauri?) that Robocop promised us.

But, yeah, that typography is misfortunate. Also, who gives a flip how long they've been serving?

Another thumbs down for the awful fonts. We should have made the cars in pimp pinstripes ala the Mayor.

Looks like a scene out of TJ Hooker

umm, isn't that car illegally parked?

and WHY do they put "9-1-1" on the cars? I mean, if you can read that, aren't they already there?

My new ride!

The original proposed text read "Serving up a can of whoop-ass since 1881" but by the time they got all text on there, it was too hard to read. So they shortened it.

I know how this works. They opened a police products magazines to one of the companies that sell decals and bought "Option C" in the generic police vehicle graphics package where you get to incorporate your agency's badge. Completely boring and generic.

It's fine....everyone slows down just based on the Black and White alone. hate it when taxi's are black and white.....

They look just like the new UT Southwestern Police cars. No, because UT Southwestern used their much-better looking typography on theirs, as opposed to this fugly mess.

Not a fan of the car, but those push bars look pretty nice!!! I'd hate to get hit by one of those.

The push guard on the front looks awesome. Just the perfect touch to toughen up a great looking car.

Where is the Protect & Serve logo? Why do we need to know the web address? Doesn't 911 work?

I just hope none of those wannabe cops(constables) get any of these cars, this city would be in deeper trouble. These guys ought to be picking up litter & dog crap, well only the ones truly qualified, not many.