Why NYC police are turning to Smart cars
| New York
听罢丑别 NYPD plans to replace its three-wheeled scooters with Smart cars.
Police Commissioner William Bratton says the department is testing out the mini vehicles.
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says the agency has acquired nine of the single-passenger cars at a cost of $119,000 for the pilot program and currently is trying one out in Central Park.
The Smart cars would be used in NYPD's parking and school safety divisions and at precincts across the city.
Within weeks, the cars will be placed in the NYPD鈥檚 parking and school safety divisions and meted out to precincts throughout the five boroughs.聽As many as 100 more could then replace aging scooters, which can cost up to $27,000, officials said.
