I always understood the Massachusetts State Police take-home cruiser policy to be void at Troop E, where the Turnpike runs the show and owns the cars. That is, for years I misunderstood, thinking the lack of a take-home cruiser was a reason not to transfer to Weston or Charlton. The now-defunct per diem must have been an attempt to compensate, although a clumsy one.
Most folks consider the car at right to be a Turnpike Cruiser, but not the MSP. To the MSP, that car at left (Herald photo) is.
This is about what I drove, back in the day (and, yes, that is the tail of a C4 Corvette next to it; the 55 Team guys had some).
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