It’s time once again to vote for which state has the prettiest police cruiser.

Ever year, the AAST (American Association of State Troopers) holds a contest to see which state police department has the fanciest looking vehicles. Every state gets its finest cruiser, washes it, waxes it, and then tries to give it the coolest look to convince the internet that their car is the prettiest.

As expected, there are a lot of Ford Explorers, Chevy Tahoes, and Dodge Chargers in the list, along with the occasional Ford Fusion and Dodge Challenger. North Dakota has some Ford F-150s all decked out to patrol their highways, but for the most part, it’s just the first three we see over and over again.

What changes are the state logos, livery, and wheels. Oh, and also the background; a lot of states try to include their patrol choppers in the shot to give it more of an ‘80s action movie vibe. It doesn’t always work, especially in the case of Indiana where the parked chopper adds nothing but a bizarre camera angle to their parked Dodge Charger Pursuit.

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The AAST is posting the results on their Facebook page, and currently, Nebraska and Kentucky lead the pack with Michigan trailing in third. Michigan has a very lovely pattern of white and blue on their Ford Interceptor, while Kentucky has a delightfully understated grey paint job with a blue diagonal stripe across the logo.

Nebraska Police
via AAST

But Nebraska is ahead for a reason. They’ve got a deep navy blue and some bold fonts for their state logo, but more than that, they took their photo in front of a goddamn tornado. That’s hard to beat.

A couple of states aren’t listed here, and they either decided not to participate or were slow getting their photos to the AAST. The contest is open until July 30th, with the winner to be announced sometime later this year. We’re not sure what the winner receives other than bragging rights, but the loser is definitely encouraged to repaint their entire fleet.

(via Autoblog)

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