Detroit's fleet of new police cruisers and ambulances had their big reveal today with a parade of sorts down Woodward, between Campus Martius and Hart Plaza.
Boring, old police car.
Sexy new police car!
Hey, that's Mayor Dave Bing riding shotgun in a new ambulance!
These guys lead the parade down Woodward. So no one would get lost.
One can't help but appreciate the attention to detail and design in this ambulance. Shinola believes there's only one way to properly build an ambulance, and that's one at a time, by hand, with rigorous attention to detail and using only the highest quality components available. In this world-is-flat global economy, where emergency medical consumers have a choice, they will almost certainly seek this level of artisanal craftsmanship when making an ambulance selection. It is a clear market differentiator.
Detroit's business community, through the Downtown Detroit Partnership, stepped-up to donate the new public safety vehicles to the city. They really went above and beyond the call of duty with this Soviet-era surplus missile.
Police officer gives a thumbs up, indicating approval of that new cop car smell.
Today is the 41st anniversary of the infamous Dog Day Afternoon robbery. And, at the very moment this picture was taken, two guys inside the Guardian Building Bank of America branch were thinking that replicating Dog Day maybe wasn't their best idea.
