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I wonder where police cars get their gasoline from? (lemm.ee)
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I’ve never seen a cop fill up at the gas station.

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[–] fubo@lemmy.world 92 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The city may have a maintenance depot where city-owned vehicles fuel up.

Same goes for (e.g.) school buses, snowplow trucks, and so on.

[–] dylanmorgan 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I worked at a small school that had diesel for the buses but vans had to be fueled at a gas station with a school credit card. Police departments in any major (American) city will definitely have several fueling stations for cop cars.

[–] kuraitengai@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

This. I worked in municipal government years ago. And there were a few different depots for the county vehicles, including police, to gas up.