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04-02-2017, 02:29 AM
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/dawn-slusher/2017/04/01/blue-bloods-pokes-fun-absurdity-green-police-cars
By Dawn Slusher | April 1, 2017 | 9:53 AM EDT
Gun? Check. Holster? Check. Bulletproof vest? Check.
Prius police cruiser? Umm….
March 31’s episode of Blue Bloods, “A Deep Blue Goodbye,” (http://forums.previously.tv/topic/54907-s07e18-a-deep-blue-goodbye/?do=getLastComment) had a good laugh at the absurdity of “green” police cars, and the public’s possible reception of them.
While heading out on assignment, officers Jamie Reagan (Will Estes) and Edit “Eddie” Janko (Vanessa Ray) are approached by Sergeant Estelle Bond (Lisha McKoy) from Fleet Services, who is under the impression that the partners volunteered for the NYPD Green Vehicle pilot program. “A smaller carbon footprint starts with a single step,” Bond tells the officers.
Janko starts to protest but Jamie goes along with it, for fear of upsetting the higher-ups:
By Dawn Slusher | April 1, 2017 | 9:53 AM EDT
Gun? Check. Holster? Check. Bulletproof vest? Check.
Prius police cruiser? Umm….
March 31’s episode of Blue Bloods, “A Deep Blue Goodbye,” (http://forums.previously.tv/topic/54907-s07e18-a-deep-blue-goodbye/?do=getLastComment) had a good laugh at the absurdity of “green” police cars, and the public’s possible reception of them.
While heading out on assignment, officers Jamie Reagan (Will Estes) and Edit “Eddie” Janko (Vanessa Ray) are approached by Sergeant Estelle Bond (Lisha McKoy) from Fleet Services, who is under the impression that the partners volunteered for the NYPD Green Vehicle pilot program. “A smaller carbon footprint starts with a single step,” Bond tells the officers.
Janko starts to protest but Jamie goes along with it, for fear of upsetting the higher-ups: