BMW Squad Cars Get German Police in Trouble The German police certainly are efficient: They provide their own accidents and they give themselves tickets. Berlin police have had over 400 collisions in the two years since they got behind the wheels of high performance BMW squad cars. And in Eastern Germany officers hopped out of their squad car to set up a radar trap only to come back to find a parking ticket on their windshield for parking on the wrong side of the road.

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BMW Squad Cars Get German Police in Trouble

February 3, 200512:00 AM ET

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The German police certainly are efficient: They provide their own accidents and they give themselves tickets. Berlin police have had over 400 collisions in the two years since they got behind the wheels of high performance BMW squad cars. And in Eastern Germany officers hopped out of their squad car to set up a radar trap only to come back to find a parking ticket on their windshield for parking on the wrong side of the road.