"Determinations are made by whoever operates the vehicle that the predicament they're in requires lights and sirens," he said. "In the case of the accident, the determination was made by the detective operating the vehicle that there was a security reason that he needed to remove his vehicle from that predicament and that required him to get out of traffic and negotiate the intersection using lights and sirens. "

Such nice vague language "a security reason" certainly dramatically increases the suspicion that it was nothing but impatience for traffic, doesn't it?

"Officials with police-equipped cars include County Comptroller Howard Weitzman, Consumer Affairs Commissioner Roger Bogsted, Deputy County Executive Timothy Driscoll, and Taxi and Limousine Commission chief Joe Ciercio."

Goodness gracious. Little boys playing with toys. Consumer Affairs? T&LC Commissioner? Do they also have laser guns and Buck Rogers costumes??

There are good graphs comparing the global warming bills in the senate linked from:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/18/washington/18climate.html?hp&ex=1169182800&en=9599292dce4cf75b&ei=5094&partner=homepage

Sanders/Boxer is the best. McCain/Lieberman lowers emissions almost as quickly, but it also subsidizes nuclear power.

RE: "NYPD's Latest Technology Catches Car Thieves:"

Another reason to ban car alarms.