Ever since Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti launched a $10 million pilot program to supply LAPD with hundreds of electric BMWs, he has boasted about building the most extensive city-owned fleet of pure battery vehicles in America. However, some of those green energy cars stay parked in a garage collecting dust, rarely used for official business — taxpayer money that appears to have been spent to meet idealistic goals laid out in Garcetti’s long-term environmental vision.
In a recent exposé by a local television station, a reporter scoured through LAPD mileage records, revealing “some electric cars are sitting unused with only a few hundred miles on them,” and with hidden cameras, found police officials allegedly misusing others for personal errands, including a manicure.
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