Australian police hope to attract stares with Alfa MiTo cruiser
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/" rel="tag">Hatchback</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/alfa-romeo/" rel="tag">Alfa Romeo</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/police-emergency/" rel="tag">Police/Emergency</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/australia/" rel="tag">Australia</a></p><div style="text-align: left;"><small><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/australian-police-alfa-romeo-mito/#3034738"><img width="630" vspace="4" hspace="0" height="336" border="1" align="top" alt="Police MiTo" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/06/web630-alfaromeomitorosebaypolic e0009a.jpg" /></a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><sma ll>NSW Police-spec Alfa Romeo MiTo - Click above for high-res image gallery<br />
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If your aim in choosing a new car is to get noticed, there's no shortage of attention-grabbing wheels to pick from, but few cars get noticed as quickly as a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/police-emergency/">police cruiser</a>. Sure, the flashing lights and blaring sirens might help, but not as much as the looming threat of being ticketed. Still, Australia's New South Wales police department seems to think it needs some help getting noticed.<br />
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That's precisely why Sydney-area law enforcement has taken delivery of an <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/alfa-romeo">Alfa Romeo</a> MiTo. Noticeably bereft of emergency lighting, the MiTo will be used for community outreach and safety awareness programs. Whether the wee Alfa will prove more effective in its assignment than a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/16/police-in-oz-hope-hummers-will-curb-antisocial-behavior/">Hummer H3</a> or <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/17/report-gm-still-working-on-importing-holden-commodore-with-poli/">Holden Commodore</a> remains to be seen, but it might help the authorities catch up with the next F1 champion who tries <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/23/lewis-hamilton-charged-by-australian-authorities-for-hooning/">spinning donuts</a> on city streets.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/australian-police-alfa-romeo-mito/">Australian Police Alfa Romeo MiTo</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/australian-police-alfa-romeo-mito/#3034737"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/06/alfaromeomitorosebaypolic e0011a_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/australian-police-alfa-romeo-mito/#3034738"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/06/alfaromeomitorosebaypolic e0009a_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: <a href="http://www.caradvice.com.au/68628/alfa-romeo-mito-uses-dna-technology-to-fight-crime/">Car Advice</a> via <a href="http://www.eurocarblog.com/post/3079/alfa-romeo-mito-for-australian-police?utm_source=feedbur ner&utm_medium=feed&utm_c ampaign=Feed%3A+eurocarbl og%2Fcom+%28eurocarblog%2 9">eurocarblog</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/05/australian-police-hope-to-attract-stares-with-alfa-mito-cruiser/">Australian police hope to attract stares with Alfa MiTo cruiser</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:35:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.caradvice.com.au/68628/alfa-romeo-mito-uses-dna-technology-to-fight-crime/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/05/australian-police-hope-to-attract-stares-with-alfa-mito-cruiser/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19500169/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/05/australian-police-hope-to-attract-stares-with-alfa-mito-cruiser/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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