Miramichi PD-SSR Cruiser

[Cash]

Rebel posted a thread about this some months ago so this is not gnu gnus.
I found articles that kwhopper89 posted also.
El Donovan (thanks El) knows someone at the Dep't and was able to get vehicle information for me.
I was wanting to refresh myself on the circumstances involving the history and ran across some pretty cool pictures.
Miramichi is in New Brunswick.

From the internet:
Miramichi Police Force acquired the 2003 Chevrolet SSR after recovering it as being stolen out of BC.
Miramichi police association purchased it from the insurance company then restored it.
(the person who had stolen it had decided to paint it with spray bombs).


**Notice the spot light. Looks like it has been added as it isn't in the other pictures.
***Also notice the copyright. Am I about to spend time with El in the Miramichi crowbar hotel?

This is the blurb from the article in Rebel's Thread:

BEST DRESSED POLICE PROMOTIONAL
No matter how extreme, promotional vehicles still need to convey a professional image. One example is the 2010 best dressed promotional vehicle, Miramichi Police Service’s Chevy SSR. Community police vehicles are designed more for show than patrol so this is where agencies can get creative in selection and design. Examples range from the wildly impractical to full-out race cars. One important factor, however, is that sooner or later, some officer will pull up in front of a high school or drive in a parade and in those situations you want most people saying “cooool!!!” Miramichi’s design is clean and simple, conveying both fun and professionalism without looking like it’s just pandering to youth. Plus, unlike some other ‘clown car’ entries, this one looks like it could pull someone over if need be.

[joedecat]

I came across this page on our provinciial liability insurers web page . Everyone in our province must get their tags and third party liability insurance from ICBC and they are able to buy their optional insurance from who ever they choose . In British columbia the chances of getting into an accident with someone who has no insurance is about
1% of what you would experience nation wide .

this appears to be the final chapter of what happened with this yellow 2004 SSR that was found in black spray paint on the other side of the country



Court orders Maple Ridge couple to repay ICBC - February 1, 2011
Protecting our customers from the cost of fraud

The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered a Maple Ridge couple to reimburse ICBC more than $100,000 after being convicted of falsely claiming their expensive, leased truck was stolen.

Ronald and Jeannette LeBlanc said they parked their distinctive Chevrolet Super Sport Roadster (SSR) in their driveway before heading to bed on October 1, 2004, and when they got up the next morning, they said the truck was gone. They filed a stolen vehicle claim and as a result, ICBC paid out more than $60,000 to the leasing company.

Three years later, the vehicle was located on private property in Miramichi, New Brunswick, where it had been stored on behalf of a gentleman who was hired by the Leblancs in the summer of 2004 to do some home renovations on their house in B.C.

That was enough for ICBC's Special Investigation Unit who started to look into this case because of its commitment to protecting our customers from fraud. The investigating officer uncovered that the truck had actually been spotted in Ontario two days before it was reported stolen. An Ontario Provincial Police constable later testified that he became suspicious when he witnessed a young man driving the bright yellow SSR and ran a licence plate check. The check was date- and time-stamped, refuting the LeBlanc's claim that it was stolen two days later.

In finding the couple committed fraud and perjury, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Gail Dickson said, "Quite apart from the compelling and objective nature of the corroborative evidence, the testimony of the LeBlancs is singularly unpersuasive."

As a result, the LeBlancs will have to pay more than $100,000 to reimburse ICBC for money paid to the leasing company, other costs and punitive damages.

In a fascinating end to this story, ICBC sold the vehicle to the Miramichi police for a reduced value to be used for their own public community outreach and to encourage teens to avoid driving while impaired. An image of the vehicle can be downloaded below.

The vast majority of our customers are honest and we're committed to protecting them from fraudulent acts. We estimate that fraud costs each of our 3.1 million customers in the range of $100 to $150 per year.

Originally Posted by Cash

Rebel posted a thread about this some months ago so this is not gnu gnus.
El Donovan (thanks El) knows someone at the Dep't and was able to get vehicle information for me.
I was wanting to refresh myself on the circumstances involving the history and ran across some pretty cool pictures.
Miramichi is in New Brunswick.

From the internet:
Miramichi Police Force acquired the 2003 Chevrolet SSR after recovering it as being stolen out of BC.
Miramichi police association purchased it from the insurance company then restored it.
(the person who had stolen it had decided to paint it with spray bombs).

Attachment 95463Attachment 95464Attachment 95465Attachment 95466
**Notice the spot light. Looks like it has been added as it isn't in the other pictures.
***Also notice the copyright. Am I about to spend time with El in the Miramichi crowbar hotel?

This is the blurb from the article in Rebel's Thread:

BEST DRESSED POLICE PROMOTIONAL
No matter how extreme, promotional vehicles still need to convey a professional image. One example is the 2010 best dressed promotional vehicle, Miramichi Police Service’s Chevy SSR. Community police vehicles are designed more for show than patrol so this is where agencies can get creative in selection and design. Examples range from the wildly impractical to full-out race cars. One important factor, however, is that sooner or later, some officer will pull up in front of a high school or drive in a parade and in those situations you want most people saying “cooool!!!” Miramichi’s design is clean and simple, conveying both fun and professionalism without looking like it’s just pandering to youth. Plus, unlike some other ‘clown car’ entries, this one looks like it could pull someone over if need be.

[Dragon2U]

WOW, thanks for the "rest of the story", very interesting.

[MnMsToy]

Thanks CASH is king

[Cash]

Originally Posted by Dragon2U

WOW, thanks for the "rest of the story", very interesting.

Originally Posted by MnMsToy

Thanks CASH is king

Well thank you, thank you very much!

Thanks Chris for filling the gaps in the history.
The SSR makes for a very cool looking police vehicle, especially in the retro police car paint scheme.

[xs-cash]

great story chris!!

[JOHN317]

Verrrrrrrrrrrry interesting.

[Cash]

Just located this, which provides a little more insight from the time Miramichi purchased the SSR.

MIRAMICHI - The Miramichi Police Force will soon have a new set of wheels out on the streets.

The Zero Tolerance 1976 Corvette, currently used by the force is going into retirement, to be replaced by a 2003 Chevrolet Super Sport Roadster.

The force acquired the vehicle after it was reported stolen from British Columbia in 2008. Members of the Miramichi Police Force arrested and charged a 53-year-old Miramichi man with possession of stolen property.
The vehicle was then seized, but because it had been missing for almost a year, the insurance company involved paid the owner $60,000 for the vehicle.

The Miramichi Police Force, using funds raised independently, purchased the vehicle for $10,000.
Aside from a messy spray paint job, compliments of the thief, police say the car is in perfect condition and that they're looking forward to putting it into action as they're new public relations vehicle.

"I feel very good about it," said Deputy Chief Paul Fiander. "We got great mileage out of the Zero Tolerance Corvette, but it's like anything. It's getting old. The opportunity presented with the SSR, it was too good to pass up. It's going to be the same thing, it's going to be a win-win situation for everybody."

While the SSR is in the shop getting prepped for action, a process that include a new paint job of black and white, police are looking to get rid of the Corvette.

"What we'd like to do is raise some money," said Sgt. Bob Bruce. "We want to sell our Corvette and trailer. We currently have offered that package to other police forces. Through our website and through emails to other police agencies we put out a note of interest to all police force in Atlantic Canada and Quebec."

Bruce said if there is no interest from other forces then the car will be open for sale to the general public.

He added any money raised through the sale will go to cover the costs of repainting the SSR.

At this point the force hasn't determined a price for the vehicle.

[YellowDZH]

I like it!!!

[1BADSSR CDN]

Originally Posted by joedecat

I came across this page on our provinciial liability insurers web page . Everyone in our province must get their tags and third party liability insurance from ICBC and they are able to buy their optional insurance from who ever they choose . In British columbia the chances of getting into an accident with someone who has no insurance is about
1% of what you would experience nation wide .

this appears to be the final chapter of what happened with this yellow 2004 SSR that was found in black spray paint on the other side of the country



Court orders Maple Ridge couple to repay ICBC - February 1, 2011
Protecting our customers from the cost of fraud

The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered a Maple Ridge couple to reimburse ICBC more than $100,000 after being convicted of falsely claiming their expensive, leased truck was stolen.

Ronald and Jeannette LeBlanc said they parked their distinctive Chevrolet Super Sport Roadster (SSR) in their driveway before heading to bed on October 1, 2004, and when they got up the next morning, they said the truck was gone. They filed a stolen vehicle claim and as a result, ICBC paid out more than $60,000 to the leasing company.

Three years later, the vehicle was located on private property in Miramichi, New Brunswick, where it had been stored on behalf of a gentleman who was hired by the Leblancs in the summer of 2004 to do some home renovations on their house in B.C.

That was enough for ICBC's Special Investigation Unit who started to look into this case because of its commitment to protecting our customers from fraud. The investigating officer uncovered that the truck had actually been spotted in Ontario two days before it was reported stolen. An Ontario Provincial Police constable later testified that he became suspicious when he witnessed a young man driving the bright yellow SSR and ran a licence plate check. The check was date- and time-stamped, refuting the LeBlanc's claim that it was stolen two days later.

In finding the couple committed fraud and perjury, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Gail Dickson said, "Quite apart from the compelling and objective nature of the corroborative evidence, the testimony of the LeBlancs is singularly unpersuasive."

As a result, the LeBlancs will have to pay more than $100,000 to reimburse ICBC for money paid to the leasing company, other costs and punitive damages.

In a fascinating end to this story, ICBC sold the vehicle to the Miramichi police for a reduced value to be used for their own public community outreach and to encourage teens to avoid driving while impaired. An image of the vehicle can be downloaded below.

The vast majority of our customers are honest and we're committed to protecting them from fraudulent acts. We estimate that fraud costs each of our 3.1 million customers in the range of $100 to $150 per year.

Originally Posted by Cash

Rebel posted a thread about this some months ago so this is not gnu gnus.
I found articles that kwhopper89 posted also.
El Donovan (thanks El) knows someone at the Dep't and was able to get vehicle information for me.
I was wanting to refresh myself on the circumstances involving the history and ran across some pretty cool pictures.
Miramichi is in New Brunswick.

From the internet:
Miramichi Police Force acquired the 2003 Chevrolet SSR after recovering it as being stolen out of BC.
Miramichi police association purchased it from the insurance company then restored it.
(the person who had stolen it had decided to paint it with spray bombs).

Attachment 95463Attachment 95464Attachment 95465Attachment 95466
**Notice the spot light. Looks like it has been added as it isn't in the other pictures.
***Also notice the copyright. Am I about to spend time with El in the Miramichi crowbar hotel?

This is the blurb from the article in Rebel's Thread:

BEST DRESSED POLICE PROMOTIONAL
No matter how extreme, promotional vehicles still need to convey a professional image. One example is the 2010 best dressed promotional vehicle, Miramichi Police Service’s Chevy SSR. Community police vehicles are designed more for show than patrol so this is where agencies can get creative in selection and design. Examples range from the wildly impractical to full-out race cars. One important factor, however, is that sooner or later, some officer will pull up in front of a high school or drive in a parade and in those situations you want most people saying “cooool!!!” Miramichi’s design is clean and simple, conveying both fun and professionalism without looking like it’s just pandering to youth. Plus, unlike some other ‘clown car’ entries, this one looks like it could pull someone over if need be.

Saw this NEWS last week in paper, But not where the SSR end up. Nice Promotion for SSR as while