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This is a discussion on Odd Request... within the Open Talk forums, part of the General Information category; Okay, first of all, a little background. I am doing a project for one of my Design classes where we ...

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Odd Request... - 12-04-2007, 05:15 PM


Okay, first of all, a little background. I am doing a project for one of my Design classes where we have to design a Billboard (in color) and a Black & White magazine ad (why B&W? Your guess is as good as mine, but that is what the teacher wants) for a charity or organization of our choice. I have chosen the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
Now here is my question, does anyone have a couple of high-quality photos of wrecked Police/Sheriff/DPS patrol cars that I can use? They will only be used for this one project, never leave the class room setting and nothing else. I'll even send you a copy of the final product to if you want to see what I have been up to. I prefer local Departments (Houston area) but, since this has to be done, printed and mounted by next Tuesday, I'll take pretty much anything at this point.
I have already tried doing searches for usable (and legal) photos, but the pics I find are either way to small (typical web low quality, the project is to be 13"x19") to use, or are just not what I have in mind...of course, I have no idea what specifically looking for, but I'll know it when I see it.

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Does anyone in the Houston area know where I can find wrecked Units that are legally accessible so that I can take the pictures myself?
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12-04-2007, 07:40 PM


There is a police car repair depot on 249 between 1960 and Tomball. I "think" it is a Harris Co. motor pool. I'm pretty sure it is still there.. was last year.

Also, there is a body shop on Shepard just north of Studewood (Tommy Vahn Ford dealer) they work on HPD cars.

As an Ex-cop, I can tell you most of the stuff will be finder benders.. and they try to get the units back on the road pretty quick. Any "big" wreck would be highly investigated, and unless the car hit a tree, you can bet a big lawsuit is attached to the wreck... so access might be an issue.

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