Bama Police: Porsche With a Side of Fries

Police in Hoover Alabama likely have the coolest mix of sports and green cars on patrol. On the sports car side, there's the 2001 Porsche 911 the department snagged off a drug dealer. On the eco side, city vehicles run on fry grease citizens and restaurants drop off at the transportation garage. The department also has ethanol-burning Chevy Tahoes. Captain James Coker says the department has a project to turn tree limbs and other town waste into fuel for the fleet.
Citizens in Hoover pick up oil containers at the fire department and drop them off for recycling, Coker says.
The Porsche's previous owner lost the keys after police caught him running ten kilos of coke through the city. The car only recently arrived at the department after being stuck in federal court for a couple of years. Coker says he hasn't taken his turn behind the wheel. "I do know that the officers who have driven it return with a smile on their faces," he wrote in an email.