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You being an american won't do a thing once you get out of your country. And inside your country nobody will start a knife attack on you, because they're american and americans have guns. 

It's a good start for sure, but there are some things that, in my opinion, could be changed to make the livery even better. Most importantly, you might want more contrast between the base color, the text color, and the decals (wolves). For example, the wolves and base color are okay together, but the "SHERIFF" is hard to read because of its color. Changing the color to something brighter, or even better: outlining the text with another color, might help. The other text (Dial 911, 292, etc.) is hard to read, too, because the color of the text is similar to the paint behind it. Realistically (realism is not necessary for custom designs, though) typical patrol cars have contrasting car/text colors so that the car is easily identifiable. Stealth cars often don't follow this pattern, though. 
 
If I was making the skin, I would also adjust the composition a little bit. For the wolves on the side, I have two choices: either make the wolves smaller and keep the badge, or shrink the badge and maybe move it up to the front fender, just above the wheel. From there, and after I've changed the text color, I might move the "Sheriff" up and to the back a little bit so it's not over top of the wolves as much. With the badge, wolves and text all large and together the livery seems a little cluttered to me. The font might be a little bit basic but that's another subjective element of the design, so it's entirely up to you. I prefer a little bit more spicy if you know what I mean, but not everyone does.
 
Everything is up to you and everything I've introduced is based entirely off of my own opinion, so feel free to change what you like or even change nothing at all. The designs are good and are especially a fantastic start. For reference, I used the Tahoe to form my opinion, but some of my suggestions could apply to the Taurus as well. I hope you continue to make skins in the future, and I hope you continue to enjoy it. In early 2012 I had started making skins and someone told me it looked like the cars were spray-painted, but six years later and now I'm looking into a path in automotive design :)

I decided to make a start with designing skins. I've been trying to master GIMP and I am still learning. Today I'd like to show you my first skins. Hopefully you guys can give me feedback, hints or tips so I can improve the skins and myself :)
 
My first 2 skins:
(Models are from t0y. I take no credits for the models. The cars can be found here: 
 
 
Blaine County Sheriff Ford Police Interceptor


Blaine County Sheriff Chevrolet Tahoe

That's a very dangerous road that you're going in now. Eventhough that individual did a horrible thing, it's not upto us or upto the police officers to judge over his life like that. Lethal force should only be applied when necessary and not because the guy is a piece of shit. Driving someone off the road because he cut you off isn't a good thing either. I'd really not go there, in terms of sympathy. I advocate for attempting to save as many lifes as (safely) possible.
 
Furthermore I notice the mentality amongst Americans that once a firearm is being used, it should be to kill. That certainly explains why most of the shootouts I see turn out in a massive bulletparty. I don't think that's the best thing. The way TheDivineHustle puts it, he says that once a suspect is shot down and is still alive, he should not be given aid or executed "The individual now needs to be neutralized". That's a massive undermining of the court system.

I decided to make a start with designing skins. I've been trying to master GIMP and I am still learning. Today I'd like to show you my first skins. Hopefully you guys can give me feedback, hints or tips so I can improve the skins and myself :)
 
My first 2 skins:
(Models are from t0y. I take no credits for the models. The cars can be found here: 
 
 
Blaine County Sheriff Ford Police Interceptor


Blaine County Sheriff Chevrolet Tahoe

Terrorist confused man knives down 3 people during a terror attack incident in the Netherlands
*Some pictures/videos may be considered disturbing for some people.*
 
Okay, so in The Netherlands we are somewhat "proud" that we didn't have any recent islam-related terror attack like Germany, Belgium and France had. All of them are somewhat neighbouring countries and have had to deal with major terror attacks. On the 5th of May we figured out why we have never had a terror attack -> MSM and police are rushing to call this an 'incident' instead of a terror attack, by a 'confused' person. Confused is now THE word-to-go to cover up terrorism.
 
Let me walk you guys through the case:
On the fifth of May a person started stabbing people randomly on a square in The Hague. There is currently no footage of that going down, but eyewithnesses say that he was specifically aiming to slit peoples throats. He was also heard saying "allahu akbar". The police response time was very quick (as you can expect in a big city). Within 3 minutes the first police officers arrived on scene. (Note how 1 officer "borrowed" a civillian bicycle, welcome to the Netherlands :D) See this video for what happened when the police arrived:
https://twitter.com/omroepwest/status/992787627148443653
 
Notice how the guy keeps saying "allahu akbar" after he got shot in the leg. Other angle can be watched here: https://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7423653/37e9ff5e/schietincident_den_haag.html
So the police arrived and starting shooting at his legs once he started walking towards the police officers. He still won't let go of the knive so the police decide to shoot some additional warning shots, which seem to have no effect on the suspect. The final arrest can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0UDLRsw794
 
 
So there are two notes that I want to make: First, the MSM and the police are so eager to defend islamic-based terrorism. They are spinning the whole story. This very clear picture of the suspect says a lot of what culture the suspect comes from: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DccGaWdX0AAbi8P.jpg. Trust me, nobody in The Netherlands wears a hat when it's 25 degrees celsius. Furthermore, the days after, additional information started to leak out. The guy appears to be a refugee from Syria. I think we can thank EU politicians for being so blind to the dangers that accepting everyone with no proper plan other than "Poor people, be welcome! Here, take this house that dutch people are for approximately 7 years on a waiting list for, take 10.000 euro's and we'll make sure you get all the benefits that hard-working dutch people get". 
 
The other important note that I want to make is: AMERICANS, WATCH, LEARN! This guy got shot in the leg, something that is basically impossible when I have to believe you guys on this forum. The suspect was walking/running towards the police and it didn't turn in a massive shoot-out where 30 bullets are needed in order to kill a suspect (refferal to the Wendy's video that I lately saw on this forum). So is it possible to shoot someone in the leg when he comes at you with a knive? Apparently yeah, and he didn't even die from bullet fragmentations in his artery! And then they use a taser to finish this and arrest the suspect alive. This is how police work should be done.
 
 

Terrorist confused man knives down 3 people during a terror attack incident in the Netherlands
*Some pictures/videos may be considered disturbing for some people.*
 
Okay, so in The Netherlands we are somewhat "proud" that we didn't have any recent islam-related terror attack like Germany, Belgium and France had. All of them are somewhat neighbouring countries and have had to deal with major terror attacks. On the 5th of May we figured out why we have never had a terror attack -> MSM and police are rushing to call this an 'incident' instead of a terror attack, by a 'confused' person. Confused is now THE word-to-go to cover up terrorism.
 
Let me walk you guys through the case:
On the fifth of May a person started stabbing people randomly on a square in The Hague. There is currently no footage of that going down, but eyewithnesses say that he was specifically aiming to slit peoples throats. He was also heard saying "allahu akbar". The police response time was very quick (as you can expect in a big city). Within 3 minutes the first police officers arrived on scene. (Note how 1 officer "borrowed" a civillian bicycle, welcome to the Netherlands :D) See this video for what happened when the police arrived:
https://twitter.com/omroepwest/status/992787627148443653
 
Notice how the guy keeps saying "allahu akbar" after he got shot in the leg. Other angle can be watched here: https://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7423653/37e9ff5e/schietincident_den_haag.html
So the police arrived and starting shooting at his legs once he started walking towards the police officers. He still won't let go of the knive so the police decide to shoot some additional warning shots, which seem to have no effect on the suspect. The final arrest can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0UDLRsw794
 
 
So there are two notes that I want to make: First, the MSM and the police are so eager to defend islamic-based terrorism. They are spinning the whole story. This very clear picture of the suspect says a lot of what culture the suspect comes from: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DccGaWdX0AAbi8P.jpg. Trust me, nobody in The Netherlands wears a hat when it's 25 degrees celsius. Furthermore, the days after, additional information started to leak out. The guy appears to be a refugee from Syria. I think we can thank EU politicians for being so blind to the dangers that accepting everyone with no proper plan other than "Poor people, be welcome! Here, take this house that dutch people are for approximately 7 years on a waiting list for, take 10.000 euro's and we'll make sure you get all the benefits that hard-working dutch people get". 
 
The other important note that I want to make is: AMERICANS, WATCH, LEARN! This guy got shot in the leg, something that is basically impossible when I have to believe you guys on this forum. The suspect was walking/running towards the police and it didn't turn in a massive shoot-out where 30 bullets are needed in order to kill a suspect (refferal to the Wendy's video that I lately saw on this forum). So is it possible to shoot someone in the leg when he comes at you with a knive? Apparently yeah, and he didn't even die from bullet fragmentations in his artery! And then they use a taser to finish this and arrest the suspect alive. This is how police work should be done.
 
 

You being an american won't do a thing once you get out of your country. And inside your country nobody will start a knife attack on you, because they're american and americans have guns. 

Hi guys,
 
Yesterday dutch police released a video about a chase that happened last saturday in the eastern part of our country, very close to the border. This video will give you great insight in dispatch communication, chases through 2 countries, the way we police here and also how we chase. I'd love some of your opinions on it :) Enjoy!
 
 

Hi guys,
 
Yesterday dutch police released a video about a chase that happened last saturday in the eastern part of our country, very close to the border. This video will give you great insight in dispatch communication, chases through 2 countries, the way we police here and also how we chase. I'd love some of your opinions on it :) Enjoy!
 
 

Absolute +1 there

I'm not sure if using vehicles as a weapon of mass casualty is new and everyone is jumping on the bandwagon of 'wow, this was easy to do!', or if this has been going on for a long time but not heavily reported.
 
Major props to the cop that confronted him.  It's incredible that he had so much restraint.  He had to of known what the suspect was trying to do for him [officer] to reach into his car to turn off the siren even.
 
 

Well, we both know that every situation is different. My comments are merely meant for this situation, and since you seem to agree that this is unjustified, we're on the same page. I was going against those that think this is justified, out of total blindness for the police. There's a lot of police haters out there. They are blind, but turning blind pro-police should be avoided as well. I'm pro-police but am trying my best not to turn blind, which means that I am capable of criticising bad police work. 

Americans saying "Time for van control" incoming :D 
 
Good police work. National news here in my country covers this as well. Tweet from vince is interesting, as you get to see the arrest of the suspect: https://nos.nl/artikel/2228716-busje-rijdt-in-op-voetgangers-toronto-negen-doden.html
 
Spot-on policework. Officer had all rights to shoot the guy, but he kept his cool and subdued him. Very good job.

I can sympathise with the point you are making but like some have already done I would refer you to these 2 videos: 
http://abcnews.go.com/US/police-trained-shoot-wound-experts/story?id=40402933
https://www.fox25boston.com/news/heres-why-police-dont-shoot-to-wound-in-the-case-of-deadly-force/448470469
 
That shooting however was unjustified and out of department policy after a review:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5644337/Houston-sheriffs-deputy-fatally-shot-unarmed-black-man-fired.html
"A Texas sheriff has fired a deputy who fatally shot an unarmed black man during a confrontation in Houston.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez announced Friday that Deputy Cameron Brewer, who is black, was being fired for failure to follow the department's use-of-force policy in the March 22 fatal shooting of 34-year-old Danny Ray Thomas. 
In doing so, Brewer chose not to use his Taser first in an effort to subdue Thomas.
Thomas was shot dead in a confrontation captured on police and civilian video.
Thomas had his pants around his ankles and was unarmed as he advanced toward Brewer, despite warnings to stop."

I can't speak for other departments, but the New York State Police academy is 6 months long followed by 10 weeks with an FTO and a 1 year probationary period. In that time, you learn everything from case law, to self defense, to proper use of force. You live at the academy all week long (mon-fri) and get 1095 hours of training. You also are considered employed at that point and get paid a salary. To be honest, if any police department has an academy less than 6 months long they probably do deserve bad press for not properly training their officers. Of course funding is always an issue, smaller departments might not be able to afford putting everyone through such a long training program.

It strikes me how some people in here think shooting an unarmed man is a fine thing to do. This situation would be good for pepperspray or taser. Even baton or with your own fists. You took the wrong job if you will do anything to make sure you're not getting hurt. Being a police officer, you're gonna have to fight. Fighting hurts. That's how it is, and if you're willing to get hurt from a fight, don't become a police officer. Of course, don't go recklessly fighting, get proper fighting training. I very much doubt US police really trains in that. I mean, when your academy is running for 6 or 12 or 15 or idk how many weeks, you just don't get a lot of training. Your FTO's probably not gonna train you either, because there's no practice target whatsoever. Compared to being at least 3-4 years in academy here... they'll teach you how to fight here.
 
By the way, the force spectrum is applied at a way that you attempt the steps before you move on to the next level. So first pepperspray. Doesn't work? Taser. Doesn't work? If colleague arrived, hands. If not, draw firearm, warning shots, then aim for legs. Yes, you can still hit the legs if you have got the proper training to do so, even when you're under adrenaline. The training is exactly what worries me though...

It strikes me how some people in here think shooting an unarmed man is a fine thing to do. This situation would be good for pepperspray or taser. Even baton or with your own fists. You took the wrong job if you will do anything to make sure you're not getting hurt. Being a police officer, you're gonna have to fight. Fighting hurts. That's how it is, and if you're willing to get hurt from a fight, don't become a police officer. Of course, don't go recklessly fighting, get proper fighting training. I very much doubt US police really trains in that. I mean, when your academy is running for 6 or 12 or 15 or idk how many weeks, you just don't get a lot of training. Your FTO's probably not gonna train you either, because there's no practice target whatsoever. Compared to being at least 3-4 years in academy here... they'll teach you how to fight here.
 
By the way, the force spectrum is applied at a way that you attempt the steps before you move on to the next level. So first pepperspray. Doesn't work? Taser. Doesn't work? If colleague arrived, hands. If not, draw firearm, warning shots, then aim for legs. Yes, you can still hit the legs if you have got the proper training to do so, even when you're under adrenaline. The training is exactly what worries me though...

It strikes me how some people in here think shooting an unarmed man is a fine thing to do. This situation would be good for pepperspray or taser. Even baton or with your own fists. You took the wrong job if you will do anything to make sure you're not getting hurt. Being a police officer, you're gonna have to fight. Fighting hurts. That's how it is, and if you're willing to get hurt from a fight, don't become a police officer. Of course, don't go recklessly fighting, get proper fighting training. I very much doubt US police really trains in that. I mean, when your academy is running for 6 or 12 or 15 or idk how many weeks, you just don't get a lot of training. Your FTO's probably not gonna train you either, because there's no practice target whatsoever. Compared to being at least 3-4 years in academy here... they'll teach you how to fight here.
 
By the way, the force spectrum is applied at a way that you attempt the steps before you move on to the next level. So first pepperspray. Doesn't work? Taser. Doesn't work? If colleague arrived, hands. If not, draw firearm, warning shots, then aim for legs. Yes, you can still hit the legs if you have got the proper training to do so, even when you're under adrenaline. The training is exactly what worries me though...

It's not just a few incidents, and it's not only recent.  This stuff has been happening for decades, but it's more publicized now due to how the world is.  A good majority of society has a camera phone, and those people whip it out as soon as something looks juicy.    I know a lot of people would love to believe all cops are amazing people who can do no wrong, but that just isn't the case. Yes, there are plenty of good cops, but cops doing their job and not being assholes  isn't news worthy, nor is it something that should be a headline.

Or the Halabja Massacre Preformed by Saddam, or even the Japanese use of mustard gas and Lewisite against the Chinese.  Or even the Chinese supplying the Albanians chemical weapons in the 70's.  And don't forget about the Portuguese using it in Angola.
 
Chemical weapons are horrid and unacceptable and those who give the go ahead for it should be tried for crimes against humanity. 

Alright so this time it had nothing to do with Islam and those implying it were wrongly doing so. Them implying that isn't wrong though when indeed it's statistically factual. Nevertheless shouldn't we judge so easily. First get some facts about it before you judge.

This was not very de-escalating, lol. In terms of policing this was really bad, but it's true though, you can one-size-fits-all the crap out of your entire community, but community policing will never reach this family or this neighbourhood at all I'm afraid. Such kids need a beating and who else than the guy who grew up in that same neighbourhood could better judge what such kids need? So I don't think it's such a bad thing to do, but in the traditional sense of policing this is of course unacceptable. 
 
 

Maybe used, maybe didn't, can you really tell? I recall a conversation I had on this forum with a member (who as I understood was a USAF vet or active duty). To convince him leg/arm shots are fairly standard here, I had to locate and provide him with the Ministry of Internal Affairs regulations of firearms training. One exercise includes officers shooting the target's arm holding a firearm from 10 meters, 3 shots. And it is a standard exercise which all the cadets and active officers shall pass. 
 
Of course I never mean "do as we do". I only mean that some people do things differently. 

Why though? Why do American police officers die more than police officers of other countries?
 
About the shooting part: Sure, not every shot means death, but shooting 20 rounds and only hitting 8 (60% missed!!) sounds more like reckless shooting somewhere in the direction of the suspect instead of being aware of what you're actually doing. I know I know, of course you can't expect someone who is under maximum stress to hit every shot, but having a hit chance of only 40% isn't pretty either.