Ocala Police unveils new patrol car

Residents voted on cars designed by officers

OCALA, Fla. – Ocala Police unveiled on Wednesday its new patrol car designed by four of its officers.

The department asked the public to vote on four designs -- all created by Ocala police officers. "Design #857" -- created by Officer Mark Crandall and Officer Jimmy Pitman -- won the contest with 685 votes. The second place design was just seven votes behind.

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Since the voting was so close, police chief Greg Graham decided to ask both Pitman and Crandall to team up with the second place officers to create a new car based off the first and second place design.

Sergeant Angy Scroble and Officer Patti Mraz came in second with 678 votes.

"[The contest] was a lot of fun and we are going to end up with a design that we are all going to be proud of," said chief Graham.


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