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# Answers in black-and-white
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/answers-in-black-and-white/
- Published: 2006-07-11T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T18:50:33.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Crime, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Prisons and convicts aren’t all that Folsom has to offer for police officers.

About $1 million in contributions from the city’s Vehicle Replacement Program funds will provide Santa Monica police with 40 new Ford Crown Victoria squad cars from Folsom Lake Ford, according to city staff reports.

As the lowest bidder, Folsom Lake Ford is to furnish the cars, which officers use for day-to-day business, investigations, patrolling and emergency response, the staff report read. The $1.017 million tally includes sales tax.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 11, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/071106.pdf?ref=smdp.com)