When the CHP began, the cars were white to contrast with most civilian vehicles, which were largely black. Jonathan Blair/Corbis//Getty Images Monty McCord’s Police Cars: A Photographic History ...

“A single color is the best color because you can see the silhouette of the ... boosting vehicle safety. White cars with blue reflective tape are better than black and white, Solomon said.

"[We're] going back to the roots of Calgary, where at one time police cars were, back in the fifties, black and white. So it was going back to that retro look," said Insp. Ken Thrower. Within the ...