[Ppnews] Prisoners sneak pig into Vermont State Police decal

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Prisoners sneak pig into Vermont State Police decal

Posted: Feb 02, 2012 1:28 PM PST Updated: Feb 02, 2012 4:18 PM PST
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Vermont State police are confronting a prisoner prank and 
investigating who's behind it. Inmates tasked with making decals of 
the official state seal for state police cruisers took some liberties 
with the design. And troopers are not happy about it.

Police, troopers, cops, the fuzz, and pigs; police officers are 
called a lot of names. Inmates apparently decided to use their 
creative sides, making sure that pigs made their way into the state 
seal for the first time since it was first designed more than three 
centuries ago.

Hundreds of cruisers patrol Vermont with the state seal standing out 
on both front doors. The seal was originally designed by Ira Allen in 
the 1770s. There's a tree, mountains and a cow to honor dairy farming 
in Vermont.

Four years ago the state wanted more decals for cruisers, giving the 
job to the prison print shop in Windsor. Inmates were supposed to 
load the state crest image in as given to them, but someone decided 
to make a major change-- payback perhaps.

In the new decal, one of the spots on the cow is actually a pig. Pig 
is a derogatory term for police. A state trooper in Southern Vermont 
just noticed the altered artwork.

"And I apologize to them," Vt. Corrections Commissioner Andy Pallito 
said. "I think it's really unfortunate that somebody took it upon 
themselves to reach out and do this to them."

Pallito says the decals were recently put on cruisers. As many as 30 
have the prankster pigs.

"We'll have to make sure we do a better job of quality assurance in 
the future to make sure this doesn't happen again," Pallito said.

State police aren't laughing either. In a statement, Maj. Bill Sheets 
said "While some may find humor in the decal modifications, the joke 
unfortunately comes at the expense of the taxpayers."

Pallito expects the bill to replace the offending swine will run about $800.

The more you look at the decal the more you may see. We've heard from 
people who say in addition to the pig, there may also be a silhouette 
of a naked women underneath the cow.

As far as catching the inmate or person who did this, Pallito says it 
could be difficult because there is a lot of turnover in jail.




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