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Show ! W. Bountiful 8olice using ashy car . By KATHY CHRISTENSEN WEST BOUNTIFUL If speeding by a flashy, new, regatta blue Mustang in West Bountiful, beware. It may be the new city police car. The new car, purchased last month, does not make obvious the fact that it is a police car. It is small, has no lights on top of the car and is still awaiting a side sticker that will identify it as such. "A lot of people zip right past me going too many miles-per-hour, and they don't even realize I'm a policeman, until I pull them over," said Corp. Walter Borschel. The Mustang is noted for its Officers at the West Bountiful Police Department have a new partner, this classy new Mustang that can hit speeds as high as 145 miles-per-hour. quickness, and its top rated speed is 145 mph. It can go from zero to 100 mph in 21.2 seconds, handles well and has good braking, according accord-ing to Chief Wayne Jeppson. "The best way to see how fast it is, is to get pulled over by it," Chief Xeppson laughed. ; Fifty percent of the Utah Highway High-way Patrol now use Mustangs, according to Chief Jeppson. Cali- fornia started it and Utah jumped on it, he said. -"It's a nice car. it's a fun car," i Jeppson said. "Everyone on the j force wants to drive it." j Presently the car is issued to ; Corp. Borschel. i |