Tints on patrol cars

01-12-2011, 09:41 PM

Are police vehicles exempt from dark tinted windows?
I saw a Sweetwater patrol car at the Dolphin mall today
and you can't see inside that car at all.

If I had tints like the ones that patrol car has I would get a ticket.

Unless you can show me in the Florida Statutes that police vehicles are exempt from
this law I will make sure channel 7 news makes a story about this.

01-12-2011, 09:53 PM

Was it a marked K-9 patrol vehicle? Those are exempt.
Also undercover vehicles.. etc... Read the law Mr. Reporter (if that's what you are) before
you talk Shizzat.

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/ind ... 29545.html

316.29545

Window sunscreening exclusions; medical exemption; certain law enforcement vehicles and private investigative service vehicles exempt.
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(1)

The department shall issue medical exemption certificates to persons who are afflicted with Lupus, any autoimmune disease, or other medical conditions which require a limited exposure to light, which certificates shall entitle the person to whom the certificate is issued to have sunscreening material on the windshield, side windows, and windows behind the driver which is in violation of the requirements of ss. 316.2951-316.2957. The department shall consult with the Medical Advisory Board established in s. 322.125 for guidance with respect to the autoimmune diseases and other medical conditions which shall be included on the form of the medical certificate authorized by this section. At a minimum, the medical exemption certificate shall include a vehicle description with the make, model, year, vehicle identification number, medical exemption decal number issued for the vehicle, and the name of the person or persons who are the registered owners of the vehicle. A medical exemption certificate shall be nontransferable and shall become null and void upon the sale or transfer of the vehicle identified on the certificate.
(2)

The department shall exempt all law enforcement vehicles used in undercover or canine operations from the window sunscreening requirements of ss. 316.2951-316.2957.
(3)

The department shall exempt from the window sunscreening restrictions of ss. 316.2953, 316.2954, and 316.2956 vehicles that are owned or leased by private investigators or private investigative agencies licensed under chapter 493.
(4)

The department may charge a fee in an amount sufficient to defray the expenses of issuing a medical exemption certificate as described in subsection (1).
(5)

The department is authorized to promulgate rules for the implementation of this section.
History.
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s. 14, ch. 2000-313; s. 9, ch. 2010-223.

01-13-2011, 01:10 PM

Originally Posted by Channel 7 Reporter

Are police vehicles exempt from dark tinted windows?
I saw a Sweetwater patrol car at the Dolphin mall today
and you can't see inside that car at all.

If I had tints like the ones that patrol car has I would get a ticket.

Unless you can show me in the Florida Statutes that police vehicles are exempt from
this law I will make sure channel 7 news makes a story about this.

YOU cant always believe what you see on the TV news. Reporters always love to make things up. remember they get there after the police do. so they only repeort what they have been told! mr/ms REPORTer, do some research first before you make yourself look stupid again.