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    Hundreds ask Vt. to keep prank pig on police decal

    MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Remember the pig hidden within the decal on the doors of some Vermont State Police cruisers?

    There's now a movement under way to keep it there.

    But it turns out there was more wrong with that image than just the white pig hidden as a splotch on the cow, made to resemble one of Vermont's ubiquitous Holsteins. State law requires that the cow in the crest be red — not red and white — as a tribute to the hardy Devon cattle first brought to Vermont by English settlers.

    "What I would really like is for the governor to just leave the pigs on the car. That's the bottom line, at no expense to anybody," said Barre musician Cid Sinclair, who created the Facebook page "Save the Vermont Pigs." The site has been liked by more than 500 people. Two hundred people have signed an online petition, he said.

    "No harm, no foul, take it as an opportunity to have some fun," Sinclair said. "We live in pretty bleak times and it's pretty rough. We have an opportunity to laugh together as one, as Vermonters."

    The pigs in the 16-inch decal were first noticed last week by a state police trooper who was washing his car. The crest is believed to have been altered by a Vermont prison inmate who made the image several years ago. The pigs, a derogatory term for police, are on about 30 cruisers.

    The Department of Corrections said last week that new decals would be made at a cost of $780. But state police spokeswoman Stephanie Dasaro said Thursday that so far none of the offending decals had been removed.

    She said officials had been made aware of the state law that requires the cow in the crest to be red but had been told it was OK to use the existing emblem.

    "We value our emblem and what it represents for our state and our agency and we want to be in compliance," Dasaro said.

     

    45 comments

    • daver  •  Syracuse, New York  •  3 mths ago
      Crack police work. How long had the decals been in service ?
      • Iainteasy 3 mths ago
        funny thing is,,,they didn't say
      • JeffC 3 mths ago
        I read somewhere it was at least a year
    • lisa  •  Columbus, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      I think it's rather funny - if it was done in good fun why not? Aren't we getting carried away with all of this PC stuff?
    • KW  •  3 mths ago
      Okay I thought "PIG" stood for Pride Integrity and Guts"
    • Kandi  •  3 mths ago
      I'm laughing so hard, I think I just pig snorted.....
    • m  •  Washington, District of Columbia  •  3 mths ago
      All police officers know that "pig" is a negative nickname for cop. But what the hell. Leave it alone, it may help public relations to know that the officers can laugh along with the joke instead of taking it too seriously. Fighting crime and helping the public should take priority over what's on the side of a police cruiser. If I were a cop I would want it left on my cruiser. We all need to laugh at ourselves from time to time.
      • JeffC 3 mths ago
        A little humility is good
    • up yuose  •  3 mths ago
      what a mature human aproch. oink.
      • up yuose 3 mths ago
        what they are realy trying to say is they aint got the $ to change it. oink.
    • Odd Ball  •  3 mths ago
      Keep the pig on. No disrespect intended here, after all, everybody loves bacon. BTW - It's my understanding that pigs are the 3rd smartest animal on earth, so, KEEP THE PIG!
      • rick 3 mths ago
        ok.. so whats the two smartest?
      • rick 3 mths ago
        ok.. so whats the two smartest?
      • Odd Ball 3 mths ago
        Humans and whales/dolphins are the smartest.
    • Bob the Builder  •  Fresno, California  •  3 mths ago
      You know there is an inmate somewhere laughing his #$%$ off.
      • Iainteasy 3 mths ago
        Yea,,espically when he gets to read about it,,maby even on the net like all of us
    • ponygirl  •  Cleveland, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      They have way to much time on their hands in Vermont!!!
    • TONY  •  3 mths ago
      Why did they let an inmate design their decals in the first place ???
    • Blue Angel  •  3 mths ago
      Oh, come on, it was funny! Leave it on there.
    • Doug Dawson  •  Mississauga, Canada  •  3 mths ago
      Years on their cars and they finally noticed, detective badges all around.
    • Roll Tide  •  Corvallis, Oregon  •  3 mths ago
      $780 for new decals to be made? can of paint cost what $20? government intelligence at work: who cares the tax payers will pay for it!
      (only if it ABSOLUTELY HAS to be changed, i think it's hilarious!)
    • justMe20  •  3 mths ago
      "The pigs, a derogatory term for police,...."
      Wow. Did that really need to be explained?
    • tracilynne40  •  3 mths ago
      to anti riff raff: loosen up man!! Don't it so seriously!!
    • Tristain  •  Upland, California  •  3 mths ago
      So they've been there for years, and they knew the cow was supposed to be solid red... And chose not to fix them. The finally find a pig in the markings on the cow, and they want to change to the solid red cow to "be in compliance". Hilarious!
    • J  •  3 mths ago
      If anything The Pigs of Vermont, not the cops should be the ones offended by this distasteful a front!
    • Tony  •  3 mths ago
      Cow is livestock
      Pig is livestock
      The scene is rural farmland
      This decal celebrates the hardworking farmer.
      What's the controversy ?
    • mac marine  •  Sacramento, California  •  3 mths ago
      the old emblems are valuable, don't damage them when you scrape them off and have the prison industries frame them and sell them in the gift shop.
    • dagwood  •  3 mths ago
      Arrh! Collectors item laddy they will fetch a pretty penny on Ebay
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