In 1978, the feds spent $2 million on developing a prototype police patrol car – equal to $8.4 million in 2021 dollars. However, they never completed the project.
The U.S. federal agency, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration – part of the U.S. Department of Justice – earned a Golden Fleece Award by U.S. Senator William Proxmire (D-Wis.) to highlight the folly of spending such an outrageous sum on a prototype that was never completed.
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