![New black-and-white Arlington Heights police SUV leaving the Arlington Heights Police Station Thursday, April 11, 2024 (CARDINAL NEWS)](https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/51A49307-8EF4-4DCF-9463-DBF60455F63E.jpeg)
The Arlington Heights Police Department is apparently beginning to phase out the attractive deep blue police vehicles for a classic black-and-white appearance. CARDINAL NEWS captured images of a black-and-white Ford Police Interceptor SUV coming out of the police station reminiscent of the opening intro for the police TV series Hill Street Blues.
A CARDINAL NEWS camera caught the marked black-and-white SUV, similar to a Ford Explorer, as a police officer drove it out of the rear lot police station lot, made a right turn on to Sigwalt Street, and headed westbound on Sigwalt Street.
The schedule for the changeover from deep blue to black-and-white is unknown.
![New black-and-white Arlington Heights police SUV leaving the Arlington Heights Police Station Thursday, April 11, 2024 (CARDINAL NEWS)](https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CE58E6BD-F33D-4B93-AB81-13F7B5D2CF34.jpeg)
![New black-and-white Arlington Heights police SUV leaving the Arlington Heights Police Station Thursday, April 11, 2024 (CARDINAL NEWS)](https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/C185EFCB-8B00-4691-8D65-3203E88A3637.jpeg)
We’ll eventually miss the deep blue design when it is gone. The deep blue design was conceived by some Arlington Heights police officers. The new look is also attractive with a professional appearance.
Music by Mike Post. This is the first opening to Hill Street Blues, from the pilot episode. YouTube Tips ⓘ
Opening versions to Hill Street Blues, including the opening intro from later in the series, which aired on NBC in prime-time from January 15, 1981 to May 12, 1987 (Music composed by Mike Post, also released as a single to become major US hit, reaching #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1981, and winning the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance). YouTube Tips ⓘ
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![White police car in the early 2000s on Dunton Avenue near Euclid Avenue in Arlington Heights (CARDINAL NEWS)](https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/policeevidencekitIMG_1364.jpg)
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