LA Police in New BMW's and Tesla's

I'm not sure why no one made a controversy of this, but there should be.  The new police cars for the LA police department will be BMW's and Tesla's.  No, this isn't a joke.  This deal has already started. Soon, Los Angeles police officers will be driving better cars than most of the citizens living there.

In an article written by USA today LA officials are bragging about being the "most sustainable" city in America.

So, they couldn't find a way to go green without buying the most expensive electric cars?  Later in the USA article it mentions that BMW has been suffering with sales since no one is buying the cars.  Needless to say BMW is very happy to apart of this deal.  Below are photos of the new cars.

This just doesn't seem like a practical way to spend tax dollar money.  Only recently did the LA police force get new cars.  They made a big purchase of Dodge Chargers.

So again why is no one complaining?  Unfortunately throughout California, when city or state officials package something as green, they can get away with just about anything.  Traditionally, police officers have always driven American cars.  BMW is not an American brand, it's a German brand.  So, it begs to question, why couldn't they use Chevy Spark EV's and Volt's?  They are less expensive. In general the BMW i models are not practical.  Can you picture an officer struggling to arrest a person and cramming them in the back seat?