Police prangs: $24.3 million repair bill for damage to patrol cars, intentional damage increasing 26 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 6 minutes to read A man fleeing police rammed this patrol vehicle in the Far North. Photo / Northern Advocate Anna Leask is a senior reporter for the New Zealand [email protected]@AnnaLeask Almost 9000 police cars have been damaged since 2015 - with a repair bill of more than $24.3 million. Of those, more than 1000 were intentionally rammed by offenders, and 618 deliberately vandalised. A further 162 had to be repaired after the driver hit an animal, 2107 after stationary objects were struck and 39 after red lights were "disobeyed".