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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (March 6, 2016)–Indianapolis Metropolitan Police are investigating how one of their own vehicles ended up abandoned, disabled, and in a ditch early Sunday morning.

Shortly before 12:30 a.m. officers were dispatched to the 5100 block of East Thompson Road, near South Emerson Avenue.

The vehicle was described in a police report as a white, 2012 Dodge emergency vehicle with a commission number assigned to it.

Police say no one was around the disabled vehicle, so they had it towed.

According to police, the vehicle is assigned to an IMPD employee. But they did not say it was a police officer’s vehicle.

A department spokesperson said, “given the circumstances we have initiated our own internal investigation. “

There was no information on the extent of damage to the IMPD car.