It was all part of the Phoenix edition of the Decentralized Dance Party, a touring event that has staged massively madcap mobile fiestas in cities across North America since 2010. Namely, serving as multicolored strobe lights that illuminated countless revelers engaged in a major rager throughout downtown.
On a chilly night in early January, however, these red and blue flashing devices were used for a purpose that was entirely more fun. Ostensibly, the emergency lights adorning the Phoenix Police Department's fleet of patrol vehicles were designed to alert motorists to danger or force them to pull over.
