The NYPD is regularly towing unmarked police cars - leaving detectives stranded on the street with no way to transport suspects in handcuffs, the Daily News has learned.

Michael Palladino, head of the Detectives' Endowment Association, said tow operators working for the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau are meeting their daily quota - four tows and 20 summonses - by towing detectives who are legally parked or who have no choice but to double-park.

Recently, a Brooklyn detective investigating the hit-and-run that left a staffer for Mayor Bloomberg in a coma was called to the district attorney's office. When the detective left the meeting, his car was gone, Palladino said.

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