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Sounds like an old Port Auth. of NY/NJ truck. If I'm remember all the trucks at JFK and LGA say police on them. Something to do with the way they the airports are run.
That's interesting, I saw the same truck in that field when I was coming back to Virginia from Florida around Dec 22nd. It was rainy and dark so I didn't try to get off the Interstate to get a photo. I immediately thought of the Port Authority crash trucks too - it's similar in color to theirs - but it didn't have the PA shield on the doors or any PA lettering - just POLICE on the side. If the PA logos had been removed I would have thought the Police lettering would have been as well. However, that remains the best guess - maybe an ex-PA crash truck bought by a construction company for a water truck?
The NYPD has an Ex USAF Crash Truck in their fleet as well. However its an Oshkosh P-4. If you scroll down about three quarters the way down on Michael Martinelli's you will see a great photo of it. I mentioned this truck on this board back in 2004 when I was riding in a yellow cab to work, and this truck blasted by us on the FDR Drive!