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This is a Northumbria police outrider escorting
the runners of the Great North Run, circa 1988. |
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Here is another police outrider escorting a cycle race
in the late 1980s (force unknown). |
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Three more Northumbria police motorcycles. |
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A BMW police bike belonging to Northumbria
police. |
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Here is a North Yorkshire crime prevention
trailer |
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This a good close up of a police
motorcyclist's view. At the bottom left of the picture is the radio, and on top of the dashboard is the speed detector readout. |
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A very exciting time during
a police chase! From left to right, a Ford Fiesta Panda car, the target vehicle, a Volvo traffic car. Other police
vehicles are off camera. The target car crashed while trying to negotiate the roundabout. |
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A Vauxhall Corsa P354
WBB and a Ford Escort R282
EES from Durham Constabulary. |
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P452
TUY is a Vauxhall Monterey in Cumbria. |
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P753
LOY
The Honda Blackbird combines staggering speed and
handling. It's top speed is actually greater than a police helicopter! |
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The front view. |
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A Northumbria Police Ford Transit and a serious crime trailer at a murder scene. Note the 'slide-up' first floor and the tall aerial on top. |
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Here is a LDV with optional riot shield, again
from Northumbria police. |
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P339
WTN is a Land Rover, used in the Teesdale and Weardale
areas by Durham Constabulary. |
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A Ford Mondeo saloon, viewed from above as a helicopter would. You can clearly identify each car by it's call sign on the roof. |
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L65
MUB is a North Yorkshire Peugeot 309. |
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This Peugeot 306 is photographed in Ilkley, West
Yorkshire. |
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R677
FUA is a Peugeot Van, used by North Yorkshire Police
in Pately Bridge. |
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R691
FUA is a Rover 200
seen in Leyburn, North Yorkshire. |
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A
rather rusty Vauxhall Corsa taken in Gateshead. |
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J397
MCU is a Suzuki SJ413, used in
the rural areas of County
Durham |
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A short wheel base Ford Maverick from Northumbria. |
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A Cumbrian LDV van with minimal markings. |
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P574
RWU is a Volvo
850 police car seen at RAF Dishforth. |
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The front view, showing the flashing blue lights and
headlamps. |
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Here and below shows the same car,
S734
HUB, one using the flash and one not. It is easy to see how well the reflective battenburg markings work.
Police have dubbed these blue and yellow markings as Battenburg markings after the cake - you can see the similarity. The Police Research
Laboratory have found blue and yellow squares are the most noticeable markings by the human eye, so you can see one of these cars at a greater distance. |
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The daylight shot. |
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R145
BUA is a Rover 200 pictured in
Ilkley, Yorkshire. Note the advertising of the non-emergency phone number to cut down on inappropriate 999 calls. |
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A Honda Blackbird or '2 ton big bird'. So called not because of its weight, but it's speed. Yes 200mph! |
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R455
JTN is a Range Rover
from Durham. |
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R456
JTN is a BMW
5 series from Durham with only a slightly different number plate to the Range
rover above. |
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A Durham Forward Command Unit. |
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R160
PNL is a Ford Iveco
flat bed Lorry used by the police for moving vehicles. |
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Below, one of the slowest in the Durham force: a moped with top speed of 30mph. |
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A Panda Panda. Used for raising funds for charity, it isn't used on the roads. |
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N314
NTN is a Druham Volvo 850 saloon. |
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