| YA02
CDK is a North Yorks. Police Vauxhall Vectra training
vehicle. It is not fitted with any emergency warning equipment, but does
have a white bonnet, battenburg markings on the sides and reflective
striping on the rear. Inset: rear view. |
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| YG02
EYY This is a Nissan Terrano 4x4 police vehicle. |
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| The rear view. Note that the 'crimestoppers'
advert has been placed on the spare wheel cover, as there is little space
for the standard body-livery adverts that are seen on the rear of all
North Yorkshire police vehicles. |
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| Here are a pair of 03-registration Avon
and Somerset Skoda
Octavia vRS's used in the Bristol and Bath areas. Skodas are well accepted within police forces around the country because of their excellent combination of performance, reliability and value for money.
For (the public price of) £15,000 you get a 180bhp 1.8 litre engine and a
8-second 0-60 time as it zooms towards its top speed of 146mph. |
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| PCZ
4361 This is a PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland)
MG ZT saloon. The silver body colour is replacing white on some cars in
some police forces to increase the sell-on value of the vehicle after its
police life. The PSNI replaced the RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary) as part
of the Northern Ireland peace process in 2001. |
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| KXI
9405 This is a heavily armoured PSNI Landrover. It is
liveried with battenburg stripe and has bullet-proof windows. It also has
grilles over all the front lights and roof lights, as well as the
windscreen and below the registration plate to protest the officers in
dangerous situations. |
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| This is a V-registration BMW police
motorbike from Dorset Police. |
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| This is a Honda Goldwing police bike. It was one of a
number of 'liveried' motorcycles that Honda supply to the police for
the NW200 in Northern Ireland. It may well be exactly the same vehicle
that Durham Constabulary were using in 2000, pictured in the 'Police >
Durham 2000' album. |
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| R191
PKH is Humberside Police's awesome Subaru Impreza.
Upgraded by Subaru specialists Prodrive, this four wheel drive,
turbocharged car is highly suited to chasing cars. The suspension has been
upgraded so that it can take speed humps at 70 miles per hour, and it has lightening
quick acceleration and incredible road-holding. These factors mean that
when a suspect car drives flat out through a red traffic light, the police
can slow down, negotiate the junction at a safe speed and accelerate to
catch up with the suspect with relative ease. |
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| The side shot of the car. Notice the
spoiler and gold alloy wheels. This car has a top speed of 150 mph and can
get to 60 mph from a standing start in 5 seconds. This 'pursuit car' was
bought for its performance and because it stands out, almost acting as a
crime deterrent. |
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| The rear view. This was the first Subaru Impreza police
vehicle to be used in the UK. It replaced the Ford Escort Cosworth in
Humberside and its police life lasted from 1998 until
2001. |
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| AJ51
VLX This is a green Ford Mondeo from North Yorkshire
Police. It has been used as an ANPR (automatic number plate recognition)
car by the road policing group and was used for covert work before its
battenburg livery was added. It has blue strobes hidden behind the front
grille. |
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| The side-on shot showing the conspicuity
of its livery. |
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| YJ53
EKV This is a NYP firearms unit. Based on a Ford Iveco
Cargo cab, the rear is used as a briefing area, armoury and communications
office for prolonged or pro-active firearms operations. |
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| NU52
LNR is one of Cleveland Police's Volvo S60s. |
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| VN52
GHY This is a Vauxhall Astravan police support unit
belonging to North Yorks. Police. It is not fitted with blue lights and is
used primarily for non-urgent movement of equipment. It is liveried to
increase police presence. |
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| R313
TRH is a very odd vehicle: a Humberside Police community
safety Proton Persona. This yellow / green car has been tastelessly
liveried with sponsor's advertising, diagrams and boasts about the
benefits of running on LPG. |
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| The rear view, showing more of the
livery. |
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| YJ53
EMV This is one of a number of large vans and trucks
that North Yorkshire Police bought in November 2003. It is a Ford Iveco
55C15 and is used for prisoner transportation. |
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| The rear view of the same van, showing
the livery and tinted windows for the prisoners. Typically the vehicle
would be used at large events (for example football matches) to contain
arrested persons before their journey to the custody suite. |
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| Inside there are three cells on each
side of the corridor. There are access doors at the rear (shown) and on
the nearside. Opposite the nearside entrance is a regular seat for the
officer in charge of the cells. Super-secure multi-point locks and
super-strong doors and walls make it all but impossible for a prisoner to
escape. |
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| Each cell is furnished with a plastic
seat and a darkened window, but ironically no seat belt for safety
reasons. The seat is integrated into the wall so that it can't be removed
and used as a ram or weapon and this set-up also allows easier cleaning of
the cells. |
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| R301
DEU This is Avon and Somerset Constabulary's command
unit. Built on a Mercedes truck chassis, the trailer body has an expanding
section on both sides to increase internal space. |
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| P672
XAG is a Ford Iveco Cargo Forensic Service Unit. It is
used as a mobile laboratory and base for forensic investigators. Here we
see the white coverall-clad forensic officers taking a tea break at a
major crime scene. |
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| A closer look at the vehicle, including
a web of 'crime scene' tape. |
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