| OU51
DWY This Skoda Octavia vRS is in use with the traffic
division of Cumbria Constabulary. |
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| The rear view of the same car. |
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| PX51
GJZ is a Cumbria Nissan Terrano, ideal for the rugged
terrain on the Lake District. This vehicle has small repeater blue lights
mounted in the front bumper. |
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| R440
UAO is a similar-looking Ford Maverick 4x4. Notice the
unusual silver grille, the extra blue lights on the grille and the
floodlight on the roof. |
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| X294
SRM is a yellow Mercedes Sprinter Van, used by Cumbria
Constabulary as a video van. It is of particular use in town centres to
record people's actions when pubs and clubs close. It hence doubles as a
public order van. |
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| The rear view of the same van. It has an
unusual paint scheme of having white bodywork on its lower half (mostly
behind the battenburg markings) and yellow on the top half. |
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P269
MUY is one of 5 Cumbria
Vauxhall Corsas which were donated by Vauxhall for Special Constables.
They originally had a red stripe with wording announcing the partnership.
Full time officers wouldn't use them, but when they were re-liveried into
battenburg, they became much more popular with the full-timers, to the
detriment of the Specials. |
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| YJ04
CEF This 2004 Mercedes Benz Sprinter 316CDI is with
North Yorkshire Police as a collision investigation unit. |
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| The rear aspect. Notice the apparent
lack of blue flashing lights, even though this vehicle would respond at
speed to accident scenes. In fact, it has four very small blue flashing
strobe bulbs drilled into the headlights' and reversing lights'
reflectors. |
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| YY04
ABV This red scrambler motorbike is a 125cc Honda XR125 used by
a North Yorkshire PC. It was new in April 2004 and is taxed and
registered for use on the roads. It is used for policing inaccessible
areas such as wasteland, parkland, fields or dirt tracks as well as
regular patrols such as housing estates. |
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| The rear view, showing the top box and
battenburg livery. The small squares stuck on all sides advertise the sponsoring
company who have loaned the bike for one year. |
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| N315
EUB This aging dark blue Ford Escort van is used for
police support work and has been fitted with a magnetic blue flashing
light. It was still operational when this photo was taken in 2004. |
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| VE03
HGN is a red Vauxhall Astra from North Yorks. Police. It
runs on LPG and is part of the force's plan to livery all police (and
support) vehicles that don't need to be inconspicuous. This car has no
blue lights or siren. |
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| YK51
LYF This Vauxhall Corsa 1.7DI is from West Yorkshire
Police. It is used for community policing and is supported by the local
council. It doesn't have any blue lights, but does come from Vauxhall
Special Vehicles as it has the roof strengthener and light bar mount
fitted. |
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| YD52
RVE is an LDV Convoy demonstrator. It has two blue
lights on the grille and two on each side. The sides and rear are sparsely
liveried with a yellow stripe and 'police' wording. |
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| VK03
WDV This is a silver MG ZT 135 CDTI police car from
Warwickshire Police's Road Policing Unit. It is very rare in the fact that
it is solely used by police Specials. New in summer 2003,
it was presented to the unit after a number of donations of money, parts
and time. |
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| The rear view of the same MG, showing
its conspicuous livery and emergency warning lighting. |
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| The conspicuity of the emergency lighting can be seen on
this night-time shot. |
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| YJ53
EKZ This Volvo S60 is used by North Yorkshire's traffic
police. Inset: the front view. |
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| OY51
BKG A West Yorkshire Police Volvo S40. This vehicle
started life as a demonstrator, hence the non-Yorkshire registration
prefix. |
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| The rear view. Notice the common set up
on WYP traffic policing vehicle: the registration plate has been mounted
on the bumper (with additional lights to illuminate it at night) and a
variable message matrix sign has been put in its place. Also notice the
extra red flashing lights mounted at the bottom of the bumper. |
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| This Mercedes Sprinter riot van /
personnel carrier is run by Avon and Somerset Police. |
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| Here is a BMW 330TDI area car from
Hampshire. Insets: the side views. |
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| Another Hampshire police car: a Volvo
V70 T5 used for traffic policing duties. |
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| N7_6
OYR A Metropolitan Police Mercedes Sprinter personnel
carrier keep an eye on protestors outside the Houses of Parliament and Big
Ben in Westminster, London. |
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| P284
PYW The rear view of a similar Mercedes Benz, packed
with police officers in high-visibility uniforms. |
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| R584
ULX A line-up of six police riot vans stand prepared for
any unrest around Parliament on the day the Hutton Report on the UK going
to war against Iraq is published. |
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| LY03
UFS The Met moved towards using more silver vehicles in
2003. This example is a Vauxhall Astra beat car. |
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| The rear view of the same car. The idea
behind using silver cars is the residual value when the time comes to sell
it on. The police can expect as much as 10% more for a desirable silver
coloured car than a less-desirable white car. |
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| LY02
RHX A traditional white Met Vauxhall Omega used for
traffic policing duties in the capital. |
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| X992
YGU The rear view of an identical vehicle. Notice the
matrix variable message sign built into the roof bar. |
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| Two views of a silver Met BMW K 1200 GT motorbike,
with hotchpotch battenburg markings. |
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| Y657
PMX A very familiar sight on London's roads in the early
2000's is the Ford Fiesta panda car. Here is an unusually dirty example,
blamed on the snowy weather. |
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| W552
UGW Another very familiar panda car is the Vauxhall
Astra. |
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| LV52
NXR A traditional white BMW R 1150 RT motorbike is mounted by a
female police outrider. |
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| The rear view of the same bike. |
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| W348
UGW is a Met Omega in a battenburg colour scheme.
Battenburg markings are used primarily on police vehicles that may need to
stop on a fast-moving road. They have been proven to be noticeable from a
greater distance than just a stripe. |
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| The rear view of the same Vauxhall
Omega. |
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| N96
OUW Two shots of a 1996 Metropolitan Police
Mercedes-Benz T1 truck. Notice the twin blue light roof bars, the
retractable armour and the 'old' Met Police logo (without the 'Working for
a Safer London' statement). |
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| A silver BMW 5-series Touring armed
response unit from the Met. |
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