| Incredibly, here is a Durham Contabulary Sinclair C5. This single-seat electric vehicle was the vision of future personal transport by Sir Clive Sinclair in the 1980's. Here it is fitted with blue flashing lights and is mainly used for motorway and rapid response work.
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... or it may just be non-operational and helping to advertise a private company!
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| Two police horses from Humberside Police.
Notice the horse's high visibility stripe below the neck with 'police' written on. |
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NWR A Volvo V70 T5 traffic car from North Yorks. Police. It is blocking the road as there has been a road accident ahead. A driver has lost control of his car for medical reasons and crashed into the wall of a tunnel. The Volvo's matrix sign is flashing 'R O A D' then 'ACCIDENT' to inform motorists. Signs at both ends of the tunnel warn people to call the railway's emergency number before calling the emergency services to an accident. This is because even a small knock to the tunnel could cause the railway lines above to jolt out of place - with
disastrous consequences. |
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| X784
GEG A Ford Focus estate dog unit demonstrator from Ford. Here it is use with Northumbria Police for evaluation purposes. |
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| The rear view. Notice the roof vent for the dogs and the blacked out rear screen. |
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| This is a 2001 Honda VTR SP-1 motorbike
from Durham Constabulary. |
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| The rear view of the same VTR. |
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| This is a Honda CBR 900, also
liveried as Durham Constabulary.
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| NK51
DDO A 2001 Land Rover Defender from Durham Constabulary. This photo was taken in Blanchland, Northumbria. Blanchland used to have a part-time Northumbria Police station. |
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| The rear view. |
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ACK A Rover 200 from North Yorkshire Police. |
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| The rear view showing the high contrast colour
scheme. |
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| T301 ACK is the poorer sister of the above car, having just a yellow stripe up the side and a flaking 'police' sign. |
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HWY A police outrider on escort duties. Motorbikes are now the best option for escorting VIPs. They can stay ahead of the convoy and stop traffic seconds before the VIP's car arrives. Previously, an officer at each major junction would stop traffic minutes before the arrival, causing more traffic jams. |
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motorbike is joined by sister vehicles Y723
HWY Y722
HWY Y721
HWY (in this order). The line up of escorting motorbikes,
all with registrations from the same run. Notice that the second bike from
the left doesn't have the force crest on the front like the others. |
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EUP A 2000-model Ford Transit. This vehicle has a 2.4 litre turbo diesel engine and is being used by the dog section of Northumbria Police. |
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| The rear three-quarter view. Notice the three 'double-bubble' blue lights on the roof, with small red spots to give a red and blue light to the rear only. The van also has heavily tinted or blacked-out rear windows. |
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WWP A 2001 Ford Focus panda car from Northumbria Police's fleet.
The Crimestoppers telephone number can be seen on the nearside, whereas on the offside we have the Northumbria Police website address. |
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| The side view. Ford Focuses replaced
Ford Fiestas after taller officers requested larger vehicles for more comfort. They often need to make a quick exit and this is not easy when you are over 6 feet tall, are wearing body armour, have a radio,
baton, handcuffs and other paraphernalia around your waist and are squeezed into a small car! |
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GWC This is a VW Passatt Police car which was supplied to Warwickshire Special Constabulary by Spirit Volkswagen of Warwick. It is a standard 100BHP TDI model, which squeezes into the GP (general purpose) category so can be driven by anyone with a basic police driving licence. The rear cargo windows have been covered in silver vinyl and carries the sponsors name as well as the force crest and mission statement.
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Two web sites are written on the bonnet sides, the bike safe web site and the force's own web site. There are also 3 magnetic signs which attach to the bonnet when the vehicle is stationary designed by local primary school children. The light bar ensures no permanent drilling or damage was needed and is combined with the sound system (yelp, wail and hi-lo) and a public address. This is coupled with blue flashing lights and
with an alternating headlamp flasher which cycles through left double flash to right double flash and then to both double flash. There is no doubt that you will see this one coming! It also has a state-of-the-art talking satellite navigation system installed.
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We're still not finished though! What finishes the uniqueness of this vehicle for the Special Constabulary is the carriage of an defibrillator (heart re-starter) machine. In co-operation with Warwickshire Ambulance service, the vehicle can be
dispatched to incidents where it is likely to be on scene prior to the ambulance unit. 16 officers are trained in using the machine and will also be receiving additional first aid training. Here we see a practice run for publicity purposes.
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| This is the trailer that will be towed by the Passat above. The blue lights have been added, but not the livery yet. The trailer can fulfill many roles, including being used as a static display, as shown in the picture. |
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| Here is the car and liveried
trailer combination in use. |
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GDU A Warwickshire Police Ford Fiesta. Although this is in the same vehicle
category as the Passatt above, there is a world of difference between the vehicles. |
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YJF Y431
AUT Two Liestershire Police vehicles at a motorway patrol point.
On the left is an Isuzu Trooper and on the right is a Volvo V70. |
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| We jump back a number of years here with a Ford Granada in Northumbria Police's livery from
1988 (F registration). Note how sparse the livery is compared to more recent vehicles. You can also just see a Ford Sierra patrol car behind the Granada. |
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LFM is a Cheshire Police Vauxhall Astra. |
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GEG A West Yorkshire Police Ford Focus. |
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HWY A North Yorks. Volvo V70 following a police Ford Transit during escort duties. |
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| A North Yorks police solo preparing for an escort. |
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| A Metropolitan Police Landrover Discovery [model]. |
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| A Volvo S60 police car from
Northumbria Police's traffic division on Tyneside. |
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| A happy Metropolitan police officer in a panda car. |
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