Author: UK Emergency Vehicles

This sporty grey Ford Mondeo is used by Gwent Police. It has full battenburg markings up the sides, but has a very subtle livery when viewed from the front. The 'police' wording is difficult to see at a distance and the blue led light bar on the roof has clear lenses. The usual red and yellow chevrons have been applied to the rear of the Mondeo. The 'police' wording has been broken up slightly by the four parking sensors in the bumper. Also notice the large alloy wheels and low profile tyres.

Another South Wales vehicle is this Mercedes Benz C class. It has 'heddlu' and 'police' in large letters across the bonnet.

This is a BMW X5 again with Gwent Police (Heddlu Gwent). It has battenburg markings over silver paintwork and is used for motorway patrol work. The rear view of the BMW showing the bilingual wording and crimestoppers advert.

This is a police Mercedes Vito 115 CDI. It is liveried a s a 'police support' vehicle and this North Yorkshire Police long-wheel base example does not have any emergency warning equipment fitted. It is used for non-urgent transportation of items, such as mail.

This is a silver Mercedes E320 CDI belonging to Sussex police. It has a six cylinder turbo diesel engine and is decked out in full battenburg markings. It is parked in front of a Vauxhall Movano ANPR van which has free-standing cameras looking down on to the traffic below.

This is a side-on shot showing the approved livery for police motorway use on a Volvo S60.

This photograph shows a Subaru Impreza Turbo 2000 AWD in North Yorkshire police livery. This is actually a model by Trofeu of a real-life vehicle. Here is the same Impreza alongside it's real-life counterpart. You can see there has been great attention to detail.

And EU55 JZF Here are a pair of Essex Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIIIs. These super-quick rally-bred cars are assigned to the automatic number plate recognition (anpr) intercept team. Unusually they have this written on the front and back of the cars. They both have low profile blue led light bars with additional repeater lights front and rear. Also shown is a close view of the rear of one of the ANPR Evos.EU55 RZV and EU55 JZF Here are a pair of Essex Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIIIs. These super-quick rally-bred cars are assigned to the automatic number plate recognition (anpr) intercept team. Unusually they have this written on the front and back of the cars. They both have low profile blue led light bars with additional repeater lights front and rear.

This BMW Mini One was given to Tayside Police in February 2005. It is used by the Crime Reduction Team for non-urgent police work such as security surveys and giving presentations (hence no blue lights). It is sponsored by 'Sidney Glazing' and has their company logos on the sides, above the wording 'supporting crime reduction in Tayside'. It has an unusual livery with the battenburg markings flowing over the bonnet.

Two Metropolitan Police community support officers (pcso's) are seen here riding silver Vespa scooters through the capital.

Three of GMP's vehicles in their workshops. In the foreground is a Vauxhall Astra Van in the older 'stripe' livery. On the jacks in the background are a 'battenburg' Mercedes M class and a Volvo.

This Ford Transit is used by Lincolnshire Police as part of the local road safety partnership. A distant view of the same Transit shows that the rear windows can open up to reveal a safety (speed) camera.

Here are three Surrey police vehicles at the Clacket Lane services on the M25. The car is a Vauxhall Vectra estate 3.2 GSi with motorway specification battenburg markings. The two LGVs are Iveco Ford based mobile custody suites. Usually sent to different locations, in this instance they are deployed back to back with both rear doors open and a short gangplank connecting each unit. These vans have full prisoner handling facilities with cells, toilets, interview room and equipment to fingerprint and photograph prisoners. On the roof of each is a satellite dish giving communications and data handling abilities.

This is a North Yorkshire Police Iveco personnel transporter. It is the long wheel base version and has a slide-down riot shield to cover the windscreen. It also has a host of other modifications for riot-type situations. This includes strengthened glass and under floor protection. The rear view of the personnel carrier. The rear portion is for equipment storage and the rest of the van can accommodate about ten officers seated.

This Ford Transit is used by Greater Manchester Police and a PSU carrier.

This Ford Transit is operated by Humberside Police. It is not fitted with any emergency warning equipment, but has the same livery as the other Humberside blue-light vehicles.

This is a Metropolitan Police yellow Lamborghini Gallardo. This £117,000, 492 bhp, 192 mph supercar has the common blue and yellow battenburg markings down the sides and a blue lightbar on the roof. Unfortunately this Lambo is not operational! It was loaned to the Met for one day (Sunday 4 September 2005) for the traffic police stand at London's Regent Street festival.

This is a West Yorkshire Mercedes Sprinter. It is a command unit with a miniature office inside and a telescopic communications mast on the rear. The van has four small blue lights and notice how the registration plate has been adjusted to be seen behind the mast.

This North Yorks. Volvo V70 T5 is used by the road policing unit. It was new to the force in September 2005, one of the first vehicles in the fleet to carry the '55' date identifier on its registration plate. The rear view of the same T5. Notice how the red flashing lights have been fitted diagonally on the rear to follow the chevron patterning.

This Mitsubishi Evo 8 is a menacing looking police car. Its base colour is silver and it is fitted with a low-profile blue light bar on the roof. Its livery is generic. The rear view of the racy Evo. It is usually driven by highly trained traffic officers to pursue fast-moving cars. It also serves in a pro-active role of discouraging people from attempting to evade the police.

This diesel Land Rover Defender 90 is used by police to access rough ground or hilly areas in winter, when its 'go anywhere' 4x4 capability is required.

West Midlands police operate this Renault Espace MPV. It is similar in appearance to the terrorist-response units used by the BTP in London. It has a single row of battenburg up the sides and has blue flashing lights in the front grille and on the roof.

This is a 2001 Peugeot 306 diesel also from West Midlands. Notice the large advert in the rear window concerning mobile 'phone theft.

Here is another West Midlands diesel, this time a LDV Cub. The rear windows are blanked out to hide the cage used to house people taken into custody.

One of Hampshire Police's Collision Investigation Units waiting to board the ferry to the Isle of Wight, an inaccessible area they cover. On the roof of the Ford Galaxy are two full-width light bars and a telescopic floodlight mast.

A Greater Manchester Police Ford Transit 260 SWB. Notice the blue roof which wraps over to both sides.

Essex police have a number of vehicles with dark body colours. This Land Rover Discovery V8 has dark blue paint under the reflective livery. The positive side is that the police get more money when they sell them on, but the flip side is that they are less recognisable as police vehicles on the road.

This Ford Granada shows the minimal colouring of a 1980's police traffic car. When responding to an emergency, the additional front fog lamps can be illuminated along with the headlights. Also the blue beacon on the roof and repeater on the grille flash. The air-horns mounted on the police box souind a two-tone siren.

This photo shows the standard livery for a British traffic policing car as well as the recommended high-visibility uniform.

An extreme close-up look at a 2005 Volvo V70 T5.

This P-registration Iveco truck is used by Cumbria police as a Command and Control Unit.

This is a Cleveland Police Skoda Octavia. It is used by the traffic division as an ANPR (automatic number plate recognition) car.

This is another traffic policing car from Cleveland, this time a Mercedes Benz E-class.

A different type of Mercedes that Cleveland also use is this M270.

For routine police patrols in Cleveland, this Peugeot Expert is used. It has a yellow stripe up the sides as well as a white and blue chequered stripe.

A line up of 11 Metropolitan police motorcycles from the Special Motorcycle Escort Group (SMEG). They are all silver BMW R1100RS's with minimal markings. BMW replaced this model with the R1150RS in 2001, not long after this photo was taken.

This is a shot of the rear of a North Yorkshire Ford Transit that is used for police dogs training.

This 2005 Citroen Dispatch is used in the York area as a mobile cctv unit. Notice the camera sticking out of the roof and the 'Safer York Partnership' logo on the rear.

This is a Skoda Octavia vRs. This was one of the last of this body-style before an all new Octavia was introduced in Autumn 2005.

Next is a 2005 BMW 530 diesel. The six cylinder turbo diesel engine makes 231 BHP giving the car an electronically controlled top speed of 155 MPH. A close up view of the Premier Hazard light bar on the above BMW. Notice the unusual wind deflector before the light bar that aids aerodynamic stability at speed.

This is a BMW K 1200 GT motorbike in an all over day glow livery. The only police marking on this motorbike is the difficult to see blue wording on the wind deflector. The rear view showing the communications and control instrumentation on the handle bars and the lockable panniers.

This BMW F 650 GS does not feature the day glow livery of the above bike. It again only carries police wording on its wind deflector.

This Peugeot 107 is another police vehicle appearing in a yellow base colour. This supermini is aimed to be used by urban police patrols. The rear view, showing the car's compact dimensions and distinctive shape.

This is a Mitsubishi Grandis multi-purpose vehicle demonstrator, wearing a full battenburg livery and minimal police wording.

This is a Bombardier Outlander Max quad bike developed for police use by Quad Tech. Specialist equipment may be carried on both the front or rear rack of the bike. Blue and white lights are fitted to the front. A telescopic pole has a blue light on the top too. The rear view of the bike showing the all terrain tyres and long travel suspension.

Here we have the fifth generation of the Vauxhall Astra is estate form. This particular model has been developed by Vauxhall Special Vehicles.

This is the 2005 model specification of the Jaguar S-Type. This particular model is powered by a twin turbo 2.7 litre V6 diesel engine. The rear view of the S-Type. The car is fitted out in a generic police livery but is fully operational.

This Peugeot Expert used by Merseyside Police is in a striking yellow livery. It is a mobile camera unit that is used as part of the 'street safe' scheme.

Another yellow police vehicle is this Ford Transit used by Hampshire Police.