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YJ60 FDO This silver Audi A4 240 three-litre TDI is used by North Yorkshire Police’s roads policing team. It is designated as an ANPR Intercept Team vehicle as shown on the bonnet and is one of a pair of identical vehicles introduced in early 2011. Notice the lack of county identification marks; there is only a small force crest on the bonnet.



The rear view of the Audi. It doesn’t carry any of North Yorkshire’s usual messages such as web address, non-emergency number and Crimestoppers number.



An overhead look at the car.

YK10 AVD This is a Mitsubishi Outlander used by North Yorkshire Police.

JMN-804-A Another of the Isle of Man’s silver Ford Transits carrying a stripe of battenburg markings down each side.

The rear view showing the retro-fitted large red step to aid access to the rear.

JMN-672-P This silver Ford Transit is used by the Isle of Man police. It has a full width blue light bar at the front of the roof and a half-width version at the rear of the roof. These are supplemented by small blue flashing LEDs mounted in the front grille.



The rear view.

HMN-836-H An example of an Isle of Man police Ford Focus with full battenburg markings.



The rear view. As of 2010 the force used Fords for almost all of the fleet, including Fiestas, Focuses, Transit Connects and Transits.

JMN-249-J This is a silver Ford Transit Connect used by the police on the Isle of Man.

HMN-349-J A Ford Focus estate that is used as a dog unit by the Isle of Man police.

YJ10 OCF This silver Ford Focus is used by North Yorkshire police as a dog unit. Wording on the side shows the public that it is air conditioned. This means that the dogs can stay cool in the summer even if locked in the car. The engine can remain running to power the air con using the Runlock system. If any unauthorised person entered the car, the engine would stop if any of the pedals were depressed. It also has the nationally recognised triangle symbol on the roof

AE59 EPA This is a Northamptonshire Police Volvo XC70 with a 2.4-litre diesel engine. Notice the four blue flashing LEDs in the grille.

MX07 UWV Here is a Greater Manchester Police BMW 318D Touring. It is seen here tailing a security van carrying cash. Many such vans, including this one, carry a sign on the rear stating “Police Follow This Van”.

N610 SWK This is a Jaguar XJ6 that is now in preservation. It carries a 4-litre engine and was new in 1996. It is fitted with blue flashing lights behind the grille as well as the roof-mounted light bar.



The rear view of the Jag showing the high-visibility chevrons on the boot lid and bumper.

LG59 LUO This BMW X5 Demonstrator is labelled as an Incident Investigation Unit. The rear side passenger windows have been brightly obscured to increase the visible presence of the car.



The rear view of the X5. Here you can see the built in equipment drawers and the roof mounted ‘nightscan’ floodlight.

This silver Skoda Octavia vRS diesel is used by Leicestershire Constabulary. Note the small LED repeaters mounted at the extremes of the lower front grill.

The rear view of the same Skoda. Note the dot matrix message board in the rear window.

This Peugeot Bippa light commercial vehicle is used by Merseyside Police. Note that it does not display any blue lights.

This unregistered Hummer H2 has been decked in Police markings and blue lights courtesy of VT Group, a supplier of engineering solutions of the emergency services.

Here we have a Land Rover Freelander 2 Police specification demonstrator.

This smart looking Volvo V70 is a police specification demonstrator straight from the Volvo Torslanda Factory in Sweden.

VX55 AVP This Toyota Land Cruiser is operated by West Mercia Constabulary.

NK57 AKJ This is a Durham BMW X3. It is fitted with a three-litre diesel engine and automatic gearbox.

NK51 DDJ A Durham Land Rover Defender makes its way over hilly ground with blue lights flashing.