Category: Police (General)

K895 FHM We start this section with a 1993 Metropolitan Police Range Rover [model].



The rear view.

We start this section with a close look at a Honda ST1100 Pan-European unmarked traffic police bike. Here is the front of the dark green bike. The camera for recording traffic offences is arrowed and the clear lights mounted on top of each indicator flash blue when activated. It is sometimes difficult to picture what is required, as the camera is fixed to point straight ahead only.



This is the rider’s view. All of the regular motorbike controls are there, with added police radio, speed checking equipment and lights and siren activation switches.



Here is one of the rear panniers open to show the TV monitor. When a motorist is stopped, they can immediately be shown their driving by the police officer. The video recorder is kept on constantly while out on patrol.

Now let’s take a close look at the rear of a UK patrol bike: There is an extendable blue xenon flashing light on the pole, as well as a on/off flashing light mounted centrally at the rear. These are supplemented by two rear facing red flashing lights (for use by themselves when stopped on a motorway or with the blue lights). The aerials for the radios are clearly seen, as well as the high-visibility markings on the rear. The wording ‘police’ is not too large as it is quite clear this is an emergency vehicles by its markings.

Here we have a Police portable command unit

W208 PNL is a Northumbria Police Ford Fiesta 5 door.

This is a picture of a Ford Mondeo estate traffic car and a Ford Explorer, photographed in Essex.

V430 JMY is a London Metropolitan Police Isuzu recovery vehicle, used for parking enforcement on double red lines.

S804 RLB is a Ford Transit short wheel base model, operated by London Metropolitan Police

N312 EUB is a Daihatsu 4×4 vehicle from North Yorkshire Police.

T286 ALO is a very special vehicle from Durham Constabulary; a Honda S2000. It seems to be more for publicity purposes as the blue lights look easily removable and there is no camera nor police radios inside. Inset: the rear view, left: Durham’s crest

A Vauxhall Senator which is used on the skid pan. The tyres are bald and pumped up to 60 p.s.i. and the registration plate is “Skidpan 1”!

W154 PBB is a Peugeot 406 and N139 NTN is a Ford Mondeo used for Durham Police Driver training.

W311 PPT is a Vauxhall Astra and W157 PBB is a Volvo S70 used for Durham Police Driver training.

S853 KCU is a BMW 5 series used Durham Police Driver training seen here with a Volvo 850.

R448 JTN is a Land Rover 110.

R156 PNL is a LDV used for personnel carrying.

R154 PNL is a Iveco truck in the Durham livery. It has yellow flashing lights, not blue. Its uses include towing the incident trailer below.

A mobile police office.

R458 JTN is a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van used by the accident investigation branch.

N317 NTN is A Durham Constabulary Ford Escort Van.

This is a Honda Goldwing motorbike.

A general view of police motorbikes from various forces.

A Volvo V70 T-5 in normal Durham markings, featuring the V arrangement of the roof lights. Apparently the blue stripes above the headlights serve no purpose at all!

M917 GJU is a Ford Transit, decked out in checker markings of North Yorkshire



The rear view of the same Transit.

Now this is a rare sight; two police scrambler bikes. The bikes seem to be unmarked, but the riders have luminous vests with ‘police’ written on. They are obviously used off road to patrol large hilly, rocky areas, clamp down on off-road motor-biking and searching for burnt out cars.

This is an armoured Range Rover armed police car, belonging to North Yorkshire Police. It is semi-covert, with clear glass to the roof-mounted blue flashing light, and lights and siren on the front semi-hidden.



The rear view of the same car. This is no longer used by the police and this is why it is shown here.

Below is an off-road police scrambler motorbike alongside its road-going equivalent.

Here is a display trailer, used by the road policing group to promote better driving.



Another such trailer.

A Ford police prisoner transportation truck from North Yorkshire.



The rear view.

Here we have an Iveco van with roof storage ability. Observe the extra blue flashing lights mounted high on the front of the roof.