This K-registration Ford Transit was used by Liverpool Markets Police. It has a blue and white striped band running around the waistline and a blue light bar on the roof.
The side view of the Transit, showing fire extinguishers among other equipment.
BU08 JHL This is an example of a Diplomatic Protection Mercedes Benz Vito. It is fitted with two full-width light bars on the roof. The yellow spots on all sides indicate armed officers are in the vehicle.
V180 JGU This is a Mercedes Sprinter that is fitted with front and rear facing cameras. They are for automatically reading and checking vehicle registration plates. Special night-vision lights are also mounted next to the cameras so they can operate 24 hours a day.
LX03 OAU is a Vauxhall Zafira used by the DPG.
LX53 MXL is another Zafira used by the DPG. This photograph shows us the high visibility markings on the rear of the car.
LV02 SYU is a Ford Transit Tourneo used by the Diplomatic Protection Group in central London.
LX03 OBY is a BMW 5 series diesel also used by the DPG.
LX53 LCN A police outrider talks to a colleague on foot at the entrance to Downing Street, London. The motorbike is a silver BMW R1150 RT-P is in service with the Metropolitan Police.
The side view of this silver motorbike. Notice something very rare about the rider: he has a gun attached to his belt.
A close up of the Glock gun in the photo above. The officers is attached to SO16, the Diplomatic Protection Group.
The side view of the same bike as the rider makes a U-turn on Whitehall. Notice how the minimal livery and silver colour makes the bike difficult to distinguish as a police vehicle.
VU51 VHY A red Metropolitan Police Diplomatic Protection Group (DPG) Vauxhall Zafira MPV.
LX03 ASZ This is one of the Metropolitan Police’s diplomatic protection group (DPG) cars – a BMW 5 series.
The rear view of the same vehicle.
DEZ 6026 is a Ford Galaxy that is used by Belfast’s Harbour Police.
The side-on view of the people carrier. It has a single row of large blue and yellow squares up the sides.
W762 JCD This Ford Focus is also with the Tees and Hartlepool Harbour Police.
This Ford Transit dates from 1995 and shows an aged (now defunct) livery.
M472 OEF This Vauxhall Astra estate is another example of the mid-nineties fleet. Notice the minimal livery and single rotating beacon on the roof.
ND52 HCG This 2002 Ford Transit shows the updated livery, which is very similar in appearance to the neighbouring Cleveland Police.
The rear view of the Transit.
W135 OCB This Transit carries a paler yellow strip compared to its 2002 cousin above. It also has yellow markings around the front grille area.
The rear of the same vehicle.
Here a MDP Volkswagen Sharan is joined by an NHS ambulance and cycle response unit at the scene of a major incident.
EU58 LLN This is a MDP Ford Mondeo. Decked out is full battenburg markings and yellow stripes down the bonnet, this car also has a range of blue flashing lights on the grille, wings and roof. This particular car was seen on television many times during 2009 as it escorted military funeral processions of soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq through Wootton Bassett.
EU07 LMF The MoD use this VW Sharan for their duties in the London area.
EU54 TWC This Ford Focus carries the red-stripe livery of the MDP.
EU03 FHV This photograph shows an operational support unit of the MoD Police. Notice the additional lighting that has been added to the outside of the vehicle, including above the rear doors
EU56 JUE is a Nissan Pathfinder 4×4 MoD police car in full battenburg markings. Notice that it does not have any obvious crests on the car, just the ‘police’ wording.
The rear shot of the Nissan Patrol. Here you can see the very small force crests that have been placed on the rearmost side windows.
EO52 MDX is a Citroen Relay that is used by the MDP as a display unit. You can see that it has a large awning and disabled-friendly access. It is fitted out with blue lights around the edge of the roofline. The writing on the sides reads ‘Working to make the Defence Estate a Safer Place’.
N858 GBK is a MOD Police Tactica. It is a 7.5 ton, 6 cylinder, turbo charged, armoured vehicle. This type of vehicle is used at sites where atomic weapons are kept, however they have no offensive capability and are not fitted with weapons. Inset: the rear view of a similar Tactica.
YJ53 ENE This silver Nissan Terrano is fitted with three roof-rack mounted blue lights, as well as a telescopic white floodlight. There are also blue repeater lights in the front grille and it is decked out in blue and yellow battenburg markings.
The rear shot shows a very unusual feature: two different police force crests. This Terrano is operated by both North Yorkshire Police and the Ministry of Defence Police. Two important military installments are based in North Yorkshire (Menwith Hill and Fylingdales) so close collaboration between the forces is needed. Notice also that the spare tyre has been removed.
EO02 JUE This is a MoD police Mitsubishi Shogun 4×4.
The rear view.
EU53 ZJK This truck is a Mercedes with a beaver tail lift on the rear.
EU03 FHK In front of the large Mercedes truck is a Sprinter with riot grille. Notice the lack of a roof-mounted light bar. Individual blue lights around the periphery of the roof give emergency warning instead. Also notice the heavily tinted glass on the sides.
Inside the rear of the Mercedes are a number of seats and stowage compartments.
This is 03-reg Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van is used by the MoD Police as an Operational Support Unit (OSU), based at RAF Dishforth.
W778 DHJ The rear and side of a MoD Citroen Dispatch.
EU03 FGV This is a wrap-around photo of a battenburg-marked MoD police van. It is a Mercedes Sprinter run by the Special Escort Group.
EO03 FHT This is a MoD police quad bike very much at home on muddy forest tracks.
A look at the front / side of the red quad. Notice the two small MoD police crests of the front. It is obviously not used for high-visibility policing.
The rear / side view of the all terrain vehicle. A further small crest is shown on the back.
Y212 GWC This Land Rover Defender is part of the fleet of Defence Police vehicles at RAF Fylingdales (early warning base, North Yorkshire). It is sparsely liveried, with only a single red stripe down the sides and two blue flashing lights.
The rear view of the same Land Rover.
W134 BJN This Ford Ranger Pick-up truck is also based at RAF Fylingdales.
A line up of five of the police vehicles that are based at Fylingdales, consisting of a Land Rover Defender, a Ford Transit and three Nissan Terranos.
EO52 FXD This 2002 version Nissan pick up is based at Imphal Barracks, York, and belongs to the North East Divisional Firearms Team.
EO52 FXJ This is a 2002 Ministry of Defence Police Subaru Forester. It is almost identical to the 1999 version at the base of this page.
EU04 MXL is a MoD Ford Transit in refreshingly minimalist livery for 2004.
The rear view of the Transit out and about of the public roads.
EO51 WEJ is a Ministry of Defence Police Nissan Terrano from RAF Fylingdales.
The rear view of this 4×4 vehicle, fleet number 759.
A rather scenic view of a MoD Police Landrover.
T513 TTW A Ministry of Defence Police Subaru Forester, photographed in York. The MoD have a large number of these vehicles throughout the country.
These two Essex Police cars are used at Stanstead Airport. They carry amber beacons on the roof as well as large numbers on the sides to identify them. The front car is a Volvo V70 and behind it is a Mitsubishi Shogun..
LX05 HZK This silver Vauxhall Zafira is also one of the units based at Heathrow.
LX51 FYL is a Met police Astra that is stationed at Heathrow Airport. It has a red roof and amber flashing lights for use air-side.
S225 TNE This Land Rover Defender is used by Merseyside Police at Liverpool John Lennon Airport. The most interesting thing about this vehicle is the twin coloured light bar. The blue light is used to indicate its police status and the amber light is a requirement for all vehicles that drive on the apron.
The rear view of the Land Rover. Notice that there are additional red filters on the rearmost roof light bar.
UKB 413H This old black and white photo shows an officer of the Liverpool Airport Police from 1968 with his BMC Austin / Morris J4.
ONA 883H is a BMC black Maria that was in use in 1968 by the police at Manchester Airport. Notice that it does not have blue lights – just the airside amber beacon.
BVR 833C is a black police Mini that was new in 1965. It also has the amber light but does not carry any ‘police’ signs.
D447 KVM This photograph shows a Greater Manchester Police Ford Capri when it was in active service.
D439 KVM A Ford Capri traffic policing car, sister vehicle of the one above. This preserved vehicle looks exactly as it did when it was in service with Greater Manchester Police in the 1980s.
One of the trademarks of 80’s traffic police cars was the enormous rear police sign. You can see here how it looks like a spoiler and lights up with ‘police’ on the left hand side and can show ‘stop’ in red on the right.
B289 HAB This photograph shows a Range Rover that was in service with West Mercia from 1985 to 1988. It was part of the traffic policing division. It is now preserved and is at present only missing the force crest from the front doors and the calibrated speedometer from the centre of the dashboard.