NX51 LDN This Cleveland Police VW Transporter is being used to transport equipment relating to collision investigations. The traffic officers are surrounded by police signs, cones, theodolites and floodlights.
The rear view of the same scene. Notice that the VW has a vector light bar on the front and a standard rectangular bar on the rear of its roof.
PN03 BXE This is North Yorkshire’s mobile major incident unit. Notice the satellite dish on the roof.
PN03 BWX Here is a North Yorks. dog unit Peugeot Expert. Previously seen unmarked, it has now been liveried in yellow and blue squares. It has blue lights on the front grille only, and a siren.
YJ54 VLX It is not often you see a police car with some ladders strapped to the roof! Here a tactical planning unit is transporting ladders as part of a security operation.
Y492 DCH A Ford Iveco community police office from North Yorkshire Police. Its livery is very sparse compared to its sister mobile police stations.
This is a semi-overt black Range Rover used by the Metropolitan Police’s royalty protection team (SO14). It is one of a fleet of identical Range Rovers which are used to protect royalty at home and abroad, visiting foreign royalty and royal buildings.
The rear view of another from the fleet. The temporary blue light bar (with police wording) is fixed to the roof rails and wired through the door seal. The Met logos are magnetic. The means the car can be quickly converted between covert and semi-overt guises depending on its use. The registration plates have been digitally disguised due to the work of these vehicles.
This is a Vauxhall Vectra 3.2, capable of 159 mph, as proven by PC Milton in a court case as he ‘familiarised himself’ with his new police car.
PX03 CCN This is a Cumbria Constabulary Ford Transit personnel / prisoner transport vehicle. The rear section (without windows) houses a caged area for prisoners. Notice the short blue light bars at diagonally opposite corners of the roof, along with two directional white spot lights in the other corners.
SV05 CXP This 2005 Jaguar X-type estate is in service with Grampian Police.
LM53 OJA is a silver BMW used by the City of London Police.
Y907 PMX This is an example of a 2001 personnel carrier belonging to the City Police in London. It is a white Mercedes Sprinter van with single yellow stripe down the sides. It has a riot grille and two blue light bars.
N206 OYL This is an equivalent vehicle the above, but dating from 1996. It is an LDV with an identical livery.
YW52 LLP This Humberside Proton Wira has had the force’s non-emergency telephone number added to the side: 0845 60 60 222. Also notice the flashing lights mounted on the rear parcel shelf.
NA52 AJX is a long wheel base Ford Transit personnel carrier from Northumbria Police.
The rear view showing the high visibility striping.
S628 CRO is a Vauxhall Omega and BF02 OWZ is a Subaru Impreza Turbo photographed at the Yorkshire TV studios in Leeds. They are used for filming purposes and are not real Police cars. Both vehicles have their blue lights covered up and tape across their Police markings.
The side view of the Omega. You can just see the sign in the offside rear window stating the vehicle is used for filming.
YJ05 ACZ is a North Yorks Volvo traffic car. It is one of a number with consecutive registration plates. Notice the lack of badges and wording down the sides, only the non-emergency number is written in the gap below the rear-most window.
NK51 WWU This is a Northumbria Police Ford Transit, used as a mobile cctv unit. The phrase ‘caught on camera’ is written down the side and a white camera pod can be seen sticking out of the roof.
The side-on view of a regular Northumbria Police personnel carrier.
V259 ECN Before the introduction of battenburg markings, Northumbria’s Transits used to look like this. This HiCube model has a single orange stripe down the sides and large police wording on the bonnet. Four rotating blue beacons are on the roof, and two small repeaters on the grille.
The rear view of the same Transit. This example has accrued an unhealthy amount of rust as it nears the end of its police life. It was approximately 5½ years old when this photo was taken.
YJ04 CCD Very rarely police vehicles are involved in road traffic collisions en-route to emergency calls. After passing through a red traffic light at a busy junction, this North Yorkshire Police Ford Focus was involved in a low-speed collision with a member of the public in a J-reg black Mazda. Colleagues are quickly on the scene to direct traffic and investigate the incident.
On the right of the picture is the motorist being breathalysed by a plain-clothed police officer. This is standard practice for all drivers in collisions. An officer can be in plain clothing at any time to make the requirement for a breath test, but must be in uniform to administer the test, unless it is after a road traffic collision.
YE52 URT In this scene two West Yorkshire Vauxhall Zafiras have been escorted into York city centre on blue lights by a local North Yorkshire Volvo V70 traffic car. The officers are being briefed at the scene of a decontamination emergency. Fire and ambulance service personnel can be seen in the background, along with inflatable decontamination tents. In the rear of the Zafiras are racks of equipment.
FH51 CZB This is a Nottingham Mercedes ML-series. It is a Traffic car used to investigate serious and fatal collisions. Its powerful lighting system fitted on an extendable roof pylon helps illuminate collision scenes.
FD03 YLG The Nottinghamshire Police Volvo V70 is pictured outside an emergency gate at East Midlands Airport. Notice the Crimestoppers advert on the passenger door.
FD02 RCY This Volvo S60 is one of a pair that replaced a T-reg and a R-reg S70 with Nottinghamshire Police. Due to the restricted boot space for traffic policing equipment, they opted predominantly for V70 models (as above).
V619 DRB This is one of Nottinghamshire’s Subaru Imprezas. This very fast, rally-bred car is the fastest in the fleet. Notice the single repeater blue light in front of the nose badge and the ‘police’ wording on the bonnet, which is elongated and mirrored to be easily read from the perspective of a driver’s rear view mirror.
The rear of the Impreza. The side stripe stops short of the rear of the car to accommodate the force crest. The large spoiler dominates the rear, which is absent of any police wording.
The side view showing the unmistakable silhouette of the ‘Scooby’. Unfortunately Notts. decided to withdraw the six-or-so Imprezas from their fleet in 2003.
Nottinghamshire also ran a hatchback version of the Impreza (pictured). Although this car has the appearance of an estate model, it is no slouch! It was the same specification as the saloon above: Prodrive tuned to 276 bhp, racing seats, but no air conditioning. The police drivers reported few negative points, including the uncomfortable seats and thirst for oil (one litre per 8-hour shift).
A rather scenic shot of a Nottinghamshire Volvo V70 T5 in full battenburg livery.
At the scene of a road traffic collision is a silver police Peugeot, partly obscured by an overturned BMW which has hit a Ford Focus.
Y714 CKN A closer look at the front of the Kent Police Peugeot 406.
The opposing view of the collision scene, including the rear view of the above 406. These photos were taken in the village of Denton, on the A260 Folkestone to Canterbury Road, near Canterbury in Kent.
P39 PWY A double-exposure shot of a West Yorkshire Land Rover Defender. This Land Rover has a black bonnet, only one blue light on the roof (and two on the bull bars) and a spot light on the roof. It is used for armed siege work, which is why it is fitted with a armour plating on all sides and bullet-proof windows all-round, as well as a fold-down windscreen guard.
GN04 VHE is a Kent Police Skoda Octavia in silver.
The same car from another angle.
FJ04 YYZ This white Skoda Octavia vRS is a Notts. Police ANPR interceptor. This means that it is equipped with an automatic number plate reading camera on board which detects suspect vehicles. It checks every vehicle registration it sees against the Police National Computer database.
GN54 FFL A Kent Peugeot 206 in half battenburg. The racy looking air intake on the bonnet serves no practical purpose at all!
The rear aspect of this 5-door beat car. Notice that the full-size lightbar is hanging over the edge of the roof.