A police Hyundai Santa Fe. This vehicle is used by Cyprus Joint Police Unit which is manned by Royal Navy Police, Royal Air Force Police and Royal Military Police. This vehicle has a civilian Cypriot registration.
97 KE 52 This RAF Police Land Rover was in service during the 1990s. Notice the very simple livery and only one blue flashing light, mounted on a pole because of the canvas roof.
BU53 KWX This is one of a fleet of identical Vauxhall Astra estates that are used by the Royal Air Force police. They have amber flashing lights included in the roof light bar for use on airfields.
The rear view, showing the simple but effective livery.
Here we have a Ford Transit used by the RAF Police for the transport of dogs. The vehicle is unregistered and is not equipped with any blue lights. Notice how the space remains on the drivers door for the addition of the RAF insignia.
30 AY 04 This is a RAF Police Landrover Defender 110 Hardtop, FFR (Fitted For Radio). It is in service with the Tactical Provost Wing of the RAF Police, based at RAF Henlow in Bedfordshire.
18 KA 17 This RAF Police Landrover Series 3 is a 109″ long wheelbase hard top example from the early 1980s. Notice the distinctive red ‘police’ sign on the grille.
00 AF 48 This is a black RAF Police Ford Escort 1300L estate patrol car. Again from the early 1980s, it was based at RAF Odiham.
ND 49 AA This RAF Police Landrover Discovery is from the late 1990s and features a forward-facing floodlight on the roof.
The rear view of the same car shows a telescopic floodlight which passes through the roof.
JM 37 AA A RAF Police Landrover Defender 110 in Sunderland.
HX57 YOY This RMP Vauxhall Vectra carries the standard livery for its age: battenburg markings down each side and a yellow flash on the bonnet with Military Police wording below the crest.
This camouflage coloured Land Rover Defender is used by the Royal Military Police. It has two rotating blue lights on the roof and two-tone horns. It also carries a ‘Military Police’ plaque and Union Jack flag on the front.
The rear view. It is used by the RMP when on operations are is know as a Land Rover FFR (Fitted For Radio). The registration plates have been hidden for operational reasons.
Another camouflaged Land Rover is shown here. It is fitted with a full width light bar and you can also see a telescopic communications antenna on the side.
HK02 MZF This Military Police Honda ST1100 has a yellow stripe up the sides and hatch markings on the rear of the panniers. The wind shield has hard-to-read ‘military police’ wording, and on the sides is the RMP crest.
The rear view of the same bike (which carries a fire extinguisher).
This Military Police Ford Transit is used as an incident control unit.
This Honda Pan-European ST1300 motor bike is used by the UK military police. The main use of this motorbike is escorting convoys of military equipment.
A RMP Honda Pan European motorcycle, complete with fire extinguisher.
NU02 UCW is a 2002 Royal Military Police Vauxhall Vectra.
NU02 OGY The rear view of an identical Vectra.
SW02 EWN A RMP 2003 Vauxhall Vectra. This Scottish-registered vehicle is one of a large fleet from Vauxhall’s special vehicle operations. Military police vehicles that are mainly used off-base tend to have civilian registrations and those mainly used on-base carry military registration plates (see cars below).
Similar Vectra’s were a common site in 2002 and 2003 as Vauxhall supplied many forces with 6-month demonstrators. This ‘police specification’ Vectra has some differences to the public version These include a strengthened roof, gaps for police radios in the dashboard and electro-magnetic shielding to help prevent interference with the internal comms.
HY 97 AA A RMP Ford Escort emerging from an Army base. Notice the lack of writing on the front of the car, the military registration plate and the non-battenburg paint scheme.
PA 30 AA A Royal Military Police Ford Mondeo. Notice the military registration and the red berets of the officers. Military police vehicles usually carry the same colour livery as the police county they are based in.
The rear view. Notice that they have opted for the rarer saloon version of the Mondeo. This mark ran from 1996 to 2000. It has an ‘aspen’ trim level (the lowest) and a 1.8 turbo diesel engine.
The overhead view. The ‘RMP’ marking is to let a helicopter know this is a Royal Military Police vehicle.