Category: POLICE

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.

NK09 FHY This Ford Transit is used by Durham Constabulary. It has a single strip of battenburg markings down each side and is fitted with a riot shield for the windscreen. It doesn’t have any blue light bar, but a number of small blue flashing LEDs around the bodywork.

NK59 ECE The rear view of an identical Transit also with Durham.

NK59 AAE This is a Yamaha YZF R1 police motorbike which is with Durham Constabulary. The superbike with a 998cc engine is used to attract the public at events to discuss road safety, as well as being used to catch speeding motorists, assisted by a regular police motorbike.

The rear view.

This is a Suzuki Katana scooter in police colours. This small-engined bike carries Ride Well and Bike Wise advertising. It has had the wing mirrors removed and registration plate changed as it is used for stunts rather than regular police duties!

The rear view.

BX10 LBL This is a three-wheeled Piaggio MP3 motorbike belonging to the Metropolitan Police, London. It is fitted with blue flashing lights and is usually driven by PCSOs working for the Safer Transport Command. The blue light are only used when stationary to warn motorists of its presence by the side of the road or to protect a scene, as the riders aren’t response trained. It is one of dozens that were introduced from June 2010.

The rear view, showing the small Transport for London logo. The Met is the first force in the country to use this type of vehicle. There are two derivatives in use by the Met, the 400LT and the 250IE. The larger engined model requires a category B1 driving licence and the smaller engined model only requires a restriced category A licence.



The bike merging back into traffic. You can see how narrow it is compared to cars. The bikes require minimal additional training to ride as they can be ridden without having a motorbike licence. They are also much more environmentally friendly than cars.