Category: POLICE

Classic Police

GAR 638T Hertfordshire Constabulary Ford Cortina 1.6 L

GAR 638T
Hertfordshire Constabulary
Ford Cortina 1.6 L
This model Cortina shows what was in use in Herts in the late 1970s. All five generations of Cortina gave sterling service to many Police forces during the model’s twenty year production life, which ended in 1982. The car modelled was used as a Divisional Area Car and was based at Hitchin Police Station. In common with other Hertfordshire Constabulary vehicles it carried dual roof mounted spotlights as well as the equipment required to deal with a variety of emergency situations. All the constabulary’s Divisional Area Cars were ordered in blue to distinguish them from the force’s traffic patrol units, which were white.

Classic Police

L581 GVT Staffordshire Police Jaguar XJ6 PS

L581 GVT
Staffordshire Police
Jaguar XJ6 PS
The ‘Police Special’ version of Jaguar’s 4.0 litre XJ6 model. The car joined Staffs Police from new in 1993. It later moved to be used by the driving training unit before moving to front-line duties as a traffic car. The rear seats were taken out when it was used as a traffic car as the boot was not big enough to accommodate the kit that was carried. The seats were later reinstated so the vehicle could be used to carry detainees. It was the first video car on the central traffic group. It definitely had rear seats but also had a VHS video recorder in the boot as it was in the early days of video cars. The car has been in preservation since 2003.

Classic Police

M751 CVC Metropolitan Police Service Land Rover Range Rover Vogue

M751 CVC
Metropolitan Police Service
Land Rover Range Rover Vogue
This vehicle was new in 1994 when it was part of Land Rover’s police demonstrator fleet. After being passed around a number of forces, it found a permanent home withy the Met Police in 1997 as part of the Special Escort Group. Its most famous moment was escorting Princess Diana’s funeral cortege in 1997. It left police service in 2002.

Police (General)

MY65 OSS Mclaren 650 S

MY65 OSS
Mclaren 650 S
This is a promotion vehicle used by RS Connect. The 207 mph supercar certainly catches the eye but unfortunately won’t be trialled by the UK police. The super-fast car has 3.8 litre twin-turbo engine coupled to a 7 speed dual clutch gearbox meaning it can leap from 0 to 60 mph in just 3 seconds.

Police (General)

YC18 PWO North Yorkshire Police John Deere

YC18 PWO
North Yorkshire Police
John Deere
Bobby the Tractor is operated by North Yorkshire Police’s Rural Task Force. It is on loan to the force during 2018 as a promotion vehicle. It attends public events and is used to draw the crowds and give the police an opportunity to talk to people about rural crime issues. It is fitted with small flashing blue lights to the front and small blue and red flashing lights to the rear. The tractor is brought to events by a farming machinery company on a low loader and they also store it between events.