LX55 FGF This is a Vauxhall Vectra which is used by London’s Met Police. It is the sporty SRI CDTI model with automatic transmission. Notice the black spot on the fuel flap to remind the driver it takes diesel.
NK08 AZT This is a Vauxhall Vivaro dog unit that is used by Durham Constabulary.
LX06 EUA This DAF truck is used by the Metropolitan Police to transport offending vehicles. It is fitted with blue and amber flashing lights, and carries an adapted version of the standard Met livery.
LV07 FLH This is a Yamaha FJR 1300 that is used by the City of London Police.
VX54 JCV This is a Mercedes Vito that is with Gloucestershire Constabulary. It carries a simple red stripe and small logos.
VX57 NNT is one of two Ford Focuses shown here that are also with Gloucestershire Constabulary. It has a simplified version of the force crest on the bonnet and a single band of battenburg down the sides. Notice the different lightbars on the otherwise identical vehicles.
MX07 UVJ is a Ford Focus belonging to GMP. It has a simple blue and yellow striped band down each side and the force’s mission statement: “fighting crime, protecting people”. It is one of the vehicles used at the driving school.
MX08 ESV is a GMP VW Transporter. The vehicle carries small ‘police’ wording on all sides and has two twin blue light bars on the roof.
MX08 POV is a GMP VW Crafter personnel carrier.
MX55 XPK This is a Greater Manchester Police BMW X5. It is fitted out with full height battenburg markings and a yellow front bumper with additional blue flashing lights.
MX06 CWY is a BMW 530D Touring that is with GMP’s roads policing team.
LY57 DFU is a silver Ford Mondeo that is used by the City of London Police. It is fitted with a clear-lens blue flashing light bar on the roof.
The rear view of the Mondeo. Notice that the car does not carry the force badge, just ‘city police’ wording. The roof markings begin ‘CP’ to distinguish the vehicle from other London police services from above. On the rear parcel shelf you can see the familiar red and white checker banded hat.
LL08 XFN is a City Police Vauxhall Astra. It is decked out in full height battenburg and carries the 2008 revision of the City of London Police badge.
BU56 JKF is a silver Range Rover TD6 that is used by the Met Police. Behind is a similarly-registered sister vehicle.
FL08 LBA This is a Skoda Octavia vRS which is decked out in Leicestershire Police’s colours. The photograph shows that it is fitted with blue lights on the roof, dashboard and next to the front fog lights.
The rear view of the Octavia, showing the variable message matrix sign and high-vis rear colour scheme.
This is a demonstration BMW which has been designed by Futronics for Merseyside Police.
X56 YTY is a 1.0 litre Nissan Micra S in Durham Constabulary livery. It does not have blue lights or sirens fitted to it and was still in use in August 2008 for community safety duties.
PL05 BFZ is a Peugeot 497 HDi used by Durham Constabulary for driver training. It is marked up in the full force livery and carries a full sized light bar with repeater LED’s on the front grill.
The rear view of the Peugeot training vehicle.
This is an unregistered Honda CR-V demonstrator. The vehicle is fitted entirely with clear LED lights, with repeaters on the front bumper and grill.
BU07 BEO is a BMW R 1200 RT belonging to the Metropolitan Police in London. It carries the standard blue and yellow battenburg markings, angled to fit better with the motorbike’s bodywork.
FJ56 MTV is a Honda CRV I-CDTI Sport used by Derbyshire Constabulary. Note the blue repeater LED’s mounted on the grill and the absence of a battenburg livery.
FD52 HAE A Police Land Rover being used on the type of terrain that the Land Rover was built for.
LX56 FYJ This is a Metropolitan Police VW Transporter personnel carrier. It carries a simple livery with no blue flashing lights.
LY07 KNN is a Met Police BMW motorbike in full battenburg markings. It is parked here blocking a protest truck outside the Houses of Parliament.
YJ57 NKF is a Citroen Dispatch van from North Yorkshire Police. Notice the oval-shaped light bar on the roof as well as the circular air vent for prisoners in the rear cage cell.
YK54 EFD also with North Yorkshire Police is this Nissan Terrano. Seen here in deep snow on moorland it is clear why the force run a number of 4×4 vehicles in rural locations.
YG52 FYD This is a 2002 Peugeot Expert van from North Yorkshire. It has all of its emergency lighting switched on as it leaves the station car park. Notice the alternately flashing headlamps and blue grille lights. It also has flashing white front fog lights and repeaters in the lower level of the roof light bar. The upper level of the light bar is all blue.
VX05 ASU West Mercia Police operate a number of these turbo diesel Vauxhall Astras as beat cars. Notice the additional of the Crimestoppers logo and contact details on the bonnet.
SY02 TYX is a Ford Transit van that is a mobile incident command vehicle with Northern Constabulary.
YJ57 NRX and YJ57 NPX are two Peugeot Boxer 350s that are part of West Yorkshire Police’s non-emergency fleet.
The rear of the pair of Boxers. The unmissable graphics show that these vehicles are used as mobile police offices.