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YJ54 VLD A far more sensible NYP Ford Focus, carrying the non-emergency telephone number of the front wings, and Crimestoppers number on the rear.
YJ04 CEF An overhead look at a NYP collision investigation Mercedes van. It does not have any roof markings, and only a double rotating blue light on the roof. Blue strobes are also drilled into the reverse light and headlight clusters.
YJ04 CFK A double overhead look at a North Yorks. Volvo V70 which is used for road policing. It has an oval lightbar and rear-facing, roof-mounted ANPR (automatic number plate recognition) camera.
H467 STH is a preserved Rover 827. This car is powered by a 2.7 litre Honda V6 engine driving the front wheels.
The rear view. This model of Rover saw service with many police forces throughout the late 1980’s and early 1990’s.
W42 KFE is a Ford Escort van used by the dog section of Lincolnshire Police.
R364 KFL is a Ford Explorer four wheel drive used by Wiltshire Constabulary. This vehicle carries a rather faded version of the force’s old livery. It is equipped with a large telescopic pole which comes out of the roof to provide lighting at an incident.W
We now have a Suzuki GSX R motorbike. Although it carries police markings, it is not equipped with blue lights.
MK04 ZWS is another Mercedes Benz E-class demonstrator.
Here we have a Ford Focus estate designed to be used for the carrying of police dogs. Notice how on this demonstrator vehicle the side windows are silvered out in the rear of the car to hide the dog cages. It also has a roof mounted air vent for the dogs.
We now have a Ford Galaxy people carrier in police markings.
This five door Ford Fiesta is used by Hampshire Police.
Here we have another Ford Focus estate. This model does not have the rear fitted dog cages as seen above. It is operated by the Northern Constabulary.
This Ford Transit Connect is also a police dog unit demonstrator. It is unusually fitted with only one blue rotating bacon on the roof. It has access to the dog caged from either the rear doors or the side sliding doors.
This is another demonstrator form Ford, except this time a Mondeo estate.
We now slow down the pace some what with this Skoda Superb.
The rear view. The car has been prepared by specialist vehicle company Cloeman Milne.
This un-registered Vauxhall Zafira is used for the transportation of Police dogs.
BF53 WKG is a specially modified Honda motorbike. Wearing a minimal police livery, it is designed to be used as a mobile speed camera unit. Notice the speed camera logo on the wind deflector.
From this view you can see the camera assembly on the rear top box of the bike. It folds neatly away into the box when it is not in use.
This blue long wheel base Mercedes Sprinter is used as a personnel carrier by Cambridgeshire Police.
Next we have a 2004 Peugeot 407. This car is unusual in having a dark blue paint scheme, like the Mercedes above. This all helps to increase the re-sale value of the car once it has finished its life in the police.
The rear view of this 407 operated by West Midlands Police.
Here we have another 407 but this time with usual white paint. The front end of this car is unusually shaped so that it reduces the chance of pedestrian injury in an accident.
The rear view.
We now have a Peugeot 307, a standard panda car used by Durham Constabulary.
The car carries minimal Police markings and has only one small blue light bar on the roof. There are no repeaters elsewhere on the car.
This is the estate version of the 307. This has more comprehensive police markings than the five door hatchback model above.
This Mitsubishi Shogun is operated by the Metropolitan Police.
Another Mitsubishi, but this time a Shogun Sport. This particular four by four is used by the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
The side/rear view of this off-roader. Note the extremely large light bar on the roof.
DX04 NFP is another Shogun Sport. It is different to the model above as this model has a bonnet air scoop and a different light bar. It also does not have front driving lights and is coloured white as opposed to silver.
We next have a Volkswagen Passat estate police demonstrator.
We now have the Volkswagen Touareg four wheel drive. This is available with a choice of engines, including an enormously powerful 5 litre V10 diesel.This Volkswagen LT46 van is used for police personnel transport. It is also fitted with a riot shield and light protectors for when it is being used in a hostile environment.
As you can see from this photograph, the air suspension has been fully raised up. This enables the vehicle to have massive ground clearance. It can be lowered to provide more control when driving over tarmac surfaces.
This Volkswagen LT46 van is used for police personnel transport. It is also fitted with a riot shield and light protectors for when it is being used in a hostile environment.
We next have a Volkswagen Caddy van based on the fifth generation of the Golf. This vehicle is seen here in very minimal markings.