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KE53 JDX This silver Nissan X-trail is the only vehicle run by Kensington and Chelsea Parks Police. It is fitted with a full-width roof light bar and additional blue flashing lights behind the front grille and on the front wings. Up the sides are a single tall band of battenburg markings.
The rear view of the same Nissan. The car is equipped with a video surveillance camera to the front and an LPG conversion. It is used to drive around and between parks in the London borough.
W831 JHW This Vauxhall Astra estate is a dog patrol vehicle with the Royal Parks Police. Notice the illuminable ‘police’ sign on the front bumper.
V457 ROR This Ford Transit is used by Wandsworth Parks Police to patrol the parks and streets in the London borough of Wandsworth.
The rear view of the LPG-powered Transit, shown here with blue lights flashing.
V757 JLC This Renault Kangoo is used by Wandsworth Parks Police as a dog patrol. It has two cages in the back for police dogs.
Here is a Landrover Defender and a Mitsubishi 4×4 belonging to Edinburgh’s Queen’s Royal Park Ranger Service.
WV51 AXS is a Vauxhall Astra estate used by the Royal Parks Police in London. Notice how the front number plate has been moved to accommodate the dot matrix sign.
The rear view of the same car. It is powered by a 1.6 litre petrol engine, but can also been run on LPG.
X207 XAA is a short wheel base petrol powered Ford Transit.
The side and rear view of the same van. The vehicle has a sparse livery.
CYO 215V This Honda CB400N belonged to the Royal Parks Constabulary when this photo was taken in 1984. It is at Regent’s Park, but the motorbike was used at Greenwich Park from 1983-6. A further blast from the past is the Transit van in the background.
RN04 LFW Jumping forwards 20 years, this is a Honda Deauville motorcycle belonging to Wandsworth Parks Police.
The rear view of the same bike. Notice the ‘Wandsworth Park’ crest on the corporate green background.
V215 ELC This is a Renault Megane from Wandsworth Parks Police. It’s green livery comes from the traditional Park colour, but due to occasional confusion with an ambulance vehicle this livery is being phased out.
The rear view of the same car.
This is a very rare police cycle from the Royal Parks Constabulary (London). It is a hybrid pedal / electric cycle called an Eco-Bike Enforcer. It is fitted with blue lights, a siren and decked out in black and white checker markings. Ideal for upholding the law in Hyde Park, this cycle has the unusual features of an ignition and battery gauge. It has a 200 watt motor, goes 15 mph unaided and has 21 gears.
This Ford Transit is a Wandsworth Parks Police prisoner van. It can carry four prisoners and five police officers.
R397 FBA Here is a Royal Parks Police Ford Escort estate, photographed outside of Buckingham Palace, London.
PX05 AKG is a Land Rover Discovery 3 four wheel drive in a half battenburg livery used by the CNC.
The side view of the Land Rover. It is fitted with a spotlight on-top which mounts on top of the rear light bar.
PX51 DDF This is a CNC Ford Focus. It has had a slight livery change to reflect the change over from UKAEAC to CNC. It now carries the CNC force badge on the front doors and the website address on the bonnet and rearmost side windows.
The rear view of the same Focus. Notice how the blue light bar has a directional spotlight sprouting from it. The light bar is also attached via the roof rails to avoid damaging the roof and therefore improving the car’s residual value. This example was photographed (with permission) at British Nuclear Fuel’s Sellafield site on the Cumbrian coast.
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.
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.
T729 BVC is with Liverpool Markets Poliuce and is a Vauxhall Combo 1.7D van.
The rear view of the van, with Crimestoppers and City Safe logos.
Liverpool was the first city to introduce markets police in 1860. The force operated at the Edge Lane market where they provided security, bye-law enforcement and traffic management services. The service was disbanded in 2005 by Liverpool City Council.
This K-registration Ford Transit was used by Liverpool Markets Police. It has a blue and white striped band running around the waistline and a blue light bar on the roof.
The side view of the Transit, showing fire extinguishers among other equipment.
BU08 JHL This is an example of a Diplomatic Protection Mercedes Benz Vito. It is fitted with two full-width light bars on the roof. The yellow spots on all sides indicate armed officers are in the vehicle.
V180 JGU This is a Mercedes Sprinter that is fitted with front and rear facing cameras. They are for automatically reading and checking vehicle registration plates. Special night-vision lights are also mounted next to the cameras so they can operate 24 hours a day.
