Sentence:  And when he started demanding an explanation, one of them radioed someone, and there was this <WSD>meatwagon</WSD> and about twelve more policeman– all in full bulletproof riot gear, truncheons and helmets– came pouring out. But there was already about ten policeman there, so in all there were about twenty-five policemen all manhandling Peter into this <WSD>meatwagon</WSD>, and the rest of them just stood there. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A police vehicle for transporting prisoners.