page_title: Police vehicles in the United Kingdom
section_title: Other vehicles
hierarchical_section_title: Police vehicles in the United Kingdom / Other vehicles
caption_attribution_description: Metropolitation Police Service Jankel Guardian armoured vehicles based on a Ford F-450 chassis guard roads around Parliament Square following the Westminster attack on 22 March 2017.
context_page_description: The 48 police forces in the UK use a wide range of operational vehicles including compact cars, powerful estates and armored police carriers. The main uses are patrol, response, tactical pursuit and public order policing. Other vehicles used by British police include motorcycles, aircraft and boats.
context_section_description: Dog unit cars/vans
  Horse trailers
  Vehicle removal trucks
  Mobile custody units
  Unmarked cars
  Unique vehicles used by specialists units – typically for armed officers in the event of major attacks.
  Bicycles
  Almost all police forces use the battenburg livery of yellow and blue checks for their vehicles, on top of a white, blue, or silver base vehicle colour. Silver became popular in some forces because of the higher resale values when sold. Most cars use retroreflective livery on the sides and red and yellow chevrons on the rear. Most also carry slogans, the force crest and contact information.
  Most police cars, vans and minibuses have aerial roof markings that help aircraft crew identify them. These can include the unique force code, vehicle identifying mark, or police division that the vehicle belongs to.
  Under the Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations 1989, police vehicles may display blue flashing lights to alert other road users to their presence or when the driver feels that the journey needs to be undertaken urgently. These lights are usually mounted on the roof and incorporated into the standard vehicle system of external lights. Most police vehicles are also fitted with a siren. In addition to blue lights, many traffic and incident response cars are fitted with flashing red lights that are only visible at the rear of the vehicle. These indicate that the vehicle is stopped or moving slowly.
caption: Metropolitan Police Ford F450 Jankel Guardians engaged on an operation. These are utilised by public order and armed officers for high-profile operations and airport patrols. A number of surrounding forces also utilise some.
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