page_title: Police van
section_title: Use of vans
hierarchical_section_title: Police van / Use of vans
caption_attribution_description: English: Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 518CDI Police Car for Hong Kong Police Force. 中文（香港）‎: 香港警方最新型號的巡邏車，是一輛平治凌特518CDI型警察巡邏車。
context_page_description: A police van is a type of vehicle operated by police forces. Police vans are usually employed for the transport of prisoners inside a specially adapted cell in the vehicle, or for the rapid transport of a number of officers to an incident.
context_section_description: Individual police stations may have a van for the accommodation of prisoners and transportation of officers. The Metropolitan Police Service in England makes extensive use of these, particularly among the Territorial Support Group, which carries out public order duties and adapts the vans to carry riot protection equipment.
  Police vans may have a flip down wire shield across the windscreen, which helps prevent projectiles from damaging the vehicle.
  Many forces now differentiate between a "Carrier" — a vehicle used for Public Order situations and therefore equipped with shields etc. — and what is commonly known as a "Cub Van", a small van with a cage in the back.
  Some police departments, such as the Baltimore Police Department and Philadelphia Police Department, have been accused of braking abruptly or steering sharply in order to inflict injuries on unbuckled prisoners, a technique called a "rough ride". Most notably, Freddie Gray allegedly died as a result of such a ride in 2015. Other prisoners have received large settlements after becoming paralyzed during transportation in police vans.
caption: A Mercedes-Benz Sprinter used by the Hong Kong Police Force.
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