Police Van (Enemy)

The Police Van is very similar to the Police Car, with its appearance being much larger and the word "COP" written to its side.

## Overview

Police vans have nearly identical speed and acceleration of regular Police Cars. They are much less common, but come with the ability to survive at least one hit and continue pursuing players.

Although they are mostly Invulnerable to collisions from other vehicles, the Police Van has several vulnerabilities:

* Hitting Walls, Buildings or Light Poles will destroy the Police Van.
* The Monster Truck and Meteors spawned in Pakocalypse can easily demolish it.

**PAKO Forever**

In PAKO Forever, they move much faster and show the same behavior in previous PAKO games, and they appear every fifteen seconds.

Like all the other PAKO Games, they can Instantly kill the player. There is an exception to this, as if the player picks up a med kit or uses a 2X health vehicle only the player's health will decrease.

**PAKO 2**

In PAKO 2, they behave like all of the other PAKO games.

There appearance in the game has a black paint and a star on it's side, they only appear if the player survives for over five minutes, and they have high HP and they use Minigun to destroy the player faster. It is recommended to have a lot of HP, using the Road King is useful to survive longer against them

**PAKO 3**

In PAKO 3, they all have the same behavior of all the other PAKO games.

There appearance in game are colored painted black and white with two police lights mounted on their top. They only appear around 1 Minute. in any maps. Despite their size and weight. they are among the most powerful enemy in PAKO 3 due to their Immense fast speed, high health and often ambush the player by performing a PIT Maneuvers when they get too close through the player.

## Performance

**PAKO - Car Chase Simulator**

* Performance is pretty much the same as regular Police Cars in Pako, not much else to be said.
* Speed (★★☆☆☆)
* Acceleration (★★☆☆☆)
* Control (★★☆☆☆)

**PAKO Forever**

* Their Performance speed is very fast similar to the Police Cars in PAKO Forever,
* Speed (★★★★☆)
* Acceleration (★★★★☆)
* Control (★★★★☆)

**PAKO 2**

* Performance is almost similar to PAKO and a little bit faster.
* Speed (★★★☆☆)
* Acceleration (★★★☆☆)
* Control (★★★☆☆)

**PAKO 3**

* Performance is nearly Identical from PAKO Forever
* Speed (★★★★☆)
* Acceleration (★★★★★)
* Control (★★★☆☆)

## Tips

**PAKO - Car Chase Simulator**

If you want to survive longer without crashing into them, here are some tips you should follow:

* The best way to get rid of them in the map Arena is by luring them to the Monster Truck.
* General tip is to use the Big Rig or the Monster Truck to hit the Police Van, as it will not get destroyed.
* It is important to note that in PC/Steam versions some Ammos like Warp or Spiral will have no effects on the Police Van.

**PAKO Forever**

* Avoiding the Police Vans in PAKO Forever can be quite difficult due to their high speed.
* The best way destroy them is by luring them into a parked vehicle or a tree.
* Attempting to destroy a Police Van with a 2X health vehicle will not instantly destroy the Police Van.

**PAKO 2**

* Once the player hits 5 Minute. It's recommended to use turbo when coming near them.
* It is advised to use the Road King as it can Immediately destroy the Police Van,
* You can try luring them by falling them into a kill zone

## Maps That Include The Police Van

* Arena
* Beach
* Rally-Cross
* Lakeside
* Forest

## Trivia

* Police Vans are the third Enemy to be added, following the Police Car and Tank.
* They were only added in the Map pack #2 update, and were not present in versions before that.
* Police Vans are some of the toughest adversaries, only outmatched by the Tank.
* On Rally-Cross, Lakeside, and Forest they been modified to go much faster than the Player.
* Despite being a Police Van, the developers didn't consider it as a Swat Van.
* It is unknown why they exist in the map Future in PAKO Forever.
* When the Police Van crashes, it doesn't make an explosion sound and has a different explosion effect.
* On the steam version of PAKO, if you survive a map for around 1 minute, the Police Cars are replaced with Police Vans
* The Police Van model is based on the Freightliner FLC 112
* Police Vans are almost Invulnerable and they can push through NPC Vehicles, and light poles.

## Gallery

A Police Van Crashed into a Wall at the Beach MapMultiple Police Vans trying to stop the Player at Airport (Mobile)