Cop Cars - Unmarked - What & Where, as much detail on cars!!

[christofmccracke]

just remeberd had some officers come out of a merc van slver people carrier thing to shout at a gut in a range rover bout his number plates

[Craigie]

Saw a silver SF plated 5 series police training vehicle today on London Road.

Then tonight I was stuck behind a learner on an SF plated Peugeot scooter and I was just wondering......

[standfree93]

There's a marked van on ellon road, bridge of don this morning. North bound.

[ROSSGR]

Black 3 series coupe had someone on the hard shoulder east bound past Govan tonight around 6:15 pm.
SF59 ***

[stevie_a]

ROSSGR said:

Black 3 series coupe had someone on the hard shoulder east bound past Govan tonight around 6:15 pm.
SF59 ***

It had a Silver Toyota Aygo stopped just before the bridge

BUT

It was a dark blue 5 series with blue lights flashing from the side of the bumpers SF59 ***

not a Black 3 series coupe

Edited by stevie_a on Friday 28th May 21:50

[Craigie]

Unmarked 3 series estate on the Bellshill Bypass tonight stopping someone.
Reg SF58NYC

[840ciSport]

SF10 DVM unmarked silver 5 series in Dumbarton today

[bigwheel]

Craigie said:

Unmarked 3 series estate on the Bellshill Bypass tonight stopping someone.
Reg SF58NYC

You've always got to tell us the colour, if possible. If we can read the number plate, it's usually too f*****g late!!

[monthefish]

bigwheel said:

Craigie said:

Unmarked 3 series estate on the Bellshill Bypass tonight stopping someone.
Reg SF58NYC

You've always got to tell us the colour, if possible. If we can read the number plate, it's usually too f*****g late!!

It'll be black, silver or dark blue... (which you should always be wary of anyway).

ETA - a reg check shows 'SF58NYC' as a MAN TGS 26.440 6X2/2 LX BL T, Colour: WHITE) - must be a digit wrong in the reg given...

Edited by monthefish on Monday 31st May 09:13

[bigwheel]

monthefish said:

ETA - a reg check shows 'SF58NYC' as a MAN TGS 26.440 6X2/2 LX BL T, Colour: WHITE) - must be a digit wrong in the reg given...

Edited by monthefish on Monday 31st May 09:13

That'll be a twin steer LGV artic unit.

Which reminds me, the Brummie Traffic Police have a marked, silver Scania artic unit with blue beacons to draw alongside other LGV's at speed on the motorways (I bet they haven't got a 90 kph speed limiter). The passenger cop has a hand-held video camera to record perceived heinous offences in the alleged truck cab like the driver drinking water, sneezing and other more pertinent infringements.

Edited by bigwheel on Monday 31st May 15:58

[Craigie]

Sorry guys, its SF59HKC, got the reg wrong, just as well my daughter has a great memory as when we passed it I told her to remember the reg and when I asked her tonight she still remembered it!!

[Craigie]

And presumably its the same one that was reported on the previous page on the M77 and A77.
So my question is do these unmarked cars swap divisions all the time or is there a separate unit that would patrol from Shawhead on the A725 all the way to M and A77?

What are the traffic divisions? I know Motherwell has one, where is the next one heading west?

[ROSSGR]

Stevie A...........it was a 3 series coupe with a Peugeot 307 pulled in. Sounds like it might be a different car????

[sherman]

Craigie said:

And presumably its the same one that was reported on the previous page on the M77 and A77.
So my question is do these unmarked cars swap divisions all the time or is there a separate unit that would patrol from Shawhead on the A725 all the way to M and A77?

What are the traffic divisions? I know Motherwell has one, where is the next one heading west?

Cars are swapped between divisions but they also swap number plates to stop threads like this ousting them.

[stevie_a]

ROSSGR said:

Stevie A...........it was a 3 series coupe with a Peugeot 307 pulled in. Sounds like it might be a different car????

looks like it then so that was two of them working at the same time in the same area

when I seen the blue 5 series just at bridge east bound at about 7pm on the friday

Edited by stevie_a on Tuesday 1st June 07:20

[monthefish]

Craigie said:

Sorry guys, its SF59HKC, got the reg wrong, just as well my daughter has a great memory as when we passed it I told her to remember the reg and when I asked her tonight she still remembered it!!

SF59HKC
Make / Model: BMW 330D AC TOURING AUTO
Colour: BLACK

[Scottish Greg]

Not going back 9 pages, to see if this has been posted before, but if you are on Kintore bypass they sit up the slip road which comes down in the middle of the bypass heading towards Inverurie. Either that or they sit on the first roundabout joining the Kintore bypass, or at Thainstone Mart.
The mobile van usualy sits just after Thainstone Mart roundabout heading towards Inverurie.

I now await to be picked on! lol lol

Edited by Scottish Greg on Wednesday 2nd June 02:39

[monthefish]

Scottish Greg said:

Not going back 9 pages, to see if this has been posted before, but if you are on Kintore bypass they sit up the slip road which comes down in the middle of the bypass heading towards Inverurie. Either that or they sit on the first roundabout joining the Kintore bypass, or at Thainstone Mart.
The mobile van usualy sits just after Thainstone Mart roundabout heading towards Inverurie.

I now await to be picked on! lol lol

Edited by Scottish Greg on Wednesday 2nd June 02:39

How dare you bring useful information to the thread. ( )
(Strictly speaking the thread is about the details of unmarked cars, and the region in which they operate)

[JK55]

In Edinburgh

White Merc C-Class Estate. Registration ST04 TZU

Black Volvo Estate. It is a 59 plate.

[Jayho]

Scottish Greg said:

Not going back 9 pages, to see if this has been posted before, but if you are on Kintore bypass they sit up the slip road which comes down in the middle of the bypass heading towards Inverurie. Either that or they sit on the first roundabout joining the Kintore bypass, or at Thainstone Mart.
The mobile van usualy sits just after Thainstone Mart roundabout heading towards Inverurie.

I now await to be picked on! lol lol

Edited by Scottish Greg on Wednesday 2nd June 02:39

To be completely honest they are usually easily spotted, and give you plenty of time to slow down... not really a trap, more of a friendly reminder IMO...