Under Cover Traffic Police in the North East

[tuscanchris]

White 56 plate Merc Sprinter van with silver tinted rear door glass unmarked on A19 only blue lights in front grille. Saw him pulling a focus near Norton yesterday.

[Tibs]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Did I just see a undercover Plod BIKE this morning ?
A Blue sporty bike (Sorry not a bike man, nor saw it for long enough) - near Stockton. Rider with Blacks legs, Vis 'fitted type' jacket and white Helmet. Looked like he was wired up with radio type gear.

Are they running Bikes too now ?

Yes, and they have been for a while. Grey sports bike with grey 'Cleveland Constabulary' logos (very discreet) spotted a few times before.

They also run Black off road types, unmarked, mainly for chasing the illegal field riding etc, but they do get used for other ops.

[ShampooEfficient]

Hardly undercover, but this - http://www.flickr.com/photos/29909549@N08/51878143... - has been buzzing about Teesside today, apparently a BMW demonstrator. Looks like they gave it to some primary school kids to livery, after a Smarties overdose.
With the black bits, I initially thought it was one of those lookalikey private security cars...

[md.]

Ha, I got stuck in traffic around the Derwent reservoir on Sunday whilst the cycle race was being supervised and this was among the 8 or 9 police bikes and half a dozen marked cars that were there from Cleveland,Durham and Northumbria forces.

[ShampooEfficient]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

A black A4 Estate with Black tints nailing it east bound through Middlesbrough on the A66 at 5:30 tonights with hidden lights blazing.

Deffo an A4, and not that A6 doctor's car?

[ShampooEfficient]

>taps side of nose<

There's an unmarked blue Vectra on Glaswegian plates in Stockton.

You ain't seen me, right?

[ShampooEfficient]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

ShampooEfficient said:

>taps side of nose<

There's an unmarked blue Vectra on Glaswegian plates in Stockton.

You ain't seen me, right?

Glasweigan plates ?

I assume you don't mean a Soltaire / Ecosse sticker....

what would be a Glasweigan prefix - out of interest of course

You've got them there.

I passed it once, saw the driver in a plod stabby, thought I was mistaken - came back up the other way 20 minutes alter and it'd stopped an old Transit Doasyoulikey edition.

[supraboy]

Ford focus tdci 57 plate im sunderland today. Light metalic blue with 2 officers on board

[insanojackson]

supraboy said:

Ford focus tdci 57 plate im sunderland today. Light metalic blue with 2 officers on board

not the traffic police though, generic cid car.

[rptsport]

I got chased up the A19 recently - he said it took him 9 miles to catch me <chuckle, chuckle> - he wasn't unmarked, I just shot past the Thornaby junction and didn't see him.... Luckily he wasn't traffic patrol and I did say I was very sorry...!

[killsta]

ShampooEfficient said:

>taps side of nose<

There's an unmarked blue Vectra on Glaswegian plates in Stockton.

You ain't seen me, right?

That vehicle belongs to the lovely Durham Constabulary

[ShampooEfficient]

killsta said:

ShampooEfficient said:

>taps side of nose<

There's an unmarked blue Vectra on Glaswegian plates in Stockton.

You ain't seen me, right?

That vehicle belongs to the lovely Durham Constabulary

From the vehicles I saw stopped around the area, I guess they were putting the joint command to good use in a specific operation. Good for 'em, I say.

[Thunderstruck80]

Black E90 BMW 320D, seen him a few times on the A1. Between gateshead and Durham.

The double aerial and BIB wearing a high vis gives it away.

[Thunderstruck80]

Black E90 BMW 320D, seen him a few times on the A1. Between gateshead and Durham.

The double aerial and BIB wearing a high vis gives it away.

[ED209]

Thunderstruck80 said:

Black E90 BMW 320D, seen him a few times on the A1. Between gateshead and Durham.

The double aerial and BIB wearing a high vis gives it away.

durham car, wont have been in gatehead.

[RadoVR6]

Silver Ford S-Max with tinted back and rear windows.

Got stung on the A19 a couple of weeks ago.

[ShampooEfficient]

Thunderstruck80 said:

Black E90 BMW 320D, seen him a few times on the A1. Between gateshead and Durham.

The double aerial and BIB wearing a high vis gives it away.

320D? Misbadged, or cost cutting?

[Thunderstruck80]

Lol exactly what I thought, though it does look very inconspicuous in your rear view.

[RadoVR6]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

RadoVR6 said:

Silver Ford S-Max with tinted back and rear windows.

Got stung on the A19 a couple of weeks ago.

Likes to park on the curved / hidden slip road ON TO THE A19 Northbound at Crathorne IIRC.

you ave been warned !

This was further up near Norton/Billingham.

[Buster73]

Silver A4 estate seen a few times recently on the A1 near Wetherby and dealing with a shunt on the A66 near Scotch Corner.