On a different kind of beat...
Police in Wales have ‘pimped out’ one of their speed camera vans to take to boy racer ‘cruises’.
The vehicle has been made out of the shell of an expired ‘Arrive Alive’ camera van and blinged up to make what officers call ‘the region's awesomest set of wheels.’
The idea is to infiltrate cruises and car park gatherings, and when the young drivers come over to have a look at the van - which is fitted with a pumping sound system - they are hit with information on how to stop being a nuisance.
The idea is to educate young drivers at the events on how to be more responsible behind the wheel.
Unfortunately the force’s Deputy Chief Constable Clive Wolfendale said: ‘The deuce is jam packed full of information and advice for young drivers and draws a crowd wherever it goes.
‘Having assembled the curious (and jealous) spectators we can get some serious messages across.
‘It also has the best sounds around.