Pick up truck unmarked police

[Gt6turbo]

I saw this pickup with blue lights back and front. Had black tinted windows. This was a semi rural location but would it have been legit?

I didn't have time to get the reg.

Edited by Gt6turbo on Saturday 7th June 15:34

[Jamescrs]

Yes it's entirely possible.

[lancslad58]

It's also possible not legit

[wazztie16]

Not necessarily unmarked plod.

[Pica-Pica]

Rural Crime Squad ?
Very common in rural areas.

[Gt6turbo]

Pica-Pica said:

Rural Crime Squad ?
Very common in rural areas.

Just surprised full black out windows. That can't be legal.

It had blue lights front and back.

[ADJimbo]

Pica-Pica said:

Rural Crime Squad ?
Very common in rural areas.

Agreed. I live very rural and the Police are always knocking about looking for lampers / poaches / illegal shoots etc.

They’ve been using unmarked pick-ups for years round here.

[Pica-Pica]

ADJimbo said:

Pica-Pica said:

Rural Crime Squad ?
Very common in rural areas.

Agreed. I live very rural and the Police are always knocking about looking for lampers / poaches / illegal shoots etc.

They ve been using unmarked pick-ups for years round here.

A cannabis farm was found when N.Wales Rural Crime Unit were looking for badly-kept dogs. Y Llinell Las (The Blue Line) is always a good watch on S4C.

[westmoorfarm]

Yup, we have a big black Ford Ranger that shows up around here (East Cambs), hidden blues front and back. Local rural crime action team (RCAT) use it for monitoring/catching hare coarsers.

Strange thing is they called us to tell us they were in the area once, presumably so we didn’t call them in as suspected 3.142keys!

[Lester H]

lancslad58 said:

It's also possible not legit

Yep. Could sometimes be a Walt ( as PH like to say, presumably from Walter Mitty.). Also Private security operatives and even retail park guards like to dress up as police-like.

[Jamescrs]

Lester H said:

Yep. Could sometimes be a Walt ( as PH like to say, presumably from Walter Mitty.). Also Private security operatives and even retail park guards like to dress up as police-like.

My favourite ones are those who like to buy Volvo estates and drive around in their high vis jackets, i'm sure it's a coincidence they always forget to take their high vis off before they get in the car though or they are just cold

[Tommo87]

Black tinted windows seems out of character for an unmarked vehicle?

[wazztie16]

Tommo87 said:

Black tinted windows seems out of character for an unmarked vehicle?

Not ime, especially standard unmarked traffic plod.

[DodgyGeezer]

wazztie16 said:

Tommo87 said:

Black tinted windows seems out of character for an unmarked vehicle?

Not ime, especially standard unmarked traffic plod.

surely if they're black tinted that's illegal?

[Gt6turbo]

They were definitely illegal proper black