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

[Glasgowrob]

mgst170 said:

Would appear so... even in recent posts here there are others of a similar vintage.

Interestingly a quick check on the government MOT check shows it has no MOT.

its been covered many many many times on here over the years but police cars are exempt from MOT regs,


funnily enough so are taxis and private hire cars as we can run a Certificate of compliance rather than an MOT so don't show up in MOT checks either if we exercise that option

[mgst170]

Glasgowrob said:

mgst170 said:

Would appear so... even in recent posts here there are others of a similar vintage.

Interestingly a quick check on the government MOT check shows it has no MOT.

its been covered many many many times on here over the years but police cars are exempt from MOT regs,


funnily enough so are taxis and private hire cars as we can run a Certificate of compliance rather than an MOT so don't show up in MOT checks either if we exercise that option

How many times?

[cas20]

YK67 NHP Grey

BMW 420D XDRIVE GRANCOUPE MSP 1995 Diesel

In the carpark of Glasgow Fort

[Dyl]

SF14 ### Silver BMW 3-Series had pulled someone on the A8 eastbound at Shawhead earlier this morning.

Can’t remember the last 3 letters.

With the A8 being so quiet since M8 extension opened, it’s all too easy to speed along that section.

[Discokid9999]

Hi Guys - could somebody share the Wiki list of cars spotted to date? Thanks

[simoid]

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[stevie_a]

over the last week i have been seeing a red BMW 3 series over on the M8 Kingston Bridge, M74 Extension, once with blues on.

[Dimebars]

I saw a pair of X5's with blues on, heading West through Glasgow the other week, one black, one white.

No info on reg

[DNGTRN]

Found this while browsing, signed up just to post this, an official document from what I believe is police Scotland

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/293840/resp...

[Prof Prolapse]

DNGTRN said:

Found this while browsing, signed up just to post this, an official document from what I believe is police Scotland

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/293840/resp...

"...However, by way of assistance I can provide you with the details of the marked vehicle
fleet list for the whole of Police Scotland. The information is provided in the table
below. Please note that the fleet can change on a daily basis as part of the vehicle
replacement programme."

Undated but looks to be over three years old, and would seem to be clearly identifying the marked vehicle list.

[simoid]

Interestingly(!) the vast majority are SF registrations...? We knew that anyway. I suppose it makes sense that if they’re buying 5 marked and 5 unmarked at the same time, they’ll be close in registration. Probably wise to mix it up a bit for true stealth

[Prof Prolapse]

simoid said:

Interestingly(!) the vast majority are SF registrations...? We knew that anyway. I suppose it makes sense that if they’re buying 5 marked and 5 unmarked at the same time, they’ll be close in registration. Probably wise to mix it up a bit for true stealth

It's just where the car registration is allocated. Nothing to do with when it was bought, or anything else (I appreciate you're joking about the stealth thing)

Vast majority of cars sourced in the central belt (Glasgow) = vast majority registered in the central belt and allocated an associated prefix (Glasgow, prefix SF for example).

[bigwheel]

M6 Southbound today about Manchester area there was an un-marked metallic brownish Ford Tourneo (I think) with blacked-out windows dealing with a stranded car on a live lane.
Lots of hidden blue strobes flashing
No way would I have expected a vehicle of that type (full sized transit) being a Traffic Car.

Edited by bigwheel on Thursday 16th August 00:13

[Davie]

Dark grey / black 3 series saloon SF6xKJU seems to have been patrolling the M8 around Harthill / Livingston of late... spotted it a couple of times, lit up on the hard shoulder. Both times being driven by a lady with a pony tail.

Edit:

Checked the Wiki... SF64KJU and seems West Edinburgh / M8 is a regular haunt for it

[Vanordinaire]

DNGTRN said:

Found this while browsing, signed up just to post this, an official document from what I believe is police Scotland

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/293840/resp...

A bit off topic, but some interesting stuff on there.
The old P999TAY reg which was originally on a Saab which patrolled between Dundee and Perth is now on a Police Iveco Cargo... police with private plates, who knew?
Our local Landrover Defender looks to be the oldest in the fleet 2002 and still in daily use around the borders... try out running that boy racers!
And SF14NNY ? What poor fanny has to drive that around? Is it a private reg too?

[bigvanfan]

M77 tonight , I’m certain it was a flat grey Peugeot 308 , I didn’t really pay any attention as it looked like a broken down car and someone had stopped to help but noticed the lights on the back when I passed it

[AGAR]

Police Scotland in Aberdeen (& shire) are using a load of "run of the mill" cars as under cover units. I know the garage that does all their servicing up here and they have had all sorts in, including 8 year old Mazda 3 MPS's etc. Gone are the days of them just using Audi's & BMW's here....

[tighnamara]

AGAR said:

Police Scotland in Aberdeen (& shire) are using a load of "run of the mill" cars as under cover units. I know the garage that does all their servicing up here and they have had all sorts in, including 8 year old Mazda 3 MPS's etc. Gone are the days of them just using Audi's & BMW's here....

White 66 plate BMW estate stopped a car on the A96 Friday evening

[Kccv23highliftcam]

Is there a increasing trend by Police Scotland in the use of unmarked cars for basic traffic duties?

[diesel do]

M8 at Townhead this morning looked like a just-out-the-wrapper unmarked white X5 stopped on hard shoulder all lit up - NX18CNZ. Don't know what most caught my attention - the flashing lights or the massive towbar sticking out the back!