A Constabulary prison van in service around 1975 seen here at Police Headquarters with the radio mast and police vehicle workshops in the background. The van, bearing the force crest, was used to convey remand prisoners from Hertfordshire courts to prisons in and around London. Described by officers as uncomfortably hot inside in warm weather. One ...
Read more A liveried Hertfordshire Constabulary Bedford Van pictured on 27th July 1971 outside Hertford Assizes Court, Shire Hall in Market Place, Hertford. This is a 1969 model, the last year they were manufactured.
Read more The Ford S-Max was used by Hertfordshire Police in the Armed Response Vehicle (ARV) role between 2008 and 2012 during the transition to the Firearms Team collaboration between Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Police. Unusually for a marked vehicle at the time, this vehicle is silver in colour. Pictured at South Mimms Service Station which was often ...
Read more The Volvo V70 was a longstanding specialist response vehicle employed by Hertfordshire Constabulary in both Traffic and Armed Policing roles. Pictured here is an Armed Response Vehicle (ARV) with the distinctive ‘Snowflake’ roof and bonnet markings which assist both Air Support and other officers in bringing ARVs forward.
Read more This Tactical Firearms Team’s carrier was also designed as a tactical option to deliver effect at height. The roof platform capable of delivering resources at height and provided a different field of view. Pictured here circa 2008 with a Dynamic Intervention training team.
Read more Only in production for 4 years and briefly used by Hertfordshire Police, pictured in the rear yard of Royston Police Station in use as the Royston, North Herts Division Area Car circa 1998. Note the limited livery of the time.
Read more Ford Galaxy – Armed Response Vehicle – Index S643 RNK. Seen here in full Battenberg livery in 1998 on the Stanborough Road HQ site. Subsequent upgrades to wheels and brakes were required to cope with the rigours of Police response driving.
Read more Traffic assigned Long Wheel Base Land Rover, index E723BNM, pictured at the front of Hitchin Police Station in College Road.
Read more A mobile armoury and equipment platform.
Read more A Selection of photographs of various Police Vehicles from 1902 until 1985
Read more The first motor cars and motor cycles purchased by Hertfordshire Constabulary.
Read more Hertfordshire Police Motor Service - For Patrol Work
Read more When the Traffic Division was formed in 1962, it began to develop its own fleet of cars. The first motorway patrol cars, the Ford Zephyr Estate cars have been mentioned elsewhere, as has the fact that some black Austin A99 Westminster Area Cars were sprayed white and given to Traffic, but these we replaced from ...
Read more This was originally a plain Supervisory Car, used by Inspectors and Sergeants, but due to a shortage of Area Cars, this one was marked up and used as an Area Car at Hemel Hempstead. I took this photograph in Chambersbury Lane in 1964. Corgi Models later produced a rather fine model if this very vehicle and ...
Read more In 1964 at a time when the Traffic Division was firmly established, it was decided (not by the drivers!) that Area Cars no longer needed to be powerful 3 litre cars. They were replaced by a smaller car, the Austin A60 Countryman with a 1622cc four cylinder engine. These were the first Area Cars to ...
Read more The "F" Division (St. Albans) area car, call sign Foxtrot 3 in 1964 with details of the officers who could drive it
Read more In 1958, after many years of using Wolseleys as Area Cars, the Hertfordshire Constabulary moved to Austins and the A95 3 litre, 6 cylinder model became the Area Car of the day. This was before the time of blue lights, and the cars had a Winkworth bell, a PA speaker and a foglamp mounted at ...
Read more Around 1959/1960, the Austin model A95 was superseded by the Austin A99 Westminster and these were adopted as Area Cars. I regularly drove one as a PC at Hemel Hempstead but the best picture I have is this one of the Bishops Stortford Area Car at the time, driven and photographed by my good friend, ...
Read more Pictured is an Austin Cambridge registration HNK488C at the Ancient Briton traffic lights in St Albans. Standing next to the vehicle is Police Sergeant 734 Donald PEARSON.
Read more Pictured is a police support vehicle used with the ‘Mobile Column’ used to respond to large scale incidents in the 1960’s. The driver is clearly a Hertfordshire officer.
Read more The Force occasionally tried out factory demonstration cars, some of which were later offered for purchase at a favourable price. This was helpful to the Garage Manager’s budget, especially when in-service cars were written off in crashes and money had to be found for a replacement. One such car was this blue Austin Montego 1.6 which ...
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