Traffic patrol vehicle – Vauxhall Omega Estate, index N670FAB pictured in use by the Tactical Firearms Unit TFU). To the rear a Dog Section vehicle can be seen.
Read more When the Home Office recommended the new ‘battenburg’ marking for traffic patrol cars in the main blocks of colour were meant to be blue and yellow. When one car was being equipped, there was an error somewhere along the line in the code number for the yellow reflective sheeting, and gold turned up instead. Having got it, ...
Read more In 1967, a new concept in policing was introduced in Hertfordshire, along with many other forces. Called Unit Beat Policing, Constables were permanently assigned to their own local beat area, and a number of beat areas were supported by another officer in a Unit Beat Car, commonly known as Panda Cars. The first batch of ...
Read more The first car used by Ware Rural Beat officers. This Vauxhall Viva did about 80,000 in 18 months and was then replaced.
Read more Panda cars in snow near Ware, November 1969.
Read more I cannot recall where I got this photo from, but the car is a Wolseley first registered in 1939. It is shown here in World War II which is evident from the masked headlamps and white painted bumpers and running boards.
Read more In 1948, Wolseley brought out a new 6 cylinder engined car, designated the Wolseley Six Eighty and it rapidly became the archetypal police car of that era. Hertfordshire had quite a number of them and they could be found all over the County. One of the photos shows some of these cars lined up in ...
Read more The ever popular Wolseley 6/80 was replaced in 1954 by the 6/90 model with a larger 2.6 litre 6 cyclinder engine. Hertfordshire Constabulary bought a number of these as routine replacements for the outgoing 6/80s. This force photograph shows a line up of Area Cars outside the Hatfield Technical College around 1955. The four cars nearest the ...
Read more This photo was among several sent to me by Jean Camkin, widow of the late PC Ron Petts who is shown here standing on the left. The name of the officer on the right is unknown. Ron only served for ten years before becoming disabled with polio. Quality of the image is limited because it was ...
Read more The Wolseley was a very popular police car in the late 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. This picture shows a car from the old ‘A’ Division with its driver, PC (later Sgt) George Pollard and PC 298 Albert Cook on the right. The quality of this photo is limited by the fact that it has been scanned ...
Read more Over the years, the Traffic Division had a series of unmarked Traffic Cars. Their use was questioned in some quarters, but it was never the intention to use them for catching respectable citizens exceeding speed limits by a few miles an hour. They were intended to be – and were – used to catch the ...
Read more In the 1970’s I was one of a handful of officers who attended Deeper Accident Investigation Training with the Metropolitan Police. We then trained other Traffic Officers back in Force. When a serious accident occurred and an in depth investigation was required, a trained officer from the normal shifts was called to attend. In the 1980s ...
Read more Details of John Halsey's police career from 1959 - 1990. Also some pictures of amongst other things Police Vehicles.
Read more Details of Sergeant Halsey's career as well as a number of pictures.
Read more Robert Lee describes his work in the 1940s and 50s and the car he drove.
Read more Once the Constabulary switched to cars it became necessary to maintain them to keep them on the road.
Read more Hi I am sending you some photos of police cars from my collection, that you might wish to add to your archive. 1) Fiat 900T Pulimino van VEW 41S Peterborough registration, 1st registered in June 1978. PC Peter Waterfield is standing by his van, which will be used around the villages of Stotfold in Bedfordshire and possibly Hertfordshire. Photo ...
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