POLICE's SECRET WEAPON SEEN IN NORTHANTS

[T5AMX]

Un marked Red HONDA FIRE BLADE with a camera mounted on the left hand side

[mooey]

A dark red Saab 95 estate, with descrete flashing blue lights behind the front grille, steamed passed us yesterday whilst we were doing 90+ on the M1 in a Navara - twice!

[stormin]

mooey said:

A dark red Saab 95 estate, with descrete flashing blue lights behind the front grille, steamed passed us yesterday whilst we were doing 90+ on the M1 in a Navara - twice!

I think this one is a fire officer.

[Ricky_k]

Ive seen two Grey Volvo S60's around Wellingborough/Northampton both on 56 plates. They are unmarked but you can tell they are police cars because the officers are wearing uniforms and there is smaller wing mirror on the passenger side above the standard one. You cant miss it.

[mooey]

stormin said:

mooey said:

A dark red Saab 95 estate, with descrete flashing blue lights behind the front grille, steamed passed us yesterday whilst we were doing 90+ on the M1 in a Navara - twice!

I think this one is a fire officer.

On reflection it was more of a maroon than red

[Pupp]

stormin said:

mooey said:

A dark red Saab 95 estate, with descrete flashing blue lights behind the front grille, steamed passed us yesterday whilst we were doing 90+ on the M1 in a Navara - twice!

I think this one is a fire officer.

Red unmarked Audi saloon on the A14 this lunchtime showing blues

[Alfahorn]

They've got some Imprezas as well.

[cpas]

When I'm 'making progress, I always look out for tell-tale signs of police cars - generally as said before the extra passenger-side door mirror above the original, but also police cars are always spotlessly clean and generally only a couple of years old. You can often see mesh grilles in the rear headrests hiding blue lights and 'equipment' scattered around the upper dashboard. They also often use Vauxalls and Fords as unmarked cars (ie don't worry about unmarked spotlessly clean Toyota Corollas - you'll be quite safe there)!!!

[Demon Hill]

The only unmarked police bike I know of in Northamptonshire is an R1

[BIGRAH]

They also have a new VW Passat Estate in black with blacked out glass in the back, shot past me like a bat out of hell in Northampton yesterday

[allaway]

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[Luvmyzed]

I think the fireblade with the camera was a 'weekend warrior' filming himself blatting about so he could be a youtube hero. I've seen loads like that at trackdays, the last one where the the bike was parked up at the back of the pits covered in gravel with the remains of the camera gear torn to shreds!! Clearly trying too hard to impress his mates.Laugh, we sure did........

[stormin]

Luvmyzed said:

I think the fireblade with the camera was a 'weekend warrior' filming himself blatting about so he could be a youtube hero. I've seen loads like that at trackdays, the last one where the the bike was parked up at the back of the pits covered in gravel with the remains of the camera gear torn to shreds!! Clearly trying too hard to impress his mates.Laugh, we sure did........

Now you mention that - the bike I've seen was a black one with the camera mounted in one of the paniers.

[456lbft]

Wasn't it Northants police that had a chavved up Vectra out to catch boy racers? That was a bit sneaky. Might have been another force but it definitely happened, I spoke to the chaps that helped build it.

[tom617]

has anyone seen in the chron about there planning to get rid of all the mobile camera vans.

http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news?articleid=4...

I will beleave it when i see it.

tom

[BIGRAH]

456lbft said:

Wasn't it Northants police that had a chavved up Vectra out to catch boy racers? That was a bit sneaky. Might have been another force but it definitely happened, I spoke to the chaps that helped build it.

Thats nothing new, Cambridgeshire has 3 unmarked XR3i's in the 1980's doing the same thing.

[stormin]

BIGRAH said:

456lbft said:

Wasn't it Northants police that had a chavved up Vectra out to catch boy racers? That was a bit sneaky. Might have been another force but it definitely happened, I spoke to the chaps that helped build it.

Thats nothing new, Cambridgeshire has 3 unmarked XR3i's in the 1980's doing the same thing.

Thames Valley used to run a V8 MGB

[allaway]

[BazMV6]

allaway said:

I was going to say that.

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