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This gallery contains photographs of police vehicles (and other means of transport) over the last 100 years or so.

Click on one of the thumbnail images below to view a larger version of the image in a pop-up window.




Horse-drawn police wagon outside Dundee Sheriff Court

Mounted police patrols, Dundee

Chief Constable Macdonald parading on horseback, Arbroath

Perthshire Constabulary motorcycle patrols, 1924. Left : 1920 BSA & sidecar, Right : 1918 Douglas
 

Austin van, Dundee City Police, 1930

Angus County Constabulary patrol car, 1934

Dundee City Police patrol car, an Alvis, 1936

1933 Commer Dundee City Police "Jailing Van", still in service in 1959
 

Rover patrol cars, Angus Constabulary, 1938

1938 Wolseley, City of Dundee Police general purpose car

1939 Morris patrol van, City of Dundee Police, in service until 1961

Velocette motorcycles, City of Dundee Police, during 2nd World War (note the blackout headlamps)
 

City of Dundee Police Vauxhall and Wolseley during World War 2 (again, note the blackout lamps)

Perth City Police 1960, from left, Austin Cambridge, 2 Humbers, Wolseley, Morris van

Perth City Police 1962, Jaguar Mk2 with radar speed detector in boot

City of Dundee Police Ford Zephyr, 1963
 

City of Dundee Police panda cars, Morris Minor 1000s, pictured on Riverside Drive, 1969

Traffic patrol cars from the Perth, Angus & Dundee forces, 1974, Rover 3500 & Jaguar XJ6

Tayside Police Accident Unit, 1977

Tayside Police Range Rover, Friarton Bridge, 1978
 

Tayside Police Western Division panda car, Ford Fiesta, 1984

Tayside Police Western Division general purpose Ford Escort patrol car and Ford Transit van, 1984

Tayside Police vehicles at Baluniefield, 1985, Ford Escort patrol car & Ford Granada traffic car

Tayside Police cars, 1989, Rover 800 traffic car & Vauxhall Astra patrol car
 

Tayside Police Mercedes ML, Friarton Bridge, 2001

Tayside Police Western Division general purpose Ford Focus estate patrol car, 2002

Tayside Police traffic patrol BMW X5, 2003

Tayside Police Search & Rescue Unit command vehicle, Vauxhall Movano, 2005




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