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04/24/2018 at 05:48 • Filed to: None
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04/24/2018 at 05:48 • Filed to: None | 3
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As the title says.
Not long ago two BMW X5 ARVs (armed response vehicles) got damaged, one was damaged when it pitted a stolen car in a police pursuit and the other came off the road in the snow while responding.
Well the BMW X5s that were damaged and the remaining ones are being replaced with Volvo XC90s (five of) plus half a dozen Volvo V90s.
Second from the left is the oldest BMW X5 (Xdrive 40d, 3litre 306bhp) (you may notice this is the same X5 that took out the other car in the police pursuit),
Second from the right is one of the new Volvo XC90s (T6 awd 2litre 319bhp),
On the far right is one of six Skoda Octavia dog section vehicles (SE 2.0TDi 4x4 150bhp). I got talking to a dog handler one night at work and he said he loved the Skoda, though it wasn’t a vRS he said it was very quick and just wanted to go.
The Volvo XC90s will be used for armed response and RPU (road policing unit) duties.
Goes back to earlier days from 2003 to about 2014 when we had quite a few Volvo estates.
Most of the current fleet are BMWs. But there are Vauxhalls, Peugeot, Fiats and Fords.
SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
> Svend
04/24/2018 at 07:22 |
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BMW still has the edge down here on the NSW fleet. Many of the new static units on the freeway are now X5. The superseded Commodores still have a majority role in the on road department. The solo regional crews have Pajero’s!
> SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
04/24/2018 at 07:47 |
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I haven’t seen a single police car that is something other than an Aurion, Camry, Commodore or a Hyundai Sonata here in QLD.
jimz
> Svend
04/24/2018 at 07:50 |
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Which section of the dog do they use?
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> SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
04/24/2018 at 08:04 |
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BMWs are still very much the norm for road policing and armed response.
But for community policing and general patrols it’s very much Ford, Vauxhall and VW (VAG).
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> jimz
04/24/2018 at 08:11 |
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All of it but primarily the nose I think. :p
DipodomysDeserti
> Svend
04/24/2018 at 09:15 |
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Seems kind of counterintuitive to wreck the car you’re arresting the guy for stealing.
Cé hé sin
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04/24/2018 at 09:35 |
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Aurion??
(Googles)
Ozzified Toyota Camry.
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jimz
> Svend
04/24/2018 at 09:51 |
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jokes aside, it’s interesting to me that despite some significant differences in what we name things, it’s still fairly easy to figure out the meaning.
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> DipodomysDeserti
04/24/2018 at 14:46 |
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The pursuit had already reached dangerous speeds through the city and driving was becoming more dangerous and erratic apparently.