Police vehicles in Hong Kong
Police vehicles in Hong Kong are vehicles of the Hong Kong Police Force, vehicles differ considerably depending on the duties of the departments that the vehicle is assigned to. One of the most commonly seen police vehicles in Hong Kong is the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter police van, which is mostly used by district stations and the Emergency Unit, one of the roles expected of it is rapid response to 999 emergency calls with regards to road safety and public safety.
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Current vehicles
Most police vehicles in Hong Kong are white, with a blue and red 3M retroreflective stripe around on the sides of the vehicle with wording "警POLICE察" in white, the only exception being the armoured personnel carriers specially designed for the Police Tactical Unit, which are wholly dark blue and with wording "警POLICE察" on a light blue background in white on the sides of the vehicle. During British rule and up until the 1980s Hong Kong Police vehicles were painted dark navy blue, which is only retained by tactical APC today. Most police vehicles in Hong Kong are equipped with both red and blue emergency vehicle lighting. The vehicles which are allocated at the Hong Kong International Airport having an additional yellow emergency vehicle lighting and yellow roof top. All police vehicle are government property and therefore, have a licence plate which starts with "AM".
Since 2008, the Hong Kong Police Force have brought in the use of battenburg markings for new police vehicles of the Traffic Branch Headquarters. In addition, these new vehicles show the Force crest on the front part of the vehicle, which the Force has not used in the design of new vehicles for the last two decades.
Unmarked vehicles
The Hong Kong Police Force have unmarked police vehicles in order to catch and arrest criminals in the act, such vehicles include the discreet high performance BMW 5 Series car. Also, the Force operate unmarked police vehicles for surveillance to gather evidence of any criminal offence. In addition, for security purposes, armoured cars specially designed for the Very Important Person Protection Unit and bulletproof tactical police vehicles specially designed for the Special Duties Unit have no markings also.
This is a list of current vehicles (incomplete):
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VFR800P in Hongkong.jpg
Traffic Branch Honda VFR800P police motorcycle.
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R1200RT in Hongkong.jpg
Traffic Branch BMW R900RT police motorcycle.
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BMW-R1200RT in HK.jpg
Traffic Branch BMW R900RT police motorcycle.
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HKPF Airport Police Car AM6469.JPG
A Nissan Tiida Police vehicle allocated at the Airport District have yellow car roofs and orange lights.
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HKPF Police Van(Traffic).JPG
A Traffic Branch police van (Nissan Urvan)
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Police am6655 001.jpg
A police van (1st generation Mercedes-Benz Sprinter).
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HKPF Patrol Car(High-Roof).JPG
A Traffic Branch police van (2nd generation Mercedes-Benz Sprinter).
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HK Central night Queen's Road Police van Battenburg markings Nov-2012.JPG
A Traffic Branch police van (2nd generation Mercedes-Benz Sprinter).
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Metal workers' protest in Hong Kong (Aug 2007) - 2007-08-13 14h24m08s DSC02152.JPG
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Police cars on Chater Road on 2014-10-13.JPG
Parked 2nd generation Mercedes-Benz Sprinter police vans and Toyota Coaster police personnel carriers.
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Central - 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay in Hong Kong - 2008-05-02 16h02m40s SN206890b.jpg
A police 4WD specially designed for the New Territories.
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Hong Kong Police vans during 2008 torch relay.jpg
A police personnel carrier of the Police Tactical Unit.
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Police Midibus AM6752.JPG
A new police personnel carrier of the enrolled to service since 2008.
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HK Causeway Bay 禮頓道 Leighton Road AM Police van Aug-2010.JPG
A police personnel carrier.
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HKPF PTU Bus(AM7514).JPG
A police personnel carrier.
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A police 4WD specially designed for the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bureau.
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HK PoliceCommandUnit AM7784.JPG
A Police Command Unit.
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An Isuzu LT police bus.
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Hong Kong Police Unimog 1.jpg
Unimog armoured personnel carrier.
Retired vehicles
Past paint scheme was white and black/navy blue or black/navy blue with a white roof and red and Blue stripe with Royal Hong Kong Police crest badge.
This is a list of retired vehicles (incomplete):
- Alvis Saracen APC - tactical APC (all retired)
- Bedford TJ (all retired)
- Mitsubishi Galant- car (all retired)
- BMW R850RT-P - motorbike (all retired and replaced by BMW R900RT-P)
- Ford Cortina - car (all retired)
- Ford Falcon - car (all retired)
- Ford Granada - car (all retired)
- Morris Mini - car (all retired)
- Ford Telstar- car (all retired0
- Honda CB750P - motorbike (all retired)
- Isuzu NKR - lorry (all retired)
- Isuzu FTR - lorry (all retired)
- Landrover Series III - patrol SUV (all retired)
- Mercedes-Benz T1 207D/310D (All Retired)
- Mitsubishi Fuso Bus (BM chassis) - bus (all retired)[citation needed]
- Toyota Dyna - lorry (all retired)
- Leyland DAF- van (all retired)
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A retired Honda CB750P police motorcycle.
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Old HK police Van.jpg
A retired Mercedes-Benz T1 Patrol Van.
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Saracen Police HK.jpg
Police Tactical Unit specialised first generation of armoured personnel carrier, Saracen. Now parked at the Police Tactical Unit Base's gates for exhibition.
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Saxon Police HK.jpg
Police Tactical Unit specialised second generation of armoured personnel carrier, Saxon. Now parked inside the Police Tactical Unit Base for exhibition.
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Compact Police Car AM8261.JPG
A small police car (Hyundai Atos) specially designed for islands and the Victoria Peak.
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Capella Police HK.jpg
A vehicle specially for senior officers.
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