Police bus

New York City Police DepartmentBus

ASunsundegui Sideralpolice bus used byPolice ScotlandinThurso,UK.

Apolice bus,also known as apolice vanis aminibus,full-sizedbusorcoachused bypoliceforces for a variety of reasons.

Depending on the use, police buses might have markings or a livery indicating its ownership by the police, and also have appropriateequipmentfitted. Police buses can be ordinary buses with minor or no modification, have some degree of protection forriotduties, or be fully fittedarmoured buses.

Seated buses are used by police forces for transporting large numbers of officers to a needed area, such as for crowd control at sports events and demonstrations, or to facilitate large scale deployments for more serious riot control, such as theUK miners' strike (1984–1985).These may be hired vehicles, or vehicles retained by the police force for the purpose.

Police buses are also used at some large events as static temporary holding and processing areas, where detained people can be processed, and held until onward transport in another vehicle is possible. Police buses may also serve asprisoner transport vehicleswhere the police force has responsibility for this. One example of this type of bus is theMCI D4000ISTV

The police may also use buses converted by abus manufactureror other specialist company (from a new or retiredschool bus-style body), to serve more specific purposes. This can be as an incident control room or mobilecommand post,or even as small mobile police stations for public events. TheToronto Police Service,for instance, has used retired transit buses for their fleet.

Other roles for converted police buses can include being used in public information or awareness campaigns, or as mobilerecruitmentdisplays.

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  A police bus used by theMumbai PoliceinMumbai,India.
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  A Vehixel police bus used by theCompagnies Républicaines de SécuritéinStrasbourg,France.
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  AMercedes-BenzLK police bus used by the Zurich City Police Department inSwitzerland.
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  A police bus used by the Prague Municipal Police inPrague,Czech Republic.
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  ASetra S 213 RLpolice bus inHamburg,Germany.
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  APAZ-3205police bus inMoscow,Russia.
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  AToyota Coasterpolice bus used by thePhilippine National PoliceinTagaytay,Philippines.
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  Police bus carry Riot Police byMetropolitan Police Bureau,Thailand.
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  Isuzu Erga MioJapanese Police bus in Osaka.

See also

• Police vehicle
  • Police van
• Ambulance bus
• Prison bus
• List of buses