 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Police bus" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(March 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
.jpg)
Apolice bus, also known as apolice van is aminibus, full-sizedbus orcoach used bypolice forces 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 appropriateequipment fitted. Police buses can be ordinary buses with minor or no modification, have some degree of protection forriot duties, 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 vehicles where 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 manufacturer or 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.[1]
Other roles for converted police buses can include being used in public information or awareness campaigns, or as mobilerecruitment displays.
.jpg)
| Chassis |  | |
|---|---|---|
| Roadway | ||
| Uses | ||
| Power | ||
| Manufacturing | ||
