Over 150 rare, archival photographs tell the story and evolution of British police cars from the past 100 years. Fascinating photographs and well-researched text capture the changing police cars from the earliest days to the present. Conversions of vehicles from many of Britain's leading manufacturers - Daimler, Humber, Jaguar, MG, Hillman, Morris, Wolseley, Ford, and Rover - are sited.
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Malcolm Bobbitt has a lifelong interest in motor transport. In addition to contributing to various magazines, he is the author of thirty books, some printed in several languages, with subjects ranging from Bubblecars and Microcars, Motorhomes and British Polices Vehicles to marque histories of Citro\u00ebn, Fiat, Rolls-Royce, Rover and Volkswagen.
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When policing as we know it today was introduced in Britain, the motor vehicle had yet to be invented. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
motorway duties, other constabularies, police fleets, beat policing, traffic patrols, traffic duties, speeding motorists, patrol work, prison vans Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Metropolitan Police Museum, Flying Squad, Scotland Yard, Home Office, Lancashire Constabulary, First World War, Greater Manchester Police Museum, Unit Policing, Home Secretary, Land Rovers, Range Rovers, Second World War, Ford Zephyr, Ford Anglia, Hutton Hall, Vauxhall Motors, West Midlands, Lord Cottenham, Morris Commercial, Morris Minor, Unit Beat Policing, West Yorkshire, Black Marias, Bow Street Runners, Ford Transits New!
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When policing as we know it today was introduced in Britain, the motor vehicle had yet to be invented. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
motorway duties, other constabularies, police fleets, beat policing, traffic patrols, traffic duties, speeding motorists, patrol work, prison vans Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Metropolitan Police Museum, Flying Squad, Scotland Yard, Home Office, Lancashire Constabulary, First World War, Greater Manchester Police Museum, Unit Policing, Home Secretary, Land Rovers, Range Rovers, Second World War, Ford Zephyr, Ford Anglia, Hutton Hall, Vauxhall Motors, West Midlands, Lord Cottenham, Morris Commercial, Morris Minor, Unit Beat Policing, West Yorkshire, Black Marias, Bow Street Runners, Ford Transits New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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