Police truck

A police truck is, broadly, a large motor vehicle (see truck) that is used for police and law enforcement duties.[1]

This article is about the law-enforcement vehicle. For the Dead Kennedys song, see Police Truck.
A police truck in Toronto

Forms of police truck, and duties

Police pickup truck
Police pickup truck in Olympia, Washington

A police pickup truck may be used for many different purposes.[2] Four-wheel drive versions may be used for patrolling off-road areas such as mountains, forests, flooded areas, shorelines and beaches, where a police car has difficulty maneuvering. They can be used for transporting SWAT teams and often have facilities to securely detain and transport a small number of suspects. Sometimes, police agencies use trucks equipped with cages for animal control.[3]

Articulated police truck

Articulated police trucks are mainly used to transport police helicopters or armored personnel carriers, and are also used for bomb disposal. One such example is Big Bertha, which was used by the NYPD Bomb Squad.

See also

References
  1. Kennah, Olivia (6 February 2020). "Green River Police Department Adds Truck to Fleet". Sweetwater Now. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  2. "NSW Police Marine Command adds RAM 1500 to rescue fleet". Exhaust Notes. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  3. Showers, David (10 March 2020). "City board OKs new vehicles for police department". The Sentinel Record. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
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