Vehicles and Equipment

Vehicles and Equipment CMPG currently have a fleet of some 46 vehicles. This consists of a mix of estate cars and 4 X 4 vehicles, as well as two plain video equipped speed enforcement cars and a purpose built incident command vehicle for use at fatal collisions and other serious incidents.
The estate cars are predominantly Volvo T5s or Vauxhall Omegas. These types of vehicle are used as they are capable of performing at high speed and can still carry enough cones, signs and other kit to enable our officers to deal with most incidents that they encounter. Most of these vehicles are equipped with Vascar or Police Pilot time/distance computer units,for speed enforcement purposes.
The 4 x 4 vehicles are either Range Rovers or Toyota Landcruisers. They have the capability of carrying large amounts of equipment, perform well in snow or icy winter conditions and have the ability to tow large vehicles that have broken down, enabling the carriageway to be cleared quickly.
The two plain video vehicles are both capable of high speed and are equipped with police pilot time/distance computers, linked to provide video recording systems. This enables the driving of offending motorists to be videoed with their speed clearly displayed on the recording.
The incident command vehicle is a specially converted Mercedes long wheel base Sprinter van, to act as a control centre at major incidents. Apart from a sophisticated radio system, it is also equipped with fax, computer, video and telephone capabilities, as well as being able to provide scene light facilities.
Our vehicles carry the following equipment: Traffic cones (16 in 4 x 4s and 10 in estate cars) cone lamps 10 signs (consisting of 4 x accident, 2 x slow, 2 x divert arrows,1 x use hardshoulder and 1 x rejoin main carriageway) groundsheet tow ropes and shackles (4 x 4s only) fire extingusher crowbar hacksaw axe broom shovel industrial gloves torch first aid kit resusitation kit infectious deseases kit space blankets water container "stinger" tyre deflation unit.