Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Police Cars With A Prisoner Partition

By Leticia Jensen


In every city and town in most countries of the world, there is a police force of one form or another. Larger cities need a whole fleet of different types of vehicles to perform various duties. Some cars are fast enough for emergency responses and some are just for transporting policemen. The cars may be purchased from different manufacturers. Models of Ford, BMW and Toyota are often used. A prisoner partition is an important part of many of these vehicles.

There are two main uses for police vehicle partitions. The first is to safeguard the officers who will be operating the vehicle, and transporting the suspect, or criminal. The partitions are strong to prevent persons in the back from harming the officers in the front of the vehicle. A weapon cannot be passed through the barrier, nor can any body part such as a hand or foot.

Police officers will usually search a suspect before they are put into the vehicle, but there is always the chance of them having a hidden knife or other object that could be used as a weapon. Someone who does not want to be taken to the police station may be capable of doing anything to escape from the vehicle. Partitions are therefore necessary to form a barrier between the suspect and police officers.

Partitions in a vehicle can also be used to contain dogs that are used for police work. Dogs are a very important part of the police force, as they have skills that humans just can't match. For example, their noses are sharp, so they are used to sniff out bombs, drugs or people, and they are also capable of catching someone quicker than a human. Partitions may therefore be placed so that the dogs remain in the back half of the vehicle during transit.

A vehicle used by the police to respond to emergencies is often capable of faster speeds than others, and will have sirens and lights to warn road users to move out of the way. Response vehicles may have been modified so that they have a greater speed, and they may have special equipment, such as large firearms. There is often only one of these cars per station.

Patrol cars are more readily available, and their main purpose is to transport police officers to the locations where they need to be for their policing duties. Policemen do not patrol on foot as much anymore, but use patrol cars instead. However, some countries are trying to get their officers to spend less time in their vehicles so that they can interact more with the public.

There are also many other types of police vehicles. There are those used for enforcing traffic laws, called traffic cars, and those that are multipurpose. Multipurpose vehicles can perform as traffic, patrol or response cars. Surveillance cars go to crime scenes for investigative purposes, and there are also anti-riot vehicles.

Cars for riots are specially equipped. They are made to be as indestructible as possible, and may carry tear gas ejectors. They can be mini-buses, vans or 4x4s. This kind of partition can be installed in most vehicles, and any of the different kinds of police cars may be fitted with one.




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