Ant Anstead

Cops and Robbers


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       Copyright

      William Collins

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      This eBook first published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2018

      Copyright © Ant Anstead Limited 2018

      Images © Individual copyright holders

      Cover image © John Lakey

      Ant Anstead asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008245054

      eBook Edition © May 2019 ISBN: 9780008245061

      Version: 2019-05-24

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

       Creating the Blue Line: The birth of the British police force

       These Devilish Machines Scare the Horses, You Know

       Adapt and Arrest

       Post-War Peace: London sets the way

       Send the Area Car

       Panda Cars

       Chapter Seven

       Traffic Cars

       Chapter Eight

       Police Car Livery and Equipment

       Chapter Nine

       Commercial Break

       Chapter Ten

       Performance Cars

       Chapter Eleven

       It’s Got Cop Shocks

       Chapter Twelve

       Buying Cars – Police Vehicle Procurement and Demonstration Vehicles

       Chapter Thirteen

       Fantasy Cars

       Chapter Fourteen

       Police Driving

       Chapter Fifteen

       Policing on the Screen

       Plate Section

       Footnotes

       Acknowledgements

       Picture Credits

       About the Publisher

       INTRODUCTION

      I am hugely proud of my police career, and when I look back on the years that I spent as a police officer I do so with