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Ah, I thought is was only NI. When I came over here in 2006 I instinctively looked out for it and saw garage markings on fed whips.
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Not sure when it changed but they don't anymore. Apparently it was to do with advertising over here not anything to do with anti-terrorism.
Our local CID used escorts mainly, the ones with plain number plates were almost always fuzz.
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Riding a motorbike, possibly often over the legal speed limit, I got used to spotting the unmarked vehicles on my old commute (CB23 to SW18).
After a few weeks of smashing down the A10/A505/A1M/A41/A406/A205 I learned most/some of the regnos of the unmarked cars, but for the few weeks before that it was a general game of spot the:
- high spec car missing the badges that pointed it out as the higher spec
- many extra aerials
- hi vis on parcel shelf or back seat
- light cluster with very slightly blue tinted lenses on some lights (almost the last resort)
- white shirt and epaulettes visible (often only seen when effectively stoppying from 100mph+ down to 70mph along side them and then giving them a cheery wave)
- high spec car missing the badges that pointed it out as the higher spec
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Greenbank
This used to be a thing for the police in general, certainly during the '90s. They actually stand out a mile when you know about it, was handy when you suspected someone may have been drug squad!