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href="/wiki/Police_use_of_firearms_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Police use of firearms in the United Kingdom">Firearms use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_law_enforcement_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="History of law enforcement in the United Kingdom">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_ranks_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Police ranks of the United Kingdom">Ranks</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"> Equipment</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Police_aviation_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Police aviation in the United Kingdom">Aviation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_police_firearms_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of police firearms in the United Kingdom">Firearms</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Uniform and equipment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_vehicles_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Police vehicles in the United Kingdom">Vehicles</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"> Types of agency</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Territorial_police_force#United_Kingdom" title="Territorial police force">Territorial police forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_police_force#United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Special police force">Special police forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories#Ports_police" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Port police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories#Parks_police" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Park police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories#Service_police" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Service police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories#Bodies_with_limited_executive_powers" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Non-police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories#Other" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Other</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"> Types of agent</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Community_safety_accreditation_scheme" title="Community safety accreditation scheme">Accredited person</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailiff#United_Kingdom" title="Bailiff">Bailiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Certified_enforcement_agent" class="mw-redirect" title="Certified enforcement agent">Certified enforcement agent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_enforcement_officer" title="Civil enforcement officer">Civil enforcement officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civilian_enforcement_officer" title="Civilian enforcement officer">Civilian enforcement officer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Magistrates%27_bailiff" class="mw-redirect" title="Magistrates' bailiff">magistrates' bailiffs</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Security_Guard_Service#Civilian_security_officer" title="Northern Ireland Security Guard Service">Civilian security officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Constabulary" title="Special Constabulary">Special Constabulary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constable#United_Kingdom_and_the_Commonwealth" title="Constable">Constable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_constable" title="Chief constable">Chief constable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_security_officer_(England_and_Wales)" title="Court security officer (England and Wales)">Court security officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_court_bailiff" class="mw-redirect" title="County court bailiff">County court bailiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custody_officer" title="Custody officer">Custody officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Customs_officer#United_Kingdom" title="Customs officer">Customs officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Court_enforcement_officer" title="High Court enforcement officer">High Court enforcement officer</a> (High Court sheriff)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traffic_police" title="Traffic police">Traffic officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immigration_officer#United_Kingdom" title="Immigration officer">Immigration officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Crime_Agency" title="National Crime Agency">National Crime Agency (officer)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Highways_traffic_officer" title="National Highways traffic officer">National Highways traffic officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_community_support_officer" title="Police community support officer">Police community support officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_custody_and_security_officer" title="Police custody and security officer">Police custody and security officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prison_officer" title="Prison officer">Prison officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tipstaff#United_Kingdom" title="Tipstaff">Tipstaff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traffic_warden" class="mw-redirect" title="Traffic warden">Traffic warden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_bailiff" title="Water bailiff">Water bailiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_inspector#United_Kingdom" title="Wildlife inspector">Wildlife inspector</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Concepts</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_police_officer" title="Chief police officer">Chief police officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_and_crime_commissioner" title="Police and crime commissioner">Police and crime commissioner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emergency_control_centre" title="Emergency control centre">Emergency control centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neighbourhood_policing_team" title="Neighbourhood policing team">Neighbourhood policing teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_area" title="Police area">Police area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_authority" title="Police authority">Police authority</a></li> <li><a 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mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Highway_Act_1835" title="Highway Act 1835">Highway Act 1835</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_Act_1964" title="Police Act 1964">Police Act 1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_(Scotland)_Act_1967" title="Police (Scotland) Act 1967">Police (Scotland) Act 1967</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Functions_of_Traffic_Wardens_Order_1970&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Functions of Traffic Wardens Order 1970 (page does not exist)">The Functions of Traffic Wardens Order 1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immigration_Act_1971" title="Immigration Act 1971">Immigration Act 1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Misuse_of_Drugs_Act_1971" title="Misuse of Drugs Act 1971">Misuse of Drugs Act 1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salmon_and_Freshwater_Fisheries_Act_1975" title="Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975">Salmon & Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_and_Criminal_Evidence_Act_1984" title="Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984">Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Road_Traffic_Regulation_Act_1984" title="Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984">Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Removal_and_Disposal_of_Vehicles_Regulations_1986&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986 (page does not exist)">Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Road_Traffic_Act_1988" title="Road Traffic Act 1988">Road Traffic Act 1988</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Road_Traffic_Offenders_Act_1988&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (page does not exist)">Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Protection_of_Children_Act_1989&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Protection of Children Act 1989 (page does not exist)">Protection of Children Act 1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_Protection_Act_1990" title="Environmental Protection Act 1990">Environmental Protection Act 1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice_and_Public_Order_Act_1994" title="Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994">Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_Act_1996" title="Police Act 1996">Police Act 1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confiscation_of_Alcohol_(Young_Persons)_Act_1997" title="Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act 1997">Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act 1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorism_Act_2000" title="Terrorism Act 2000">Terrorism Act 2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice_and_Police_Act_2001" title="Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001">Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_Reform_Act_2002" title="Police Reform Act 2002">Police Reform Act 2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-social_Behaviour_Act_2003" title="Anti-social Behaviour Act 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href="/wiki/Anti-Social_Behaviour,_Crime_and_Policing_Act_2014" title="Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014">Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Policing_and_Crime_Act_2017" title="Policing and Crime Act 2017">Policing and Crime Act 2017</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Statutory instruments</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Police_and_Criminal_Evidence_(Northern_Ireland)_Order_1989" title="Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989">Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below" style="background:#ddddff;border-top:#aaa 1px solid; border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Crime in the United Kingdom">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Terrorism in the United Kingdom">Terrorism</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini 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Both what is worn and what is carried have varied considerably from the inception of the earliest recognisable mainstream police services in the early 19th century. As various laws in the mid-19th century standardised policing in the United Kingdom, so too were uniforms and equipment. From a variety of home grown uniforms, <a href="/wiki/Bicycles" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicycles">bicycles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sword" title="Sword">swords</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pistol" title="Pistol">pistols</a> the British police force evolved in look and equipment through the long coats and <a href="/wiki/Top_hat" title="Top hat">top hat</a>, to the recognisable modern uniform of a white shirt, black tie, reflective jackets, <a href="/wiki/Body_armour" class="mw-redirect" title="Body armour">body armour</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Battenburg_markings" title="Battenburg markings">battenburg-marked</a> vehicles, to the present-day <a href="/wiki/Airwave_Solutions" title="Airwave Solutions">Airwave Solutions</a> radios, electric vehicles and tasers. </p><p>The lists of police uniforms and equipment here are not exhaustive, nor specific for each force, but give a general overview of typical 'kit' used in the United Kingdom. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equipment">Equipment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Police_uniforms_and_equipment_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Equipment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Various items of equipment are usually carried on the <a href="/wiki/Police_duty_belt" title="Police duty belt">duty belt</a> of uniformed officers, although some have pouches attached to their <a href="/wiki/Stab_vest" title="Stab vest">stab vest</a>, eliminating the need for a belt. Plainclothes officers may wear a harness, which can be worn under clothes. They usually have: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baton_(law_enforcement)" title="Baton (law enforcement)">baton</a> (extendable/collapsible)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_radio" title="Police radio">personal radio</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CS_gas" title="CS gas">CS</a>/<a href="/wiki/PAVA_spray" title="PAVA spray">PAVA</a> <a href="/wiki/Lachrymatory_agent" class="mw-redirect" title="Lachrymatory agent">incapacitant spray</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_notebook" title="Police notebook">Police notebook</a> (some forces now use electronic notebooks on their police-issued smart phone)</li> <li>Pens</li> <li>Smartphones (for accessing the PNC, issuing tickets and taking statements)</li> <li>Torch</li> <li>Bodycam with audio</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legcuffs" title="Legcuffs">Leg restraints</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handcuffs#Hinged_and_Rigid_Handcuffs" title="Handcuffs">Rigid cuffs</a> (handcuffs)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taser" title="Taser">Taser</a> (specially trained officers, but becoming routinely issued in a few forces)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Extra equipment, such as a <a href="/wiki/First_aid_kit" title="First aid kit">first aid kit</a> (including a <a href="/wiki/Pocket_mask" title="Pocket mask">pocket mask</a>, disposable gloves, germicidal wipes, hypoallergenic tape, wound dressings, a triangular bandage, and sterile plasters),<sup id="cite_ref-bbcyork_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcyork-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> may be stored in a patrol car. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uniform">Uniform</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Police_uniforms_and_equipment_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Uniform"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For much of the twentieth century up to the mid-1990s, male police officers wore a dark blue (almost black) tunic with polished silver buttons (gold for the City of London Police), and trousers of matching colour with a sewn-in truncheon pocket. No stab vest was worn and much less equipment was carried than is today. Following concerns about police officers' safety, it was suggested that the uniform should be changed.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From the 1990s, it was generally accepted that the police could patrol in "shirt-sleeve order" which meant that they need not wear the jacket, as its widespread use was an impediment in some situations. In 1994, the <a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a>, with the co-operation of many <a href="/wiki/Chief_constable" title="Chief constable">chief constables</a>, changed the uniform to black trousers, shirt, blue NATO-style V-neck jumper, stab vest (typically with pockets, pouches and other compartments), service belt (<a href="/wiki/Duty_belt" class="mw-redirect" title="Duty belt">duty belt</a>) and reflective jacket. </p><p>Although there are minor variations in the styling, pattern and insignia, the police forces of Great Britain, <a href="/wiki/States_of_Jersey_Police" title="States of Jersey Police">Jersey</a>, <a href="/wiki/States_of_Guernsey_Police_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="States of Guernsey Police Service">Guernsey</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man_Constabulary" title="Isle of Man Constabulary">Isle of Man</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Gibraltar_Police" title="Royal Gibraltar Police">Gibraltar</a> all wear very similar <a href="/wiki/Uniform" title="Uniform">uniforms</a>. In general, these have taken their lead from the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Police Service">Metropolitan Police Service</a>, due to it being recognised as the first Home Office police service in England. The base colour is a very dark blue, almost indistinguishable from black (and recently often is black), which earned the police the nickname of the "boys in blue". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Uniform_history">Uniform history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Police_uniforms_and_equipment_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Uniform history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1919_Battle_of_George_Square_-_David_Kirkwood.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/1919_Battle_of_George_Square_-_David_Kirkwood.jpg/220px-1919_Battle_of_George_Square_-_David_Kirkwood.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/1919_Battle_of_George_Square_-_David_Kirkwood.jpg/330px-1919_Battle_of_George_Square_-_David_Kirkwood.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/1919_Battle_of_George_Square_-_David_Kirkwood.jpg/440px-1919_Battle_of_George_Square_-_David_Kirkwood.jpg 2x" data-file-width="647" data-file-height="461" /></a><figcaption>Greatcoated British <a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Law enforcement in the United Kingdom">police officers</a> of 1919.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Metropolitan Police officers were unarmed to clearly distinguish them from military enforcers, which had been the system of policing seen before the 1820s. Their uniform was also styled in blue, rather than the military red. Despite the service being unarmed, the then <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Peel" title="Robert Peel">Robert Peel</a>, gave authorisation to the <a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Police_of_the_Metropolis" title="Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis">Commissioner</a> to purchase fifty <a href="/wiki/Flintlock" title="Flintlock">flintlock pistols</a>, for exceptional incidents that required the use of firearms. As time progressed, the obsolete flintlocks were replaced by early <a href="/wiki/Revolver" title="Revolver">revolvers</a>. At the time, burglary (or "house breaking" as it was then called) was a common problem for police, as house breakers were usually armed. Due to the deaths of officers at the hands of armed criminals in the outer districts of the Metropolis, and after much press coverage debating whether Peel's service should be fully armed, the Commissioner applied to the Home Secretary to supply all officers on the outer districts with revolvers. These could only be issued if, in the opinion of the senior officer, the officer could be trusted to use it safely, and with discretion. From that point, officers who felt the need to be armed, could be so. The practice lasted until 1936, although the vast majority of the system was phased out by the end of the 19th century. </p><p>From 1829, to 1839, Metropolitan Police officers wore blue swallowtail coats with high collars to counter <a href="/wiki/Garrote" title="Garrote">garroting</a>. This was worn with white trousers in summer, and a cane-reinforced <a href="/wiki/Top_hat" title="Top hat">top hat</a>, which could be used as a step to climb or see over walls. In the early years of the Metropolitan Police, equipment was little more than a rattle to call for assistance,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a wooden truncheon. As the years progressed, the rattle was replaced with the whistle, swords were removed from service, and flintlock pistols were removed in favour of revolvers. Initially, police constables were required to wear their uniforms at all times, whether they were on duty or not. A cloth <a href="/wiki/Brassard" title="Brassard">brassard</a> or arm band, generally with black and white vertical stripes, known as a "duty band", was worn on the left forearm while on duty and removed at the end of the shift. In an emergency, duty bands could also be issued as the sole item of uniform if large numbers of <a href="/wiki/Special_constable" title="Special constable">special constables</a> were required. The <a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Police" title="City of London Police">City of London Police</a> is the last service to use the duty band.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_Mayor%27s_Show,_London_2006_(295368462).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Lord_Mayor%27s_Show%2C_London_2006_%28295368462%29.jpg/170px-Lord_Mayor%27s_Show%2C_London_2006_%28295368462%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Lord_Mayor%27s_Show%2C_London_2006_%28295368462%29.jpg/255px-Lord_Mayor%27s_Show%2C_London_2006_%28295368462%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Lord_Mayor%27s_Show%2C_London_2006_%28295368462%29.jpg/340px-Lord_Mayor%27s_Show%2C_London_2006_%28295368462%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>The red and white duty band on the left forearm of a City of London Police <a href="/wiki/Tunic_(military)#Non-military_use" title="Tunic (military)">tunic</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hampshire_helmet_constable.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Hampshire_helmet_constable.jpg/170px-Hampshire_helmet_constable.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Hampshire_helmet_constable.jpg/255px-Hampshire_helmet_constable.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Hampshire_helmet_constable.jpg/340px-Hampshire_helmet_constable.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>A Hampshire Constabulary <a href="/wiki/Custodian_helmet" title="Custodian helmet">custodian ("bobby") helmet</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1863, the Metropolitan Police replaced the tailcoat with a tunic, still high-collared, and the top hat with the <a href="/wiki/Custodian_helmet" title="Custodian helmet">custodian helmet</a>. With a few exceptions (including the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Police" title="City of London Police">City of London Police</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Mercia_Police" title="West Mercia Police">West Mercia Police</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hampshire_Constabulary" class="mw-redirect" title="Hampshire Constabulary">Hampshire Constabulary</a> and <a href="/wiki/States_of_Guernsey_Police_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="States of Guernsey Police Service">States of Guernsey Police Service</a>), most forces helmet plates carry a <a href="/wiki/Brunswick_star" title="Brunswick star">Brunswick star</a>. The helmet itself was of cork-faced with fabric. The design varied slightly between services. Some used the style by the Metropolitan Police, topped with a boss, while others had a helmet that incorporated a ridge or crest terminating above the badge, or a short spike, sometimes topped with a ball. Luton Borough Police (1876-1947) wore a straw helmet in a similar style to the Bermudan police helmet, with a small oval plate. During WW2, all police services wore a plain peaked cap, or a military style steel helmet when appropriate. </p><p>The tunic went through many lengths and styles, with the Metropolitan Police adopting the open-neck style in 1948 (although senior and female officers adopted it before that time). Senior officers used to wear peaked pillbox-style caps until the adoption of the wider peaked cap worn today. The custodian helmet was phased out in Scotland in the early 1950s. </p><p>Female officers' uniforms have gone through a great variety of styles, as they have tended to reflect the women's fashions of the time. Tunic style, skirt length and headgear have varied by period and force. By the late 1980s, the female working uniform was identical to the male uniform, except for headgear and sometimes neckwear. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1918_-_First_Birmingham_Police_Female_Uniform_(8370800384).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The first uniform worn by women police officers in Birmingham Police in 1918."><img alt="The first uniform worn by women police officers in Birmingham Police in 1918." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/1918_-_First_Birmingham_Police_Female_Uniform_%288370800384%29.jpg/100px-1918_-_First_Birmingham_Police_Female_Uniform_%288370800384%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/1918_-_First_Birmingham_Police_Female_Uniform_%288370800384%29.jpg/150px-1918_-_First_Birmingham_Police_Female_Uniform_%288370800384%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/1918_-_First_Birmingham_Police_Female_Uniform_%288370800384%29.jpg/200px-1918_-_First_Birmingham_Police_Female_Uniform_%288370800384%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3615" data-file-height="5425" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The first uniform worn by women police officers in Birmingham Police in 1918.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:London_Marathon_2014_-_Police.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="An officer of the Metropolitan Police in the current, standard uniform of female officers."><img alt="An officer of the Metropolitan Police in the current, standard uniform of female officers." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/London_Marathon_2014_-_Police.jpg/200px-London_Marathon_2014_-_Police.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/London_Marathon_2014_-_Police.jpg/300px-London_Marathon_2014_-_Police.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/London_Marathon_2014_-_Police.jpg/400px-London_Marathon_2014_-_Police.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">An officer of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police" title="Metropolitan Police">Metropolitan Police</a> in the current, standard uniform of female officers.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_uniform">Current uniform</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Police_uniforms_and_equipment_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Current uniform"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Original_research plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Original_research" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/40px-Ambox_important.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/60px-Ambox_important.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/80px-Ambox_important.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>possibly contains <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">original research</a></b>. 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This includes a high-necked tunic with silver or gold trimmings and is worn with a sword and a <a href="/wiki/Cocked_hat" class="mw-redirect" title="Cocked hat">cocked hat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Headgear">Headgear</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Police_uniforms_and_equipment_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Headgear"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:British_police_headgear.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/British_police_headgear.jpg/220px-British_police_headgear.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/British_police_headgear.jpg/330px-British_police_headgear.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/British_police_headgear.jpg/440px-British_police_headgear.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Types of <a href="/wiki/Headgear" title="Headgear">headgear</a> used by <a href="/wiki/Thames_Valley_Police" title="Thames Valley Police">Thames Valley Police</a>. From left: male <a href="/wiki/Police_Community_Support_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Police Community Support Officer">PCSO</a> peaked cap, male <a href="/wiki/Police_constable" class="mw-redirect" title="Police constable">PC</a> custodian helmet, female PC bowler hat, male PC peaked cap, cycle helmet.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Delph_Brass_Band_Contest_Making_Britain_Great_(528479658).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Delph_Brass_Band_Contest_Making_Britain_Great_%28528479658%29.jpg/220px-Delph_Brass_Band_Contest_Making_Britain_Great_%28528479658%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Delph_Brass_Band_Contest_Making_Britain_Great_%28528479658%29.jpg/330px-Delph_Brass_Band_Contest_Making_Britain_Great_%28528479658%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Delph_Brass_Band_Contest_Making_Britain_Great_%28528479658%29.jpg/440px-Delph_Brass_Band_Contest_Making_Britain_Great_%28528479658%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1371" /></a><figcaption>Equestrian helmets of British mounted police. They include Sillitoe tartan and a <a href="/wiki/Cap_badge#United_Kingdom_2" title="Cap badge">cap badge</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Basic headgear for police officers is a <a href="/wiki/Peaked_cap" title="Peaked cap">peaked cap</a> for men and a round <a href="/wiki/Bowler_hat" title="Bowler hat">bowler</a> style hat for women. Caps and bowlers feature a hat band incorporating the <a href="/wiki/Sillitoe_tartan" title="Sillitoe tartan">Sillitoe tartan</a> checkerboard design. This band is not worn in the Police Service of Northern Ireland, where female officers also wear a peaked cap of a different pattern. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Custodian_helmet" title="Custodian helmet">custodian helmet</a> is worn on foot duty by male constables and sergeants (outside Scotland and Northern Ireland). There are several patterns, with different forces wearing different types. Although some Scottish forces have used helmets in the past, they are no longer worn in Scotland. <a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire_Police" title="West Yorkshire Police">West Yorkshire Police</a> abandoned the custodian helmet in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Thames_Valley_Police" title="Thames Valley Police">Thames Valley Police</a> abandoned the custodian helmet in 2009 due to budget cuts, but brought them back into service in 2018 due to high demand, instant recognition and popularity with police officers and the public.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheshire Police">Cheshire Police</a> phased out custodian helmets in the 1990s in favour of the peaked cap and bowler hat. These were in turn replaced with <a href="/wiki/Baseball_cap#Police" title="Baseball cap">baseball caps</a> in 2016. However, in 2021 Chief Constable Mark Roberts brought peaked caps and custodian helmets back into service.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Lancashire Police">Lancashire Police</a> also introduced baseball caps in 2017,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> followed by <a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Gloucestershire Police">Gloucestershire Police</a> in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_Police" title="Northamptonshire Police">Northamptonshire Police</a> replaced custodian helmets with a baseball caps in 2017,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but reversed this the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>West Yorkshire Police and (from May 2018) <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire_Constabulary" title="Hertfordshire Constabulary">Hertfordshire Constabulary</a> give female officers the option to wear a peaked cap instead of a bowler if they prefer to do so. Similarly, <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Police" title="Staffordshire Police">Staffordshire Police</a> allows female officers to wear custodian helmets for <a href="/wiki/Police_support_unit_(United_Kingdom)" title="Police support unit (United Kingdom)">public order</a> duties if they so desire.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of September 2021, <a href="/wiki/Essex_Police" title="Essex Police">Essex Police</a> no longer restricts any force-issue headwear <a href="/wiki/Gender_neutrality" title="Gender neutrality">by gender</a>. Any new officer recruited since may choose between a custodian helmet or bowler hat, plus an additional peaked cap.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Identification">Identification</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Police_uniforms_and_equipment_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Identification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Metropolitan Police approved the use of name badges in October 2003, and new recruits started wearing the <a href="/wiki/Velcro" title="Velcro">Velcro</a> badges in September 2004. The badges consist of the wearer's rank, followed by their surname. Senior officers wear these in no.1 dress, due to the public nature of their role.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Northern_Ireland">Northern Ireland</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Police_uniforms_and_equipment_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Northern Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The uniform of the <a href="/wiki/Police_Service_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Police Service of Northern Ireland">Police Service of Northern Ireland</a> (PSNI) is <a href="/wiki/Bottle_green" class="mw-redirect" title="Bottle green">bottle green</a>, divergent from the dark blue traditionally used in <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a>. This reflects the Irish roots of the force, which is descended from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Irish_Constabulary" title="Royal Irish Constabulary">Royal Irish Constabulary</a>, whose uniforms were a very dark green, almost black. Although the colour remained the same, when the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Ulster_Constabulary" title="Royal Ulster Constabulary">Royal Ulster Constabulary</a> became the Police Service of Northern Ireland in 2001, the term "bottle green" was adopted in the place of "rifle green" as it was seen as having less of a military connotation, in keeping with the spirit of the time. The only other notable difference from the uniforms in Great Britain is that PSNI officers are issued <a href="/wiki/Flak_jacket" title="Flak jacket">Flak jackets</a> in place of the stab vest normally used in Britain. The custodian helmet was never worn by either the RUC or the PSNI, although a similar design known as the "night helmet" was worn on night shifts by the RUC<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until the early 1970s, and previously by the RIC.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_radios">Personal radios</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Police_uniforms_and_equipment_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Personal radios"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Personal radio systems were first issued to police officers and installed in police cars in the 1960s (resulting in the demise of the "<a href="/wiki/Police_box" title="Police box">police box</a>" telephones made famous by <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i>). In 2004, British police forces began change radios from <a href="/wiki/Analog_signal" title="Analog signal">analogue</a>, to digital <a href="/wiki/TETRA" title="TETRA">TETRA</a> (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) system for communications, called <a href="/wiki/Airwave_(communications_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Airwave (communications network)">Airwave</a>. </p><p>Prior to the introduction of Airwave, all police radio systems were force-specific, with limited capacity for forces to talk to neighbours or to facilitate working in groups away from the direction of the control room. Interoperability with other emergency services was also poor, and was criticised in reports after the <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_Disaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Hillsborough Disaster">Hillsborough</a> and <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Cross_fire" title="King's Cross fire">Kings Cross disasters</a>. Most forces’ equipment could not transfer data or text messages – a growing operational requirement. Few had any form of encryption and were susceptible to monitoring by anyone prepared to buy cheap scanning equipment. In addition, almost every force had areas in which the police and other emergency services operated without effective radio coverage.<sup id="cite_ref-report_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the end of 2004, the majority of the existing police radio spectrum, which was subject to serious interference in some areas, was to be withdrawn and replaced by a new spectrum of superior quality, dedicated to use by public safety organisations, on which users would be required to use digital equipment. Knowledge of this change reinforced the need, already identified by the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Chief_Police_Officers" title="Association of Chief Police Officers">Association of Chief Police Officers</a> (ACPO) and the <a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a>, for a new radio strategy. A Review of Radio Communications in the Police and Fire Services of England and Wales was inaugurated, a parallel review was carried out in Scotland, and the Public Safety Radio Communications Project was born.<sup id="cite_ref-report_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Protective_equipment">Protective equipment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Police_uniforms_and_equipment_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Protective equipment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Firearms">Firearms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Police_uniforms_and_equipment_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Firearms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Police_use_of_firearms_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Police use of firearms in the United Kingdom">Police use of firearms in the United Kingdom</a></div> <p>In the United Kingdom (with the exception of Northern Ireland), the majority of police officers do not routinely carry firearms. This originates from the formation of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police" title="Metropolitan Police">Metropolitan Police</a> in the nineteenth century, when police were not armed, partly to counter public fears and objections concerning armed enforcers. </p><p>However, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_Police" title="Ministry of Defence Police">Ministry of Defence Police</a>, <a href="/wiki/Civil_Nuclear_Constabulary" title="Civil Nuclear Constabulary">Civil Nuclear Constabulary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Police_Service_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Police Service of Northern Ireland">Police Service of Northern Ireland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belfast_Harbour_Police" title="Belfast Harbour Police">Belfast Harbour Police</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Belfast_International_Airport_Constabulary" title="Belfast International Airport Constabulary">Belfast International Airport Constabulary</a> are issued firearms as a matter of routine. PSNI officers are also permitted to carry their firearm off-duty. </p><p>Every <a href="/wiki/Territorial_police_force" title="Territorial police force">territorial police force</a> has a number of officers who are routinely armed in units generally called <a href="/wiki/Armed_Response_Vehicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed Response Vehicle">Armed Response Vehicles</a>. Certain specialist squads, such as the <a href="/wiki/Flying_Squad" title="Flying Squad">Flying Squad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Special_Branch" title="Special Branch">Special Branch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_and_Diplomatic_Protection" title="Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection">Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection</a>, Royal and Specialist Protection, and officers protecting airports along with government buildings, are routinely armed. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/British_Transport_Police" title="British Transport Police">British Transport Police</a> have armed officers who have been specially trained in firearms operations, and were first deployed in early 2012. These officers are mainly stationed in London, and their primary focus is on the busiest stations. When they need to deploy officers outside London, they work closely with local police forces. </p><p>Other private or specialised police forces, such as ports police or parks police, are again generally unarmed in Great Britain and rely on armed support from territorial police forces, if needed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tasers">Tasers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Police_uniforms_and_equipment_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Tasers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until recently, <a href="/wiki/Taser" title="Taser">Tasers</a> were issued only to Authorised Firearms Officers, and their use of them was governed by the same rules of engagement as regular firearms. In November 2008, the then <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a> <a href="/wiki/Jacqui_Smith" title="Jacqui Smith">Jacqui Smith</a>, announced that 30,000 non-firearms officers would be allowed to carry them.<sup id="cite_ref-timesonline1_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timesonline1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government announced funding of £8 million to purchase 10,000 Tasers for the police forces in England and Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-timesonline1_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timesonline1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Metropolitan Police commissioner announced in December 2011, that police were to be routinely armed with these weapons following the deaths of police officers earlier that month. However, as of 2020, the majority of officers in the Met are still yet to be armed with Tasers. </p><p>The use of Tasers is now governed by the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Chief_Police_Officers" title="Association of Chief Police Officers">Association of Chief Police Officers</a> policy which states: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Tasers are to be deployed with Specially Trained Officers, where the authorising officer has reason to suppose that they, in the course of their duty, may have to protect the public, themselves and /or the subject(s) at incidents of violence or threats of violence of such severity that they will need to use force.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Extended operational deployment of Taser for Specially Trained Units<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Tasers are regarded as prohibited weapons under the <a href="/wiki/Firearms_Act_1968" title="Firearms Act 1968">Firearms Act 1968</a>, and their possession is an offence.<sup id="cite_ref-taserpolicyaspeciallytrained1_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taserpolicyaspeciallytrained1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Police constables are exempt as Crown servants.<sup id="cite_ref-taserpolicyaspeciallytrained1_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taserpolicyaspeciallytrained1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-blackstone2005_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blackstone2005-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Incapacitant_spray">Incapacitant spray</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Police_uniforms_and_equipment_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Incapacitant spray"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Officers may carry either a CS or PAVA (also known as Captor) incapacitant spray. Their effects are designed to be short-lived and exposure to fresh moving air will normally result in a significant recovery within 15–20 minutes. The CS spray issued by UK police services contains a 5% solution of CS whilst Captor sprays contain a 0.3% solution of PAVA. PAVA is significantly more potent than CS.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Aerosol incapacitants are classified as prohibited weapons by virtue of Section 5 of the <a href="/wiki/Firearms_Act_1968" title="Firearms Act 1968">Firearms Act 1968</a> and possession of such sprays is therefore illegal by the general public. They may only be possessed with the authority of the <a href="/wiki/Defence_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Defence Council of the United Kingdom">Defence Council</a> or the Scottish Ministers.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Police officers, as Crown servants, are exempt from the requirements of the legislation and can have lawful possession of an incapacitant spray whilst acting in their capacity as a constable or where necessary for the purposes of their duty.<sup id="cite_ref-blackstone2005_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blackstone2005-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Batons">Batons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Police_uniforms_and_equipment_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Batons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until the mid-1990s, most police forces utilised a 14 inch long traditional wooden <a href="/wiki/Baton_(law_enforcement)#Straightstick" title="Baton (law enforcement)">truncheon</a>. On 20 June 1994, <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard" title="Michael Howard">Michael Howard</a> authorised the use of batons. Long, rigid American-style batons were then introduced, first by the Metropolitan Police and then by other forces, but in many places these were short lived, mainly due to their being unwieldy in most operational circumstances.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The use of batons varies across the country, and each force selects which baton is best able to fulfil its needs and provide the best protection to officers. <a href="/wiki/Baton_(law_enforcement)#Expandable" title="Baton (law enforcement)">Expandable batons</a> are popular, although <a href="/wiki/Side-handle_baton" class="mw-redirect" title="Side-handle baton">side-handle baton</a> or straight lock baton is used in some forces. Some forces in the North of England use a one-piece baton, and other officers can choose to use this style of baton, after passing the appropriate training. </p><p>Batons are offensive weapons; the following are offensive weapon offences under the <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice_Act_1988" title="Criminal Justice Act 1988">Criminal Justice Act 1988</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li>manufacturing,</li> <li>selling or hiring,</li> <li>offering for sale or hire,</li> <li>exposing having in your possession for the purpose of sale or hire,</li> <li>lending,</li> <li>giving to any other person, or</li> <li>importing</li></ul></div> <p>The list of weapons regarded as offensive for the purposes of the act includes "straight, side-handled or friction-lock truncheons (sometimes known as a batons)" in the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=S.I.+(All+UK)&title=Criminal+Justice+Act+1988&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&TYPE=QS&PageNumber=1&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=921236&ActiveTextDocId=921236&filesize=6560">Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment) Order 2004</a> and "telescopic truncheons" in the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1988/Uksi_19882019_en_2.htm">Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988</a>. The restrictions on the activities listed above do not apply "for the purposes of functions carried out on behalf of the Crown",<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which includes <a href="/wiki/Water_bailiff" title="Water bailiff">water bailiffs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Immigration_officer" title="Immigration officer">immigration officers</a> and police constables. In addition, police constables have "lawful authority" to possess batons.<sup id="cite_ref-blackstone2005_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blackstone2005-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Police_vehicles">Police vehicles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Police_uniforms_and_equipment_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Police vehicles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ground_vehicles">Ground vehicles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Police_uniforms_and_equipment_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Ground vehicles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Police_vehicles_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Police vehicles in the United Kingdom">Police vehicles in the United Kingdom</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Met_Police_Response_Car.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Met_Police_Response_Car.jpg/220px-Met_Police_Response_Car.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Met_Police_Response_Car.jpg/330px-Met_Police_Response_Car.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Met_Police_Response_Car.jpg/440px-Met_Police_Response_Car.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1596" data-file-height="897" /></a><figcaption>An IRV responding in London.</figcaption></figure> <p>Except for rapid response units, motor vehicles were rarely used except in rural districts (and even there, <a href="/wiki/Roadster_(bicycle)" title="Roadster (bicycle)">bicycles</a> were more common). However, following the <a href="/wiki/Police_Act_1964" title="Police Act 1964">1964 Police Act</a>, the police became increasingly motorised and it is now rare to see an officer on foot patrol except in city or town centres, and then rarely alone. More recently, police forces have begun to put officers back on the beat as 'community' or 'neighbourhood' patrols. In an increasing number of urban centres <a href="/wiki/Police_bicycle" title="Police bicycle">police bicycle</a> units are used to provide a quick response in congested areas, pedestrianised areas and parkland, as well as carrying out patrols. A bicycle patrol provides a balance between the distance covered by a motorised patrol and the approachability of the foot patrol.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2008<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Police_uniforms_and_equipment_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police" title="Metropolitan Police">Metropolitan Police</a> had over 1,500 police bicycles.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Incident Response Vehicles (IRV) are generally used when a '<a href="/wiki/999_(emergency_telephone_number)" title="999 (emergency telephone number)">999</a>' call has been received regarding an ongoing incident or emergency. Usually an IRV would be assigned to the call, as their continual patrol of an area reduces their deployment time. Response vehicles tend to be capable of the safe use of speed. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:G-POLD_Eurocopter_EC135_Helicopter_National_Police_Air_Service_(29548110793).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/G-POLD_Eurocopter_EC135_Helicopter_National_Police_Air_Service_%2829548110793%29.jpg/220px-G-POLD_Eurocopter_EC135_Helicopter_National_Police_Air_Service_%2829548110793%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/G-POLD_Eurocopter_EC135_Helicopter_National_Police_Air_Service_%2829548110793%29.jpg/330px-G-POLD_Eurocopter_EC135_Helicopter_National_Police_Air_Service_%2829548110793%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/G-POLD_Eurocopter_EC135_Helicopter_National_Police_Air_Service_%2829548110793%29.jpg/440px-G-POLD_Eurocopter_EC135_Helicopter_National_Police_Air_Service_%2829548110793%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="3216" /></a><figcaption>An EC135 of the National Police Air Service (NPAS).</figcaption></figure> <p>Larger, more powerful vehicles are used by <a href="/wiki/Road_Policing_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Road Policing Unit">Road Policing Units</a> and <a href="/wiki/Armed_Response_Vehicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed Response Vehicle">Armed Response Units</a> due to the fact that they carry out tasks such as pursuing stolen cars, responding to emergencies in a larger area, or carrying a larger amount equipment than an IRV. It is for that reason that many of the vehicles are estates and 4x4s. Officers are required to be trained as 'advanced drivers', allowing them to operate higher-performance vehicles. Some advanced drivers are also trained to TPAC standard, allowing them to engage in the tactical phase of a pursuit and perform Tactical Pursuit And Containment (TPAC) manoeuvres. </p><p>Most marked police vehicles are white or silver with <a href="/wiki/Retroreflective" class="mw-redirect" title="Retroreflective">retroreflective</a> livery markings on the side. These markings usually take the form of a blue and yellow <a href="/wiki/Battenburg_markings" title="Battenburg markings">battenburg markings</a> along the side. </p><p>Unmarked police vehicles are used for a variety of purposes, including <a href="/wiki/Covert_policing_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Covert policing in the United Kingdom">undercover operations</a> or road policing duties. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Police_van" title="Police van">Police vans</a> are also used and may have a cage in the back for transporting prisoners. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aircraft">Aircraft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Police_uniforms_and_equipment_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Police_aviation_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Police aviation in the United Kingdom">Police aviation in the United Kingdom</a></div> <p>Police Helicopters are required by the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Aviation_Authority_(United_Kingdom)" title="Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)">CAA</a> to be marked in a standard 'high conspicuousness' paint scheme, to make them more visible and avoid the possibility of air proximity hazards with other low-flying aircraft. This paint scheme, also used by UK military training helicopters, requires them to be black on the sides and underneath, and yellow on top. When seen from the ground, these helicopters are black but this is to make them more visible against the sky as a safety feature (and yellow against the ground when seen from above). One of the most common helicopters used by the police is the <a href="/wiki/Eurocopter_EC135" title="Eurocopter EC135">Eurocopter EC135</a>, alongside four <a href="/wiki/EC145" class="mw-redirect" title="EC145">EC145</a>. Four <a href="/wiki/Partenavia_P.68" title="Partenavia P.68">Vulcanair P.68</a> aeroplane are also utilised. </p><p>In England and Wales, the <a href="/wiki/National_Police_Air_Service" title="National Police Air Service">National Police Air Service</a> (NPAS) operates all police helicopters and planes. <a href="/wiki/Police_Scotland" title="Police Scotland">Police Scotland</a> and <a href="/wiki/PSNI" class="mw-redirect" title="PSNI">PSNI</a> operate their own air support units. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Watercraft">Watercraft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Police_uniforms_and_equipment_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Watercraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Forces with significant waterways to police maintain police watercraft, ranging from <a href="/wiki/Zodiac_Group" class="mw-redirect" 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