The Purpose Of A Prisoner Partition In Police Vehicles

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.

When you see police vehicles that have been fitted with partitions, you will know that they are used for the transport of criminals, prisoners or suspects of a crime. The partitions are put into place to protect the officers within the vehicle from being attacked. The passengers of the vehicle will not be able to get to the policemen in front in any way.

The police will do all they can to ensure that a criminal climbs into the vehicle unarmed, however, sometimes a knife or other sharp object is overlooked during the body search. The criminal may feel the need to get away from the officers, and may therefore try to use the weapon. The outcome of an attack on an officer whilst he or she is driving is not good. This is why partitions are secured into police vehicles.

Police also often travel with dogs that are specially trained to help with police work. The excellent sense of smell that a dog has is used to help find various things, such as drugs or explosives, and dogs will also help to bring down an escaping suspect. These heroic dogs need to be transported safely to various areas, and partitions are therefore used so that they do not climb into the front of the vehicle.

Some cars used by the police are modified to reach higher speeds more quickly. These are the cars that respond to incidents, and are therefore called response vehicles. They are equipped with warning lights, and will also have audible warnings so that other vehicles let them pass as quickly as possible. They could have other unique features too, like powerful firearms. There are only a few of these cars per area.

There are more patrol cars than response vehicles at each station. These are the cars that the officers use when they need to go out and collect statements and do other tasks. Nowadays, vehicles are more often used as a form of transport for patrolling, whereas before, policemen used to be on foot. Some places, though, are keeping more officers out of their cars so that they are publicly more visible.

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.

Windows that have been secured so they are unbreakable are features of anti-riot vehicles. Tear gas guns could be fitted to them as well. Mini-buses, 4x4s and other larger-type vehicles are ideal as anti-riot vans. This partition can be useful in any or all of the police cars mentioned, and are mainly fitted for safety and security purposes.




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