Greater Manchester Police IRVs MX22 GOJ & MX22 GPY
When I first came to Manchester properly as part of a coach trip package that included the Coronation Street Tour and the Trafford Centre, I remember looking outside my coach window at Salford Quays and seeing a Greater Manchester Police ARV just sitting there, ripe for photographing as we rolled out for the Trafford Centre. I remember kicking myself that I didn't get it at the time.
Over six years later, I finally made good on that day, even if by an unconventional angle. Finally boarding our delayed 135, these two GMP Fords came blasting through the lights at the junction of Corporation Street and the inner city ring road. Like Humberside, Greater Manchester Police's fleet was once dominated by Peugeots and BMWs as part of that cost-saving fleet standardisation drive in the 2010s, but in years gone, they have been allowed to flex their muscles in the field of vehicle procurement by buying... well, all sorts, as I'm sure you'll see later. Arguably, I'd say these two were the most normal-looking set of police vehicles I saw all day.
Seen unexpectedly flying down the inner city ring road on what may well be some driver training exercise are two Greater Manchester Police Incident Response Vehicles, MX22 GOJ and MX22 GPY respectively, both being 2022 Ford Focus estates.
Greater Manchester Police IRVs MX22 GOJ & MX22 GPY
When I first came to Manchester properly as part of a coach trip package that included the Coronation Street Tour and the Trafford Centre, I remember looking outside my coach window at Salford Quays and seeing a Greater Manchester Police ARV just sitting there, ripe for photographing as we rolled out for the Trafford Centre. I remember kicking myself that I didn't get it at the time.
Over six years later, I finally made good on that day, even if by an unconventional angle. Finally boarding our delayed 135, these two GMP Fords came blasting through the lights at the junction of Corporation Street and the inner city ring road. Like Humberside, Greater Manchester Police's fleet was once dominated by Peugeots and BMWs as part of that cost-saving fleet standardisation drive in the 2010s, but in years gone, they have been allowed to flex their muscles in the field of vehicle procurement by buying... well, all sorts, as I'm sure you'll see later. Arguably, I'd say these two were the most normal-looking set of police vehicles I saw all day.
Seen unexpectedly flying down the inner city ring road on what may well be some driver training exercise are two Greater Manchester Police Incident Response Vehicles, MX22 GOJ and MX22 GPY respectively, both being 2022 Ford Focus estates.