Does your local police force use freelander's?

Here in the Greater Manchester Police force area we operate quite a few, some are used in rural areas as well as Manchester Airport.

I have a couple of pics but I'm not sure how to upload them from my iPad?

It would be very interesting to see just how many of the Police forces here and abroad utilise such a versatile vehicle. Pics would be a bonus!

None used in Australia. They use Mitsubishi Pajero (Shogun or Montero over there since pajero is spanish slang for ), Ford Ranger dual cabs and Toyota Troopys. Land Rovers are too expensive over here and the spares and dealer network are almost non existent.

Haven't seen or heard of any Swiss Police Freely. They use Subarus here if some offroad capabilities are required.

Edit: obvoiusly Defenders are on duty here as well.

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Our local Police have a couple of freelanders for the rural villages, base models but always get through, winter up on the Lancashire moors can be pretty bleak.
We also have a Freelander used by the community police team, it has now been liveried in police colours but doesn't have blue lights, pictured here when it was bought using local grant money

Discoveries up here (Northumberland), but I did see a police-liveried Freelander in Boscastle (Cornwall) a couple of weeks ago.

As Xtralarg says few in this area , the last bad winter 2/3 yrs ago house across from us got burgled , police were on scene quickly and one was arrested at rear of house .
Policewoman called for help and hurry up drive in Freelander 2 lost it coming up our Ave just after left hand bend and went across road and ended up in garden .
Conditions were poor but non 4 wheel drive police car had safely come up the hill minutes before , spect it was too fast for conditions .

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Seem to be quite a few Police Freelander2's in the Avon and Somerset constabulary area. 1998 300TDi Auto Disco, never to be forgotten.
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Policewoman called for help and hurry up drive in Freelander 2 lost it coming up our Ave just after left hand bend and went across road and ended up in garden .
Conditions were poor but non 4 wheel drive police car had safely come up the hill minutes before , spect it was too fast for conditions .

I have seen a few in north Derbyshire.

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LR is defo the choice of the Lancs police as there is a couple that work the Trough of Bowland....

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We use D3s, D4s and a couple of FL2s in the ambulance service in London. They are not across the whole service just a small unit within the service.

Plenty around west Cumbria

There is at least one operating out of Derbyshire south from Ripley Headquarters.
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