Staffordshire Police Jaguar Set

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Staffordshire Police Jaguar Set in White (1:43 scale)
- This set contains a Jaguar Mk 2 3.8 & a Jaguar XJ6 Series 1 4.2. Staffordshire Police had a long association with Jaguar whose Coventry factory was not too far away from their southern border. Powerful, fast &, especially in XJ6 form, possessed of an almost otherworldly handling & ride, which Jaguar’s engineers had honed on the world’s race circuits, they were ideally suited to highspeed motorway patrol work; not many cars could outrun a Jaguar. Following the tragic death of two officers who were struck whilst getting out of their vehicle at the scene of an accident, Staffordshire Police pioneered a number of innovations in officer safety that are now standard on motorway patrol vehicles. These were mainly focused on alerting other motorists to the fact that an accident had occurred & included a specially built box on the roof of their vehicles containing rearward facing flashing red lights & a large illuminated ‘accident’ sign. Car boots were also painted in a high visibility red, & all cars were fitted with reflective Police signs.