Police bus
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A police bus is a bus used by the police for a variety of reasons.
Depending on the use, police buses might have markings or a livery indicating its ownership by the police, and also have appropriate equipment fitted. Police buses can be ordinary vehicles, or have some degree of riot protection, or be fully fitted armoured buses.
Seated buses are used by police forces for transporting large numbers of officers to a needed area, such as for crowd control at sports events and demonstrations, or to facilitate large scale deployments for more serious riot control, such as the UK miners' strike (1984–1985). These may be hired vehicles, or vehicles retained by the police force for the purpose.
Police buses are also used at some large events as static temporary holding and processing areas, where detained people can be processed, and held until onward transport in another vehicle is possible. Police buses may also serve as prisoner transport vehicles where the police force has responsibility for this.
The police may also use buses converted by a bus manufacturer or other specialist company, to serve more specific purposes. This can be as an incident control room or mobile command post, or even as small mobile police stations for public events.
Behind the scenes roles for converted police buses can include being used in public information or awareness campaigns, or as mobile recruitment displays.
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 A riot control bus in Singapore |
 An Isuzu Erga Mio riot police bus in Japan |
 A police booze bus in Australia |
 A police bus in Denmark |
 A police bus in São Paulo |
 New South Wales Police Force riot bus for use during APEC Australia 2007. |
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