Edit - I had to remove a lot of text and imagists so I could post this.
I live in Stockholm, Sweden right now. And all I can say... I went from a day with CVPI's in my everyday life to Volvo's, and it makes me sad
*I'm not working as a police officer, I'm in Swedish highschool right now*
Anyways, in Sweden we have a nationwide police Department/service, fire department & Ambulance services, BUT it's divided up into "counties" (Län in Swedish). So basically I live in Stockholm "County" (Län). In Stockholm county, we - the police department mainly use Volvo V70/XC70's, VW's, Mercedes-Benz & SAAB's.
*Sorry for the different shapes & some watermarked pictures, it's hard to find "good" ones*
- I write we, reffering to us in Stockholm "county" (Län) and the police.
Our primary police vehicle is the Volvo V70/XC70
The SAAB 9-5 & 9-3 Aero (My favourite police car after the CVPI ofc)
The SAAB 9-3 Aero, it was never really used as a official patrol vehicle, but they do have some (Note: very few) of them.
VW - We use both the VW Passat and the VW Transporter, both as unmarked and marked vehicles.
The VW Transporter
Mercedes-Benz - We use both the E350 as a patrol car (Marked & unmarked), the Sprinter as a transporter and the Vito as Supervisor & transport vehicle.
The Mercedes-Benz E350 patrol vehicle
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The Mercedes-Benz Vito used both as a supervisor vehicle and police transporter.
The supervisor version (Note: "Lednings fordon" - "Supervisor Vehicle" or "lead vehicle".
The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
They're often used as "riot control vehicles" for soccer (European football) games.
Unmarked vehicles
The Stockholm "County" police uses all kinds of unmarked vehicles, but the most common one is the XC70/V70's. They're used for everything, from detective vehicles to traffic enforcment.
The unmarked vehicles in Stockholm county uses built-in LED lights, but they also have acces to a so called "Kojak light", which is a blue LED rotorlight which they put up on the roof with help of a magnet under it.
Unmarked vehicle w/ Kojak on the roof
A unmarked Mercedes-Benz Vito
Piketen (SWAT)
The Swedish SWAT (Piketen in Swedish) is the police departments last resort. Eventhough the Swedish police actually have a special military-like force called Nationella Insatsstyrkan, this is often reffered to as the "last resort".
They use all kinds of cars, not just to blend in to a "everyday life" but to fit their special equipment. Therefor they use a variaty of cars.
Look at the door, it clearly says "Stockholms Län Piketen" - Translation would be - "Stockholm County SWAT"
Chevy's
The Stockholm "County" Police Department uses quite a few of Chevy "busses" or vans. Both as SWAT vehicles, supervisor version, Stockholm Transit police & and regular transporters.
Once again, read on the door, it clearly says "Stockholms Län Tunnelbanepolisen" translaton - "Stockholm County Transit Police".
A chevy Supervisor untit or Ledningsfordon in Swedish
Police officers
We have a total of 28 500 (app) police officers in all of Sweden, 6 900 of those work in Stockholm "county" (Län).
"Regular" patrol officers walking with high-visibilty vests
Everyday police uniform
Piketen (SWAT)
YouTube videos of different police cars responding.
Sorry for making the post so long, but I wanted everyone to have a good "basic" knowledge about the Stockholm "County" police.
Are you intrested in knowing more about the Swedish Police? Read this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Police_Service
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