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Highway Patrol is an Australian factual television series screened on the Seven Network, which premiered on 21 September 2009. [1] Highway Patrol follows members of the Victoria Police highway patrol (formerly the Traffic Management Unit) as they intercept traffic and other criminal offenders on roads in Victoria, Australia.
On 22 April 2020, a truck driver under the influence of drugs, Mohinder Singh, crashed his truck into a Porsche 911 and two police cars on the Eastern Freeway, in the suburb of Kew East, Australia, killing four police officers who were on routine highway patrol.
The following is a list of episodes for the Australian factual television series Highway Patrol. As of 3 April 2023, 12 seasons of the program have aired plus eight compilation specials, totaling 118 episodes.
In remote country areas, Toyota Land Cruisers and Troop Carriers are used as primary patrol vehicles. Patrol cars are used in both marked and unmarked variants, with the latter being a bit more extensive in its vehicle composition. SAPOL have also, in previous years, used high performance vehicles such as Holden's SS Commodore for traffic ...
Tasmania Police vehicles are based around several platforms, including the Hybrid Toyota Camry, Hyundai Santa Fe, Kia Sorrento for general (urban) patrol. The Highway Patrol utilise a variety of makes and models employed on a "best-suitability" basis including Subaru Outback, VW Passat, Kia Stinger and BMW 5 series “M Sport” models.The Ford ...
South Australia Police (SAPOL) South Australia: 100 Angas Street, Adelaide: c. 5,000 Grant Stevens: Tasmania Police (TASPOL) Tasmania: 37 Liverpool Street, Hobart: 1,376 Donna Adams Victoria Police (VICPOL) Victoria: 313 Spencer Street, Docklands, Melbourne: 15,651 Shane Patton: Western Australia Police Force (WAPOL) Western Australia: 2 ...
The BearCat is used by numerous U.S. military and law enforcement agencies and is also used by all state and territory Police Tactical Groups in Australia with federal Australian Government funding. [ 5 ] [ 13 ] The Bearcat is based on a Ford F-550 Super Duty commercial truck chassis with two available engines (the V10 Triton Gasoline and the 6 ...
A traffic car, also known as a highway patrol car, traffic enforcement unit, speed enforcement unit, or road policing unit, is a police car tasked with enforcing traffic laws and conducting traffic stops, typically on major roadways such as highways. They are often relatively high-performance vehicles compared to patrol cars, as they must be ...