Vespa Scooters - Historic Police Motorcycle Group

Scooters used in police work tend to get overlooked, with the spotlight being on the bigger, faster and flashier machines.

In the UK, they saw use with Hampshire, Liverpool and many more, including the Mersey Tunnel Police.

In the USA, large numbers were used in New York - some of which were slightly modified and some were hybrids.

The Liverpool ones were particularly interesting as the first batch were locally modified to take a radio, and subsequent batches were delivered from the factory with a suitable radio rack.