The problem is, most of the time it’s something completely unimaginative closing in; imagine how much more interesting it would be if the roads were patrolled by Porsche 911s, or Ford Mustangs, or Lamborghinis?

Well, believe it or not, the police have used all these cars, and a whole lot more, so cop a load of these. We’ve ranked them in order, working up to the police car we think is the world’s most interesting.

We’ve deliberately biased the ranking in favour of cars that were operational, rather than for promotional purposes, such as those involved in road safety campaigns. Let’s start off with the not-so-serious police cars but are still great to see in police livery: