DIFFLOCKEDTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 2012
NAMED MODELSpecial · PoliceUnited Kingdom

North Yorkshire Police Rural Task Force Defender

North Yorkshire Police Rural Task Force Defender 90 hard top YG12 VNW, a silver Police Support vehicle in blue and yellow battenburg used for farm, moorland and off-road rural patrol work across England's largest county force area.

Drive it in the gameSources & evidence
North Yorkshire Police Rural Task Force Defender — front three-quarter render
BASE VEHICLEDefender 90BUILT BYLand Rover (Defender 90 hard top)IN SERVICE2012OPERATED INUnited KingdomPRODUCTIONProduction variantLAYOUT4 wheels · 90″

The record

North Yorkshire Police's Rural Task Force was formed in 2016 to tackle rural crime — livestock and machinery theft, poaching and hare coursing — across the Dales, Moors and Vale of York. Its Defenders are lettered POLICE SUPPORT rather than as response cars and are kitted for tracks and fields. YG12 VNW, photographed by ukemergency.co.uk, is a 2012 Defender 90 hard top in silver with two rows of blue and yellow battenburg between the arches, POLICE SUPPORT and the force crest with RURAL TASKFORCE on the hard-top sides, alpine lights, Emergency 999 / Non-Emergency 101 contact stickers and silver alloy wheels; the queue lists the base as a 110 but the photographed vehicle is the short-wheelbase 90.

The registry's model is a Defender 90 hard top in silver with the battenburg, lettering, crest, stickers and alloys, and a low-profile blue bar on the roof for the blue-light boost.

Specification

MANUFACTURERLand Rover (Defender 90 hard top)
MODIFIER / COACHBUILDERNorth Yorkshire Police (livery and equipment)
MANUFACTUREDYG12 registration
ENGINEFord 2.2 L Duratorq TDCi turbo-diesel
PRODUCTION RUNProduction variant; count unknown
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INUnited Kingdom
STATUSin-service
REGISTRATIONYG12 VNW
UNITRural Task Force, North Yorkshire Police
LIVERYSilver with blue/yellow battenburg; POLICE SUPPORT
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEDefender
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE90″
CATEGORYSpecial · Police

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Sources

  1. 1Search: Land Rover Defender police ↗UK Emergency Vehicles · accessed 2026-09-11SOURCE
  2. 2https://www.ukemergency.co.uk/?s=Land+Rover+Defender+policehttps://www.ukemergency.co.uk/?s=Land+Rover+Defender+police ↗REFERENCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-11T14:42:16.059Z · status: researched