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Why do they need the red and blues?

Why do the APS vehicles in Perth need red and blues?

The blue Customs VE I've seen around Freo has a orange lightbar.

For some reasons different states have different rules go figure

Because the APS no longer exists, they are not members of the AFP. All operational AFP vehicles have red and blue lights.

What kind of incident would require a Customs responce using Urgent Duty Driving?

Not bagging Customs, just asking a question.

Because the APS no longer exists, they are not members of the AFP. All operational AFP vehicles have red and blue lights.

Sorry Dazla, I'm not trying to be akward but I don't follow.

If they are not members of the AFP why are APS cars getting about with Australian Federal Police on their lightbars?

I was under the impression that APS officers were not actual sworn federal coppers....

Tom wrote:

Because the APS no longer exists, they are not members of the AFP. All operational AFP vehicles have red and blue lights.

Sorry Dazla, I'm not trying to be akward but I don't follow.

If they are not members of the AFP why are APS cars getting about with Australian Federal Police on their lightbars?

I was under the impression that APS officers were not actual sworn federal coppers....

http://www.afp.gov.au/services/protective.html

http://www.afp.gov.au/recruitment/protective.html

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Sorry Tom,

Was late at night....well thats my excuse....they are members of the AFP, well sworn employees anyway and they can envoke Sec 305 of the Australian Road Rules etc. They are currently all doing UDD training.

I cant see why Customs would need UDD, however they have just upped the anti in the Ports.

Having orange lightbars in a shipping/aviation environment makes it very difficult to perform vehicle stops. They don't stop because orange lightbars are the norm.

The photo is of a South Australian Customs Vehicle , they have different laws over there - I think magenta would be fine for Customs in WA.I don't think Customs will ever have the need to perform UDD. However, all Customs Officers on the wharves are armed (or will be very shortly).

Why would Customs do a vehicle stop?

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dazla wrote:Why would Customs do a vehicle stop?

I worked up north for a bit, and customs came out our way all the time, especially around abalone season...

I saw the pull over many vehicle with boats!

That would be fisheries officers though, not Customs. Fisheries Officers have quite allot of Authority.

I dont recall anywhere in the Customs Act that allows a Customs Officer to pull over a vehicle on a public road.

second thought....

yeah they did give us customs info, and were fisheries officers...

my bad.