Rural police have unveiled the latest weapon against crime - a super-charged 'golf buggy' designed to chase illegal ravers. The cop cart, described as the first all-terrain transport of its type in the region, is intended to tackle the hills of Bodmin Moor to combat countryside crime.
Police officers and volunteers said the 4-wheel Kubota will patrol Cornwall’s landmark countryside area of over 80 square miles. It is fully marked in police livery, has emergency lighting and a siren and equipped with binoculars and a thermal imager.
And one of its intended uses is to try and quash the sharp increase in 'unlicensed' music events on the moorland in recent years. But after the unveiling, several members of the public mocked its potential effectiveness with one stating: "It's just a golf cart with a siren. The only thing you are catching in that is a cold." Another said: "This is giving me Hot Fuzz vibes."
