but wear white-topped peaked caps, as traffic officers. Personal protective equipment (PPE) include: Manadnock auto-lock baton Rigid handcuffs Stab vests Personal radios. All officers are trained Police Level 4 Response Driving Standards, as MTP is a specialist traffic service. Training is done by MTP instructors and the Liverpool Cathedral Constables hold kit in their facility. Vehicles The service uses a small range of vehicles. The newest models bought in 2010 being the Land Rover Discovery IV (3 litre) and Ford S-Max. Additionally, the service has some older Ford Galaxy and Land Rover Discovery II models which are also planned to be replaced in the second half of 2010 with Ford and Land Rover Freelander vehicles. As of 2021 the force have total of 9 Police vehicles, 2 X BMW X3, 2 X Volvo V60, 2 X Volvo XC70, which has 4 wheel drive capability. 2 X Land Rover Discovery IV, 1 X Mercedes Vito Cell Van, Media coverage The Police service was heavily criticised by the Merseyside coroner for its handling of a pursuit in which two 14-year-old boys were killed in 2003 after crashing a stolen car into a roadblock set up by Mersey Tunnels officers. The coroner went so far as to recommend that either the policing of the tunnel should be altogether transferred to Merseyside Police, or tunnel officers should be trained to national policing standards. All officers are now trained in Police Level 4 Response Driving Standards. Fallen officers The MTP has lost one officer in the line of duty: PC Derek McIntyre, struck and killed by a vehicle (10 November 1967). See also List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories Law enforcement in the United Kingdom Port of Liverpool Police Merseyside Police References External links Images of Mersey Tunnels Police on Flickr Police forces of England Transport in Merseyside Liverpool Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Specialist law enforcement agencies of the United Kingdom