green uniforms to blue uniforms and patrol vehicles. The uniform change-over would occur between 2009 and 2011 to minimise the cost of the conversion. Beginning 1 July 2008, the new uniforms were given out to some departments, such as the district of Hohenlohe or Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, as a trial. During 2010/11 the new uniforms were introduced statewide. Warrant card Formerly the warrant card was made out of green linen paper and could be folded. In 2011 a new card was introduced in credit card format. Along with the color change of the police from green to blue the card was colored in blue. A hologram in star shape should make it tamper-proof. Vehicles Overall, the Baden-Württemberg police has about 5,300 vehicles. Motor vehicles Since 2011, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen are used as service vehicles. Beginning in mid-2010, a total of 1038 vehicles, including 99 VW Golf and 17 VW Caddy in a neutral varnish and 922 Mercedes-Benz C-Class, including 118 police vehicles, were leased for 36 months. In the second installment of 2011, a total of 1691 vehicles, including 1094 Mercedes-Benz e220 CDI T patrol cars and 423 Mercedes-Benz C 220 CDI and 174 VW Golf Variant were leased for 36 months. The vehicles of the Baden-Wuerttemberg Police are uniformly licensed under "Business Administration 4-XXXX". "BWL" stands for Baden-Württemberg state government. The number "4" stands for the Interior Ministry. The Stuttgart Regional Council uses the digits from 1000 to 2999, the regional council in Karlsruhe 3000-4999, the police headquarters in Stuttgart 5000-5999, the Regional Council of Freiburg, 6000-6999, the Regional Council of Tübingen 7000-7999, and the riot police 8000-8999. Aircraft The helicopter fleet of the helicopter squadron of the Baden-Wuerttemberg police, was completely overhauled between 2001 and 2003. Currently, the Baden-Wuerttemberg police has two Eurocopter EC 155 and five McDonnell Douglas MD 902 Explorer craft. One McDonnell Douglas MD 902 Explorer was lost due to a crash. On 5 December 2013, the purchase of six new EC 145 T2 helicopters by the end of 2016 was announced at the value of 60 million euros by the Ministry of the Interior of Baden-Württemberg. Boats The Baden-Wuerttemberg water police has a total of 16 heavy and 14 light patrol boats of various types, and 16 rubber dinghies are also used. See also Landespolizei References External links Organisations based in Baden-Württemberg Government of Baden-Württemberg State law enforcement agencies of Germany