Porsche 911 police car for NSW

The New South Wales Police has taken delivery of a brand-new Porsche 911 Carrera, kitted out in full police livery, including obligatory red and blue LED roof lights.

It is the second Porsche NSW Police has been provided, after the Panamera in 2012, and the first time the boys in blue have had a Porsche 911 coupe at their disposal.

The two-door  911 Carrera is propelled by a rear-mounted 257 kW six-cylinder boxer engine that gives the car plenty of pep – it dashes from 0-100km/h) in 4.8 seconds. Despite its rapidity, the Police Porker is unlikely to be used as a pursuit car, instead employed to "break the ice" between cops and young, disadvantaged youth.

"Although the 911 might make an ideal Police response car in some people's eyes, the true value of the sporty Carrera in police decals is that it will draw attention and curiosity with younger folk especially, which is exactly what we aim to achieve," observes NSW Police Force Superintendent Alan Sicard.

It's also very difficult to retro-fit the interior of a Porsche 911 to carry the significant amount of police equipment that is standard issue on highway patrol cars.

The design of Police decals on the car were courtesy of NSW high schools, universities and tertiary campuses, and what you see in the photos was inspired by almost 60 public entries to design the bold livery.

Developed to engage the community, the Porsche 911 police car project will follow in the Panamera's footsteps, that car having already attended more than 300 community events, and always a talking point.

"Swapping into an eye-catching 911 Carrera will up the ante [over the Panamera] to become an even more effective means to enable social dialogue," said Sicard.

"The last two years we have sought to create a unique programme where we could effectively engage our community on a regular basis," he noted, adding that a strong social media campaign has also buoyed the project.

NSW Police claims that almost one million hits on its official Facebook page can be directly related to the Porsche.

Porsche Cars Australia provides the vehicle to NSW Police Force's Harbourside Local Area Command, and it is shared with other Commands. The 911 is still serviced, operated and owned by Porsche.

The only things NSW Police pay for are fuel and tollway costs.

Recent exotic police car examples from around the world include the McLaren 12C Spider police car in the UK, and the brash Lamborghini Aventador police car from Dubai.