The Dutch police have taken delivery of the first of 300 new Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 316 CDI vans.

The first Mercedes-Benz Sprinters for the Dutch police were delivered in November 2016.

Before signing the framework agreement for the 300 vans, the authority put the Sprinter through thorough testing.

“Our experience with various van models from Mercedes-Benz in the past has been very good. Thus, we are looking forward to putting our new Sprinter into service. They are excellent to drive and manoeuvre. This won us over,” said Gerrit den Uyl, director of the police services centre.

The Sprinters are liveried and fitted out with technical equipment, including the National Operational Network System that enables live images to be received from a police helicopter. The Position Monitoring System is employed for communications with the command centre. The Sound Commander enables the police officers to put out announcements to crowds up to 500 metres away from the vehicle. The vehicles also feature white blinder lamps on the roof.

Conversion measures were carried out among others together with the Dutch VanPartner by Mercedes-Benz VDL Bus Venlo bv.