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And these pictures show just how much.
Going right back to the 1920s, we have put together a gallery of pictures which shows just how different they look.
Using pictures from our own archive, and photos which are courtesy of Picture Sheffield, we show the changes in not just the uniforms, but also the technology that's being used, in the day before the modern South Yorkshire Police even existing in its current form
Some of the oldest pictures show police cars appearing to be just plain black in colour.
But as time moves on, that can be seen to change. Some of the pictures show the old fashioned 'panda' cars' that once were a sight on our streets. Then they appear to move on through the 'jam butty' design with the stripe in the middle, before the yellow and blue check designs which are common now.
Is is also fascinating to see the switch away from old fashioned 1950s style telephones to more modern walkie talkies.
Some of these pictures seem very removed from what we see on the streets today. Take a look below.
And these pictures show just how much.
![Immediate response car fitted with VHF radio equipment which enables contact to be maintained with HQ Operations Room over a wide area - Sheffield 1981](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/03/15/9/56/onecms_489333e2-8995-4dc9-9598-e1d230a9e563.JPG.jpg?trim=0,101,0,101&width=800)
13. Car radio
Immediate response car fitted with VHF radio equipment which enables contact to be maintained with HQ Operations Room over a wide area - Sheffield 1981 | Sheffield Newspapers Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
![Police horses on Bramall Lane
Location in September 1984. Picture: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd, Picture Sheffield](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/03/14/17/35/Police%20horses.jpg?trim=0,51,0,51&width=800)
14. Police horses
Police horses on Bramall Lane Location in September 1984. Picture: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd, Picture Sheffield | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd, Picture Sheffield Photo: Sheffield Newspapers Ltd, Picture Sheffield
![Police Motorbike Patrol, during the World Student Games in 1991, Savile Street East, Photo: Picture Sheffield](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/03/14/17/29/Motorbike%20patrol.jpg?trim=0,11,0,11&width=800)
15. Motorbike patrol
Police Motorbike Patrol, during the World Student Games in 1991, Savile Street East, Photo: Picture Sheffield | Picture Sheffield Photo: Picture Sheffield
![Hackenthorpe Police Station, Occupation Lane / Halycon Lane in 1995, before it was closed, Photo: Picture Sheffield](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/03/14/17/09/Hackenthorpe.jpg?trim=0,30,0,30&width=800)
16. Hackenthorpe
Hackenthorpe Police Station, Occupation Lane / Halycon Lane in 1995, before it was closed, Photo: Picture Sheffield | Picture Sheffield Photo: Picture Sheffield