DeAgostini 1:43 1968 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40: Hellenic Police Force of Greece

These models are sold in blister packets

The Toyota Land Cruiser (J40), is a series of Land Cruisers made by Toyota from 1960 until 2001. Traditional body on frame SUVs, most 40 series Land Cruisers were built as 2-door models with slightly larger dimensions than the similar Jeep CJ.

The model was available in short (J40/41/42), medium (J43/44/46) and long (J45/47) wheelbase versions, with petrol and diesel engines.

The Hellenic Police is the national police service and the one of the three Security forces of Greece. It is a very large agency with its responsibilities ranging from road traffic control to counter-terrorism. Police Lieutenant General Michail Karamalakis currently serves as the Chief of the Hellenic Police. He replaces Aristeidis Andrikopoulos.

The Hellenic Police force was established in 1984 under Law 1481/1-10-1984 (Government Gazette 152 A) as the result of the fusion of the Gendarmerie (Χωροφυλακή, Chorofylakí) and the Cities Police (Αστυνομία Πόλεων, Astynomía Póleon) forces.

According to Law 2800/2000, the Hellenic Police is a security organ whose primary aims are:

Ensuring peace and order as well as citizens' unhindered social development, a mission that includes general policing duties and traffic safety.
Prevention and suppression of crime as well as protecting the state and its democratic form of government within the framework of the constitutional order, a mission which includes the implementation of public and state security policy.
The Hellenic Police is constituted along central and regional lines. The force takes direction from the Minister for Citizen Protection.

The force consists of police officers, civilians, border guards and Special Police Guards.