Oncoming police car Emoji
Travel
A front-facing police cruiser featuring a flashing light bar on its roof. The vehicle is designed to look like it is driving directly toward the viewer, typically depicted in a blue and white or black and white color scheme.
Usage Context
Used to signal law enforcement presence, emergencies, or an urgent warning to others. It is frequently sent as a shorthand for 'the police are coming,' or when alerting friends to watch out for patrol cars while driving. It is often paired with the 🚨 light or the 👮 police officer emoji to reinforce the message.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of Emoji 1.0, this icon was integrated to help mobile users communicate emergency situations quickly. Its design mimics the standardized graphics used in early Japanese mobile messaging apps to help users navigate urban environments and public safety alerts.
Details
Glyph
🚔
Unicode
U+1F694
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f694:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Travel
Subcategory transport-ground
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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