Essex Police have paid out £40,000 in repairs costs over the last five years due to officers filling up diesel-powered police vehicles with petrol.

To save this happening again, the force have now invested £4,000 on misfuelling prevention equipment that should prevent further misfuelling incidents.

I’ve talked about the cost of misfuelling before and back in August misfuelling prevention company DDN scored an impressive £250,000 investment on Dragons’ Den with their MPD (Misfuelling Prevention Device).

I’m not sure whether this is the device that Essex police have used – but when faced with a repair bill like this, preventative measures certainly make good sense.