Oncoming Police Car

🚔 is the oncoming police car emoji, part of Unicode's Travel & Places group, added in Emoji 0.7 (2014).

Where transport-ground emoji usually appear

DBEmoji editorial interpretation

Applies to every emoji in this Unicode subgroup, not only this one.

Commutes, road trips, deliveries, and vehicle posts

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: ONCOMING POLICE CAR
CLDR short name: oncoming police car
Codepoint: U+1F694
Hex: 1F694
Emoji version: 0.7
Unicode version: 7.0
First released: 2014
Unicode group: Travel & Places
Unicode subgroup: transport-ground
Status: Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)

Data verified 2026-10-21 · Unicode Emoji 16.0 · How this data is built

GitHub shortcode

From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.

:oncoming_police_car:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

car · oncoming · police

How it looks

Oncoming Police Car — Fluent 3D — Fluent 3D

Oncoming Police Car — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Oncoming Police Car — Fluent Flat — Fluent Flat

Your device

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)

Download as image

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Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 🚔. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.

Questions people ask

What does the 🚔 oncoming police car emoji mean?: 🚔 is the oncoming police car emoji, part of Unicode's Travel & Places group, added in Emoji 0.7 (2014).
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🚔?: U+1F694, named ONCOMING POLICE CAR in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 🚔 oncoming police car emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 0.7, published in 2014, alongside Unicode 7.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
How do I type 🚔 on my phone or computer?: On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “oncoming police car”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 🚔 from this page with one click.
What is the shortcode for 🚔?: On GitHub, type :oncoming_police_car: and it turns into 🚔 — that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.