Carved, painted wooden figure of a policeman on point duty directing traffic, standing behind a flat yellow sign on a stand with 'AA Diversion' written on it in black. He is wearing black trousers, a white top with vertical yellow and silver stripes front and back and a paper sign saying POLICE on the back, a white cloth belt, and a white helmet. He is pointing down with one hand and signalling stop with one hand held out.
Traffic Cop
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