While police lights can be mounted on all parts of a police vehicle, police flashlights can be kept strapped to any part of the policeman's uniform or body, or can be kept in an easily reachable way in the duty belt, holster, boots pouch, or uniform pocket.

Police lights are everywhere on the road. Police vehicles with lights atop it are seen all over the streets, and it is these police lights that give policemen their unique identity. Though the more conspicuous lights these days are the light bars mounted on the roof of the police vehicles, police lights come with such flexible mounting options these days that they can be mounted anywhere on the vehicle.

Light bars itself may be mounted on the roof of the vehicle, or at the back of it, or even in front as an extra light. Besides that, smaller police lights are mounted frequently on the dash. These dash lights may be mounted permanently, or can be mounted temporarily with magnetic mounts or L-brackets or adhesive straps or suction cups. For dash lights, temporary mounting is the more preferred option as it can be then detached and remounted on other parts of the vehicle as well. For using as warning lights, slightly larger dash lights are used while smaller ones are used for just lighting the vehicle interior.

While dash is a common choice of many for mounting smaller lights, police lights can be mounted on the deck, atop or underneath the visor, on the windshield, on the grille, on the bumper, or on the side of the mirror. Both larger police lights for use as warning lights, and low profile ones that are sued for stealth operations, are available for mounting at all these places. Most police vehicles store a few extra lights in the vehicle for emergency uses and also to be used as parking lights in dimly lit areas or near emergency sites.

If police lights used on police vehicles can be mounted all over or inside the vehicles, the flashlights that policemen carry about can also be accommodated on various parts of their person. Police duty belts can hold 2 or more number of lights based upon their size. Many duty belts come fitted with flashlight holders and most police gear bags will have separate compartments to hold variously sized police lights. Some police holsters, mainly shoulder holsters, are designed carry a flashlight together with a pistol. In another modification, a light has become a part of the gun itself so that the policeman can use the gun to first focus the light correctly on the target for identification and then shoot with the same device in the same angle.

Now that the arrival of LED lights has made the manufacture of very small flashlights possible, two or more police lights can be easily carried in uniform pockets, or in the pockets of vests or underwear. Many police tactical boots have pouches that can accommodate police lights, while small lights can be accommodated in an ankle holster also. While smaller police lights make concealment and carrying easy, larger lights are also important because it is needed quite often to double as a weapon of assault. Large lights often remain strapped to the policeman's body in a way as not to impede movement.