1. A vehicle mounted surveillance system, comprising: (a) a camera; (b) a video recorder; (c) a control head for operator control by a person in the vehicle; (d) a vault for housing said video recorder; (e) power supply for providing power for operating said camera, said video recorder and said control head; and (f) connector means for interconnecting said camera, said video recorder and said control head to form a surveillance system operatively connected to said power supply to enable on/off operation thereof.