It has also been mention by the director that the The Road Warrior is post apocalyptic but pre-nuclear. The military connections in Humungus' gang are visible in different kinds of military insignia and clothing. Lord Humungus himself has been described by Miller as a former military member whom had sustained major damage to his face from some kind of a explosion, forcing him to wear a mask. This leads to one of two conclusions, the first being that the attire is stolen from the corpses for former MFP members, and the second suggesting that, after the fall of law & order, those formerly sworn to uphold the law have themselves become lawless. Other gang members are wearing military clothes. Some of Lord Humungus's biker gang raiders appear to be wearing worn-out MFP uniforms. In the prologue, a narrator tells us about the events prior to the first Mad Max and that the world has "crumbled and.the cities have exploded" in a "whirlwind of looting and a firestorm of fear, in which men began to feed on men". In The Road Warrior, there is a much more pronounced breakdown of civilization. At one point Macaffee tells his officers that: "So long as the paperwork's clean, you boys can do what you like out there." This possibly explains why the MFP don't pursue Max after he goes on his vengeful rampage although radio messages do mention a rogue officer taking the super-charged Pursuit Special. The MFP operate out of a dilapidated complex of buildings known as the Halls of Justice, and their practices and methods appear to be mostly unorthodox if not unethical – prisoners (for example) are generally shackled, while police officers use sawn-off shotguns – although this may simply be a symptom of the decay of society, law, and morality as a whole. A memorandum overheard in the Halls of Justice actively discourages this nickname, suggesting "Bronze" is considered a "pejorative" term. Civilian slang for MFP officers is "Bronze", due to the bronze badges they wear. The typical uniform of the MFP is all black leather.
Captain Fifi Macaffee is worried that Rockatansky wants out, and so tempts him to stay with the MFP (by desperately begging for funds from Police Commissioner Labatouche) by having a special supercharged, 600 horse power black "Pursuit Special" (A much modified XB GT Coupe) built for him, in order to "seduce him with candy". However, it is quite evident throughout Mad Max, that the MFP is poorly funded and run down. At the start of Mad Max we see him driving a yellow (1975 XB Ford Falcon) "Interceptor".
The MFP's "top pursuit man" is young Max Rockatansky, a highly skilled driver, and drives one of two Pursuit Special vehicles owned by the MFP. The crumbling remnants of the government created a tiny, underfunded group of special highway patrol officers to try and restore order to the tanscontinenral outback highways, as it can be assumed state police agencies like the Victoria Police were stretched thin in the violence-ridden cities. After uprisings due to energy shortages which destabilized the country, biker gangs and punks began to terrorize the townspeople in the Outback.
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