How Bike Patrols Can Improve Campus Safety
Public safety cyclists model safe cycling behavior forstudents, effectively manage crowds at sporting events andaugment campus community policing efforts. Police and security officers can patrol campuses on bicycles all year long—even in the winter. Photo courtesy IPMBA
Anyone who spends even a few minutes at a college or university soon realizes how prevalent bicycles are on a campus. Reasons vary from economics to convenience, from versatility to effectiveness, to just plain fun. Whatever the reason, a campus’pedestrian-friendly design make cycles the ideal conveyance for fast and easy personal transportation. The reasons they work so well for students and staff are the same reasons they work so well for campus police and security.