MCT donates bikes to sheriff’s office
By the Telegraph, July 15, 2023
Photo: Madison County Sheriff's Office Capt. G. Cale Becker, left, and Sheriff Jeff Connor inspect one of the RECON Interceptor battery-powered bicycles donated to the department by Madison County Transit. MCT.
EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County Transit (MCT) on Thursday donated two RECON Interceptor battery-powered bicycles to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office to aid law enforcement bicycle patrols on MCT Trails.
The ruggedized bikes will allow sheriff’s office employees to patrol the MCT Trails as well as other unincorporated areas of Madison County.
In the last five years, MCT has donated patrol bicycles to police departments in Alton, East Alton, Edwardsville, Granite City, Maryville, Highland, Troy, South Roxana and Venice, as well as to campus safety officers at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Lewis & Clark Community College in Godfrey.
RECON is a law enforcement electric bike company specializing in patrol bicycles. The all-terrain bicycles donated to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office have a heavy-duty frame and puncture resistant 4-inch tires. Each bike contains a 1,000-watt mid-drive motor for optimal speed and hydraulic disc brakes for greater stopping power. They also have emergency police lights, sirens and a police bag.