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The Mountain Bike Gear of the Republican National Convention
What are Cleveland’s riot police doing in mountain bike gear? By: Wes Siler, Outside Magazine, July 18, 2016 Demonstrators march by police during the Shut Down Trump & the RNC protest on July 17 in Cleveland. Photo:...
RNC Bicycle Cops Are Sporting Slick Dystopian Riot Gear
BY JEN CHUNG, Gothamist, JULy 19, 2016 4:38 PM While no riots have erupted yet at Republican National Convention (Trump fans and protesters have been relatively peaceful), police officers on the ground have been showing off some of the riot...
New Bike Given to Talented Young Rider
Cleveland Police Department, July 20, 2016 The Cleveland Division of Police had the opportunity to team up with Volcanic Bikes and Tiger Mountain Tactical to give Tyquan Winn, a Cleveland youth, a new bicycle and helmet. During the first day...
Cleveland Police Are Using Bikes To Prevent Violence At The RNC
Police say they only arrested one person on Monday. By Arthur Delaney, The Huffington Post, 07/19/2016 CLEVELAND ― The man used a bullhorn to goad the protesters who’d swarmed around him on Monday afternoon. “Homosexuals! Ho-mo-sexuals!” he...
Cleveland police are relying heavily on bike patrols
Cleveland police trying to keep protests from turning violent during the Republican convention are relying heavily on bicycle patrols By Mark Gillispie and Mike Hill, Associated Press, July 19, 2016 Law enforcement with bikes, wait in downtown Cleveland, Tuesday, July 19, 2016, during the...
High-speed chase in Ballard on bikes; cops win
BY KOMO NEWS MONDAY, JULY 18TH 2016 Seattle police officers on bikes chased a suspect on a bike through Ballard on Sunday, July 17, 2016. SEATTLE -- A fraud suspect was no match for Seattle bike officers, who chased him for several...
Secret weapon in handling RNC protesters: police bikes
by Kevin Johnson and Jason Noble, USA TODAY NETWORK, July 19, 2016 The tame protests going on in Cleveland for the 2016 Republican National Convention have left some wondering where are the rest of the participants and why are they not out...
300 officers on bike patrol in Cleveland for RNC
Officers from more than a dozen agencies are being deployed ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 19, 2016 CLEVELAND — Cleveland police trying to keep protests from turning violent during the Republican convention are relying heavily on officers on bikes, who are not only...