Republican National Convention police bike bid goes to Florida company

City ordering 300 bikes, 310 helmets By Homa Bash, NewsNet5, April 7, 2016 CLEVELAND - Three hundred police bicycles will be rolling into Cleveland for the Republican National Convention from Florida -- because no local companies put in a bid. Safariland, a Jacksonville-based company...

Chico is bringing back bike police

By Kayla Fitzgerald, April 8, 2016, Chico State Orion   Police bike units will begin patrolling Bidwell Park and downtown areas in the upcoming summer months. Tuesday, Chico Police Chief Mike O’Brien said two officers will be patrolling those areas...

How to Join a Bicycle Unit

You'll need to be physically fit, self-motivated, and up for close contact with the public to thrive as a bike officer. Police Magazine, April 06, 2016  |  by Christian Bailey Photo:  Firearms training for bicycle officers...

Cops on Bikes: The advantages are clear

By John Bennett, Connect Savannah, April 6, 2016 John Bennett is executive director of the Savannah Bicycle Campaign. I’VE BEEN THINKING about police patrol patterns and public safety lately, and not because I suggested increased parking rates and metering...

Bellevue Police creates bike unit to respond to changing crime patterns in city

by TINA PATEL, Fox 13, UPDATED AT 09:30PM, APRIL 1, 2016 BELLEVUE, Wash. -- The Bellevue Police Department says the city's streets are a little safer now that officers have started patrols on bicycles. The department hopes the bike officers...

HCM City police to patrol on bikes

Viet Nam News, March 31, 2016 HCM City’s District 5 police starts patrolling on bikes. Photo vnexpress.net HCM CITY (VNS) – Following Hà Nội’s example, HCM City police will now start managing daily patrols on bicycles...

Bellevue to put bike cops back on the streets

by RYAN MURRAY, Bellevue Reporter Staff Writer, Mar 31, 2016 For the first time since 2011, the Bellevue Police Department will have a bicycle presence on the streets. On Friday, April 1, bike patrol officers and a corporal will mount their bikes...

Bike donations support GPD’s village patrol, visibility in community

Local businesses presented the Guam Police Department with donated mountain and dirt bikes at the GPD Dededo Precinct on March 30. Sabrina Lynn S Monteverde/PDN Sabrina Lynn S Monteverde, Pacific Daily News, March 31, 2016 (Photo: Rick Cruz/PDN) Guam --...

Wildfire 2016 raises awareness for fire season

By Arin McKenna, Los Alamos Monitor Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 12:13 pm (Updated: March 30, 2:36 pm) Saturday’s Wildfire 2016 event began with a bang, as hordes of youngsters scoured Ashley Pond Park for Easter eggs. The annual Easter Egg Hunt...

Fund vital operations for Temple EMS

Temple’s EMS team should be a higher priority both for administration and students. by Editorial Board 29 March 2016 Last week, two bikes owned by Temple’s Emergency Medical Services were stolen from on-duty crew members. Because...