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Milwaukee Hopes That Bike Patrol Officers Can Help Curb Gun Violence
City Now Has More Than 100 Officers Patrolling On Bicycles UPDATED: Thursday, July 3, 2014, 6:26pm, By Chuck Quirmbach, WPR Listen to the story. Editor's Note: This story is part of a year-long series on gun violence in Wisconsin. More police...
Firm backing for Trowbridge police’s bike effort
Friday 4th July 2014 By Wiltshire Times Reporter Photo: Adam Leitch, of Halfords, hands over two bikes to Inspector Chris Chammings Halfords in Trowbridge has supported the town’s Neighbourhood Policing Team in a bid to carry out more...
Claremore PD adds to bike patrol
By Miranda Christian, Fox23 News, July 4, 2014 Claremore, OK — The Claremore Police Department has two new bicycle officers patrolling their Fourth of July celebrations and they tell FOX23 it makes a big difference. The annual Fourth of July celebration at...
Oxford OPP bikes enhance mobile police presence
By Chris Abbott, Tillsonburg News Thursday, July 3, 2014 5:21:17 EDT PM You may have noticed OPP bike patrol officers around town on the Canada Day long weekend, and you may have wondered about the bicycles. "Four officers received updated training and we...
Ottawa Bike Patrol Shows Off Its Pedal Power
By John Hua, CTV News Ottawa, July 3, 2014 The Ottawa Police bike patrol isn’t supposed to look intimidating, but try running from four officers pedaling in hot pursuit. With more than a hundred officers patrolling the capital’s...
REDLANDS: Police beefing up bike patrols
JULY 3, 2014 BY DARRELL R. SANTSCHI, THE PRESS ENTERPRISE Photo: Redlands police Officer Jaimeson Liu and his instructor, Brad Grantz, ride down a flight of stairs at the University of Redlands during a training exercise. COURTESY OF REDLANDS POLICE DEPARTMENT ...
Lowell police put pedal to pavement on community policing
By Lisa Redmond, The Lowell Sun, July 2, 2014 Photo: Lowell police Officer Jim Matos, shown outside police headquarters at JFK Plaza, is part of the new 24-bicycle community-policing unit launched by Superintendent William Taylor this week. See a slide show...
Oakland cops patrol trail on 2 wheels
By Shari Roach on July 2, 2014, West Orange Times Observer Photo: Oakland Police officers Brandon McDonnell, left, and Chris Creegan patrol the West Orange Trail on their specially equipped police bikes. Creegan rides the department’s newest Cannondale bike ...