Philadelphia police create new gun task force

By Fox 29 News, January 1, 2018 PHILADELPHIA (WTXF) - With the number of homicides in Philadelphia up 14 percent in 2017, police have created a new gun task force, which begins this year.  With over 300 murders and 1,200 shootings last year, there'...

‘I was scared for my life’: Driver says he didn’t know bike cop was firing at him after parking lot

By JONNY WAKEFIELD, Edmonton Journal, December 18, 2017 A man shot at by an Edmonton police officer after his truck backed into a police bicycle says the August collision was an accident.     “I remembered I backed...

Bellevue bike cop uses fraud alert to help solve crime

Updated: Dec 28, 2017, KIRO News This is a story that any credit card holder should pay attention to. A Florida couple with ties to the Pacific Northwest had cash and credit cards stolen from them and one simple security...

Penang police to patrol busy streets with e-bikes

By N. Trisha, the Star Online, Friday, 29 Dec 2017 Pedal power: Policemen using the new electronic bicycles to patrol the streets in George Town. GEORGE TOWN: Touted as a first in the country, Penang police will now patrol busy streets and...

Funding initiative puts metro mountain bike unit on track

 By Guy Rogers, The Herald Live, December 30, 2017 We got talking to these mountain bikers, from left, Louis Gillmer, Ian van der Walt, Andrew Angles and Paul Freeth at Dodd’s Farm; Picture: Guy Rogers A crowd-funding event organised...

Lehigh University picks former Bethlehem police chief to lead campus department

Lehigh University names Jason Schiffer as its new police chief. (Harry Fisher / THE MORNING CALL) Staff reports/The Morning Call, December 18, 2017 Lehigh University announced Tuesday that Jason Schiffer, a former chief of the Bethlehem Police Department, will head the campus...

Japanese police officer pursues, pulls over Lamborghini supercar…while on a bicycle

by Casey Baseel, Rocket News 24, December 22, 2017 I think it’s pretty safe to say that most people who drive a Lamborghini enjoy, or at least don’t mind, getting attention. That’s something that goes...

Dickson Police bicycle patrol covers, connects in community

By Chris Gadd, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee, Dec. 8, 2017 The Dickson Bicycle Patrol is a new, two-person unit: Cpl. Dustin Hargrove and Cpl. Levi Davis. Chris Gadd/The Herald  “High speed” chases won’t be...

Shaker discusses proposed $7.3 million Capital Budget for 2018

By Thomas Jewell, Cleveland.com, Dec 13, 2017 Final approval by City Council for Shaker's nearly $48 million operating budget and $7.3 million Capital Plan in 2018 will be held Monday (Dec. 18). SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Tucked away in the city's proposed $7.3 million...

Lviv’s first bicycle patrol will bring police within arms reach of general public

By EU AM Ukraine, December 08, 2017 The European Union Advisory Mission (EUAM) today donated bicycles, uniforms and other equipment worth over 380,000 hryvnas (€12,000) to police in Lviv, which will see bicycle patrolling of the city for the first time next spring....