Bikes on patrol in Maryborough

By Senior Constable Melanie Ryan, Sep 23, 2016, My Police Maryborough Maryborough-QLD-Australia - With the start of the school holidays, Maryborough community members might see their local police not only patrolling in their usual marked police vehicles, but also patrolling on two...

Stowe police bike patrol good for safety, community connections

By Caleigh Cross | Stowe Reporter, September 22, 2016 Stowe VT -- Is it less intimidating for a police officer to approach you wearing a blue polo shirt and pedaling a bike than to glimpse the dreaded blue lights in your rear-view mirror? ...

SPD officers partake in Police Mountain Bike training course

By ABC 7 WWSB, September 21, 2016 Photo courtesy of the Sarasota Police Department SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Several officers with the Sarasota Police Department are completing an intense training program involving mountain bicycles. This week, SPD officers were selected to partake in...

Old Town bike EMTs ease 911 call crush

By Jason Pohl, The Coloradan, September 19, 2016 (Photo: Austin Humphreys/The Coloradoan) They stage with their yellow vests and bicycles outfitted with medical bags at Trimble Court, waiting for someone to over-estimate their alcohol tolerance at Old Town'...

Police on bikes lead crackdown to prosecute motorists who drive within 5ft of cyclists

Officers radio colleagues in patrol cars, giving details of those too close Drivers pulled over will be given a warning while some will go to court Crackdown launched by West Midland Police, but is set to be followed  By...

Grandview Police Department adds bike patrols to increase accessibility to officers

Fox 4 KC, SEPTEMBER 7, 2016, BY KERRI STOWELL GRANDVIEW, Mo. -- A local police department is finding new ways to protect and serve by adding bicycles to its fleet. The Grandview Police Department is rolling out the new addition saying bike...

SHERIFF’S BIKE PATROL EDGERTON, DE SOTO

By The Gardner News, Sep 7, 2016   Photo: Members of the Johnson County Sheriff’s bike patrol are (l to r): Deputy Ryan Fulks, Deputy Jonathan Keys, Lt. Thomas Reddin, Deputy Matt Brown and Deputy Tim McWilliams. Photo...

LPD bike patrol program proves beneficial for the community

By DEBRA TOBIN, Logan Daily News, September 6 Logan Police Patrolman Jason Gadrim is the department's official trainer for the bike program that has been proven to be beneficial to the department. Gadrim sometimes logs 20-plus miles per night while...

On the cycle is your friendly cop

Sindhu Kannan, The Times of India, Sep 5, 2016, 07.36 AM IST CHENNAI: As the green cycle, with a siren, walkie-talkie, and affixed with a Chennai city police logo makes its way through the narrow streets of Pallakuma Nagar in Mylapore, echoes of...

Slice of past makes a comeback

The Times of India, Sep 5, 2016, 07.41 AM IST When 70-year-old history enthusiast Vakula Varadarajan heard the tinkle of a cycle bell in West Mambalam recently, he did a double take to register the anachronism as a policeman pedalled past. The khaki...