Fort Collins paying bike cops OT for transient patrols

byJason Pohl, The Coloradoan, August 11, 2016 (Photo: Austin Humphreys/The Coloradoan) A surge in police bike patrols has hit the streets, sidewalks and alleys of Old Town Fort Collins as part of city efforts to grapple with the...

Norwalk Police Mountain Bike Unit rolls past 25 years

By Leslie Lake, The Norwalk Hour, August 12, 2016 [Norwalk police officers, Cristina Capela and Hector Delgado, who are part of the Norwalk Police Department bicycle unit in Norwalk, Conn., chat with owner of Maximo Deli and Grocery, Pedro Criollo, Thursday, August 11, 2016....

Bellevue bike cops need new flair and ask public for help

BY DYER OXLEY, MyNorthwest.com Writer   | August 9, 2016 @ 2:27 pm Bellevue police want the public to design its next police badge. It will be used for the bike patrol team.  Police often reach out to the...

Burlington police receive bicycle fleet

Burlington Free Press Staff, August 8, 2016 Burlington police Chief Brandon del Pozo poses with one of the new bicycles from Budnitz Bicycles on which officers will patrol. (Photo: Courtesy Burlington Police Department) Burlington VT -- Some members of the Queen...

Cleveland Police Aren’t Stowing Their Bikes After the RNC

BY DANIEL J. MCGRAW, Nextcity.org, AUGUST 8, 2016 Demonstrators march past police during the Shut Down Trump & the RNC protest before the convention kicked off in Cleveland. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) The Republican National Convention’s legacy...

Calgary cop teaches Ukraine’s new police force how to protect and connect atop two wheels

By DAMIEN WOOD, Calgary Herald, August 7, 2016 It was exactly what veteran Calgary police officer Sgt. Katrina O’Reilly had wanted to see — new Ukrainian mountain bike patrol officers making an impact on the public. While Olympics-bound athletes...

Greeley’s bike patrol officers show the public police can laugh, be friendly

By James Redmond, Greeley Tribune, August 4, 2016 A FUN SUMMER GIG Greeley Police Department school resource officers, with school on break for summer, staff the seasonal bike patrol. “That is one of the more valuable tools we have, is putting...

Bicycle Officers Work to Beat the Heat

By Emily Wearing, KQ2, July 21, 2016|  ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -The St. Joseph Police Department is rolling out a new fleet that is not new patrol cars but rather bicycles. "Kind of gives you a different view of the city being...

Winthrop police to send extra bike patrol to town beach, downtown

The Town Council also is considering hiring an extra patrol next summer to deal with reports of vandalism, disorderly conduct and violations of beach rules. BY CHARLES EICHACKER, CentralMaine.com, August 3, 2016 Photo:  Lifeguard Elizabeth Preble, right, speaks to...

Columbus’ bike cops see new world of policing

By Mark Ferenchik, The Columbus Dispatch, Monday, August 1, 2016 7:36 AM Eight months before they patrolled the streets at the recent Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Columbus police bicycle officers were very visible in another prominent location. They were on the field...