Cleveland Police use bike cops to patrol protesters marching in city streets

By Homa Bash, WEWS, July 11, 2016 CLEVELAND - Cleveland Police used bicycle cops to patrol protesters marching in and around downtown Monday afternoon. The protest and march started around 4:30 p.m. at the Free Stamp near City Hall and wound its...

Police on bicycles now patrolling Cranberry

BY VINCE TOWNLEY, Pittsburgh Tribune, Sunday, July 10, 2016, 9:00 p.m. Cranberry PA – When Cranberry police were deciding when and where to start an initiative that would put them in more direct contact with residents, they could think of...

Brooklyn police officer takes to his bicycle every chance he gets

Photo:  Officer Dan Meadows gives Aiden Nelson, left, and Lennon Larson a police sticker while patrolling the area near the stadium. (Mark Holan/special to cleveland.com) By Mark Holan, cleveland.com , July 10, 2016 BROOKLYN, Ohio –...

Should You Be Riding Flat Pedals?

By MTB Action.  This article appeared in the August 2016 issue of Mountain Bike Action.  SKILL VERSUS SPEED Chances are, if you're an avid mountain biker you have experi­mented with clipless pedals. Most riders do, and...

Seattle PD advises Cleveland before Republican National Convention

Natalie Brand, NWCN, wsts2 7:44 PM. PDT July 05, 2016 Cleveland Police are taking notes from Seattle PD’s bicycle officers ahead of the Republican National Convention. KING 5 has learned that Cleveland officers visited Seattle ahead of this year’s...

Mt Isa Police has new bike squad

By Derek Barry, July 6, 2016, The Northwest Star Mount Isa Police has a new bike squad on the beat. Mount Isa Police have a new bike squad soon to be on patrol, conducting high visibility patrols of the CBD and...

Kyiv police will patrol streets on bikes to beat crime

Ukraine Today, July 6, 2016 Hundred new two-wheelers presented to patrol officers by donors Police patrol officers in Ukrainian capital Kyiv are going to ride bycicles when on duty. The city administration has given the policemen 100 new bikes bought at the...

Mixed response to bicycle patrolling

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, Chennai Connect, July 2, 2016 After a gap of many years, on Thursday, a policeman hopped onto the bicycle given to the department for patrolling the narrow lanes in Aynavaram and surrounding areas. A little later, he returned with a...

Grand Island Police Department Say Officers On Bikes Are More Approachable

By Andrea Braswell, Reporter, NTV ABC Nebraska, July 1, 2016 Grand Island, NE -Police in Grand Island may be pulling you over on a bike this summer. As a way to reach heavier crime areas they say they're increasing their bike...

Old-style bicycle patrol to make a comeback in Chennai

By Express News Service, The New Indian Express, June 30, 2016 CHENNAI: On the defensive after the spike in crime rate, the Chennai City Police have decided to hit the streets,  literally. The force is returning to its roots of...