Roodhouse police adding bike patrols

Chief hopes method will allow more interaction with community By Samantha McDaniel, June 17, 2104, My Journal Courier, Jacksonville IL The Roodhouse Police Department will be patrolling the streets on bikes, as well as in cars, after it implemented a bike patrol...

Staffordshire police take to mountain bikes for Cannock Chase patrols

By Staffordshire Newsletter  |  Posted: June 14, 2014 By Alison Thomas Staffordshire police’s search and rescue team are getting on their bikes to patrol Cannock Chase thanks to a donation of four mountain bike’s from the county...

EMS taking to two wheels

Ambulance service personnel receive bicycle training By Debbie Holmes, Estes Park Trail-Gazette, POSTED:   06/13/2014 07:36:01 AM MDT The Estes Park Ambulance Service has parked their ambulance and gotten on their bicycles, well not exactly, but nine members of Estes...

Animal Control Goes to Two Wheels

By: Katie Husband, 06/13/2014 05:51 PM,  TWC News, Southern Tier Elmira Animal Control officers are stepping up their patrols through pedal power. The police department just put four officers through police patrol bicycle training. Time Warner Cable News reporter Katie Husband...

Notre Dame College police chief believes having officers pedaling on campus makes for a safer campus

By Jeff Piorkowski, special to Sun News , June 13, 2014 at 6:57 PM, http://www.cleveland.com SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio -- Summer and bikes go together. As it turns out, Notre Dame College Chief of Police Jeffrey Scott is a firm believer that...

UB course teaches law enforcement on two wheels

By CHARLES ANZALONE, Published June 12, 2014, UB Reporter “Police departments can use bicycles to establish a highly effective mobile patrol force that is more accessible to the community and puts police officers in places cars can’t travel.”...

Newquay police set to patrol resort on bikes

By CG Alex, Cornish Guardian, June 12, 2014 Photo: Bobbies on bikes (left to right): Inspector Dave Meredith, PC Darral Mares, PCSO Ben Pessl, PCSO Alex Allen, PCSO Liam Brannigan, PCSO Paul Price, PCSO Liz Whitehall, and Sergeant Emma Fox FREEWHEELING bobbies...

Maintenance Lesson #1: Do Not Rush

by Todd Prevost, PCI #650 Lafourche Parish (LA) Sheriffs Office So, it’s Halloween afternoon and Parish officials announce that trick or treat times have moved up one hour due to an approaching thunderstorm.  My patrol bike was in...

Shimano Click ‘R Pedal and Shoes

by Troy Gielish, PCI #1136/EMSCI #269 Irvine (CA) Police Department Fellow public safety cyclists, I had to take a minute to share my experience with the new Click’R shoe and pedal systems by Shimano.  I have been a...

The Guardian Angel: The Police View

by Jeff Britton, PCI #1205 Central Point (OR) Police Department The Guardian Angel personal safety lighting system is manufactured by 425 Inc., a personal safety device company founded in 2010 and headquartered in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin.  According to a press release, the...