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TWO-WHEELED JUSTICE: MODERN BICYCLE POLICING
The Blauer Dispatch, Posted on April 15, 2014. Most of us had a bike as kids, usually a Huffy or Schwinn bedecked with the popular accoutrements of the era (ranging from tassels on the handlebars, to baseball cards in the wheel spokes,...
County police bike patrols begin this week
Posted: Sunday, April 20, 2014 4:30 pm |Updated: 8:30 pm, Sun Apr 20, 2014. By Jane Bellmyer, the Cecil Whig NORTH EAST — Cecil County residents are familiar with seeing police officers in their patrol cars or perhaps on foot patrol. Starting this week, however,...
Areas With Most Shootings, Robberies to Get More Police on Bike Patrols
By Casey Cora on April 18, 2014 11:25am | Updated April 21, 2014 8:44am, DNAInfo.com BRIDGEPORT — Police officers on foot patrol in high-crime areas will ride bicycles to help boost their visibility in the neighborhoods, city officials announced Friday. More than one-third of...
Chicago Cops to Patrol Most Violent Areas on Bikes
Saturday, Apr 19, 2014 | Updated 1:29 PM CDT; NBC 5 Chicago Some of the police officers who have been patrolling Chicago's most violent neighborhoods on foot are getting bicycles. The idea is to extend the amount of territory they can cover...
Police Cruiser
By Mark Jones, Get Out Chattanooga Sunday, September 1, 2013 Were you already a cyclist before joining the bicycle patrol and if so how long have you been riding? No. Serving as a bike patrol officer for 15 years has launched my interest...
Crips Gang Member Driving Chattanooga Volkswagen Vehicle Charged With Running Over City Police Bike
Sunday, April 13, 2014, The Chattanoogan.com A man who police say is a member of the Crips street gang has been charged with running over a city police bicycle officer while driving a Chattanooga Volkswagen vehicle. Timothy Dewayne Shropshire, 21, of 4310 Righton...
Man on bond faces more charges after allegedly running over Chattanooga police officer
Posted: Apr 15, 2014 6:21 PM EDTUpdated: Apr 15, 2014 6:21 PM EDT, By WRCB Staff CHATTANOOGA, TN (WRCB) -A man out on bond faces more charges after allegedly running over a Chattanooga city police bicycle officer. It happened April 5th, a Bike Patrol Officer...
Police bike patrols should be routine in the warm-weather months
THE DAILY LOCAL NEWS, POSTED: 04/15/14, 7:58 AM EDT Crime usually doesn’t care about the weather — although the bad guys don’t generally get out when there’s a foot of snow on the ground. It...