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Center City adds 20 additional bike patrols as part of larger public safety plan
The 'Safety Matters' initiative is an on-going partnership aimed at keeping residents comfortable as they return to normal life after COVID-19 lockdown BY MAGGIE MANCINI, PhllyVoice, November 9, 2021 Photo: Philadelphia Center City District As Philly workers resume in-person work and...
City applies for grant to continue police foot [and bike] patrols
By Mike LaBella, Eagle-Tribune, November 7, 2021 Photo: 2014 Photo by Carlo Russo, Eagle Tribune HAVERHILL MA— The city has applied for another municipal staffing grant that Police Chief Robert Pistone said will enable his department to continue running downtown foot...
Oak Bay police push to add electric bikes to patrol fleet
Police board approves proposed 2022 budget with .24-per-cent increase By CHRISTINE VAN REEUWYK, Saanich News, November 3, 2021 Photo: Oak Bay police Deputy Chief Mark Fisher on the bike during a previous stint with the force. The department is requesting the purchase...
Atlanta Police’s bike officers arrest man accused of murder
Several of APD's bike officers recalled seeing the man previously around a sidewalk near King Center. https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/atlanta-police-bike-team-arrests-murder-suspect/85-910132f7-0444-4567-96b8-eb68307a5cd4 by Jessica Brown, 11 Alive, Published: 11:19...
Atlanta bicycle officers arrest man accused of killing woman in Cobb hotel
By Alexis Stevens, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 28, 2021 A man accused of killing a woman inside a Cobb County hotel was on the run for eight days. But he couldn’t outrun Atlanta officers on bicycles, police said Thursday. ...
York police officers get motorized bikes
By Ed Weinstock, WGAL, October 21, 2021; Photo: video still from WGAL YORK, Pa. — Police in York unveiled a new way for officers to get around the city — motorized bicycles. In addition to pedal power, the bikes have electric motors...
UUPD Joins U’s Effort to Become More Sustainable
(Photo courtesy of the University of Utah Police) By Devin Oldroyd, News Writer, the Daily Utah Chronicle, October 24, 2021 As the University of Utah takes steps to have a more environmentally sustainable campus, working towards carbon neutrality, the U...
TN Officer Wins POLICE Bike & Motor Officer Contest
By Police Magazine, October 13, 2021 Photo: Sgt. Bill Timson with some of the products he won in POLICE's "Outfit the Bike & Motor Officer" contest. Courtesy Bill Timson. Sgt. Bill Timson of the City of La Vergne ...