FTPD receives donation of new police bicycles and gives gift baskets to college sweepstakes winners

By MARK RENFREE, TAPInto Franklin/Somerset, July 14, 2021 Photo by Mark Renfree SOMERSET, NJ – It was a day of giving at the Franklin Township Police Department’s community relations bureau as the department accepted a donation of four...

Houghton Police begin bike patrol

By Jesse Wiederhold, WLUC, July 12, 2021 Photo:  Patrolling the south side of the Portage Canal. HOUGHTON, Mich. (WLUC) - Warm weather is here for the summer in the Copper Country. This brings a surge of foot and bike traffic...

Ocean State Job Lot donates electric bikes to Narragansett PD

By Ryan Blessing, The Independent, July 10, 2021 Photo:  Narragansett Police Department Patrolman Kyle Rooney, Community Service Officers Kyle Sanderson and Michael Deprete, and Patrolman Paul Boisclair pictured with some of the GenZe bikes.  Photo Courtesy: Narragansett Police Department A...

Police bicycle patrols yield big advantages

By Dave Hilliard, the Daily Item, Jul 10, 2021 The Sunbury Police Department increased its visibility and level of communication with the residents it protects on July 2, the first day Sunbury Police Officer Aaron Doyle jumped on his bicycle and started pedaling...

Columbus police throwing summer block parties as part of mission to connect with community

By John Futty, The Columbus Dispatch, July 9, 2021 Photo:  Miairiah Mitchell, 7, reacts to dunking Columbus police officer Shawn Lutz during a summer block party Friday hosted by the bicycle officers of the police division's Safe Streets program at...

Wyandotte bike patrol officer makes community connections while fighting crime

By JIM KASUBA, News-Herald, June 25, 2021 Photo: One of officer Daniel Cole’s duties is to patrol the city’s downtown area, where he regularly checks on businesses. Photo courtesy of Wyandotte Police Department. WYANDOTTE MI -...

Ocean State Job Lot Donates E-Bikes To Block Island Police

The retail chain donated 14 electric bicycles valued at $1,300 each to the New Shoreham Police Department to help with summer patrols. By Mary Serreze, Patch Staff, June 29, 2021 Photo: New Shoreham Police Community Service Officers Michael Reilly and Brooke Foley with...

8 investments worth every penny for bike officers

From quality and appropriate cycling shoes to upgrading your ballistic vest, here are some simple and essential items to add to your safety and comfort By Clint Sandusky for Police1.com, June 28, 2021 During police bike patrol courses, instructors often say...

Bikes are back: Spokane Valley Police Department reinstates two-wheeled patrollers

By Colin Tiernan, The Spokesman Review, June 20, 2021  Photo: Spokane Valley Police Department Bike Patrol Officers Joshua Pratt, left, and Branson Schmidt will be out on the local public trails this summer. Being on bikes allows the officers to...

Baytown Police Department hits streets with bike patrol

By Mark Fleming, the Baytown Sun, June 19, 2021  Officers Kenneth Hockless and Macla Aguilera are two of Baytown’s newly certified bicycle patrol officers. The program is new to Baytown police. (Submitted by Baytown Police Department) Kaleb Hockless ...