WSU police department starts bicycle patrol

By Calen Moore, the Wichita State University Sunflower, October 3, 2020 Photo:  Officer Matthew Feldt rides a bike patrolling campus. The campus police hope this program will grow and make them more approachable for students as well as demonstrate bike safety...

Franconia police get new electric bike

By Bob Keeler. Montgomery News, 21st-centurymedia.com, September 23, 2020  FRANCONIA PA — The department just got an electric bike, Police Chief Michael Martin told the Franconia Township Board of Supervisors at its Sept. 21 meeting. “It's a really...

Resident donates e-bike to Hamburg Police

By Lisa Mitchell, Berks-Mont, 21st Century Media, September 15, 2020  Hamburg resident Cindy Blefgen, far right, donated an electric assist bicycle to the Hamburg Borough Police Department. Pictured on left is Hamburg Police PTL. Keven L. Chase and Hamburg Borough Mayor...

Albany Officer Trades Patrol Car For Bike

By Marisa Jacques, City of Albany, Spectrum News, August 6, 2020 Photo: Spectrum News "People are open to come up and talk to you than inside a police car," said Albany Police Officer Nicholas Carpenter. Carpenter had been patrolling Albany'...

Bike unit makes pair of arrests alongside West Shore RCMP top cop

Unit formed in 2018, patrols area trails By GOLDSTREAM NEWS STAFF, August 21, 2020 Photo: Insp. Todd Preston, officer in charge of the West Shore RCMP, joins the bike unit for a routine patrol on Aug. 20. (West Shore RCMP handout) A group of...

Meet the cyclist squad saving lives in the Downtown Eastside

DTES bike paramedics responded to 63 emergency calls in their first 10 days By Sarah Grochowski, September 16, 2020, VancouverisAwesome Photo: DTES Bike Squad paramedics Tom Venables (left), Troy Gienger, Chris Iregui, and Darren Metta Photo: BCEHS After nearly a year away from their...

New police bike patrol unit ready to roll in Chatham-Kent

By Ellwood Shreve, Chatham Daily News, September 15, 2020 Photo:  Chatham-Kent Police Service Constables Chris Reynolds, left, and Kim Pfaff, are among the local officers trained to serve on the new Bicycle Patrol Unit approved during Tuesday's police services board...

Cycling the beat: Police in Inverness now have access to bikes to attend ‘local issues’

By Louise Glen, the Inverness Courier, 10 September 2020 Photo:  The Inverness Courier Police in Inverness now have access to bikes to get around the city. Police officers in Inverness can now attend local issues and patrol the area by...

Fort Myers police looking to put more officers on bicycles

by Michael Raimondi, ABC Channel 2,  September 9, 2020 Watch the video: https://youtu.be/2OsDo0VqhHU FORT MYERS, Fla. – Fort Myers police are looking to put more officers on bikes when patrolling around downtown. Right now, 58 officers are bike...

Berlin More than Doubles Number of Cops on Bicycles

By Imanuel Marcus, Berlin Spectator, September 4, 2020 Photo by Berlin Police Department They ride in rain, on snow and ice, in storms and temperatures of up to 100 degrees Fahrenheit: Cops on bicycles were introduced in Berlin six years ago. What...