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This SLO County police department is adding electric bikes to its fleet. This is why
BY MARIANA DURAN, The Tribune News JULY 24, 2022 12:25 PM KSBY Channel 6, Video Link: https://www.yahoo.com/video/grover-beach-police-dept-begin-023525950.html One local police department is expanding its fleet of patrol vehicles by going electric. The Grover Beach Police Department recently acquired four new electric bikes, police Cmdr. Bryan Millard said, which will triple the size of its bike…
Tobago’s police patrols boosted with 12 electric bicycles, from U.S. Embassy
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian, July 12, 2022 Jesse Ramdeo A total of 12 electric bicycles were donated by the US Embassy, in collaboration with the American Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AMCHAM), to the T&T Police Services’ Tobago tourist-oriented police at a ceremony at the Shirvan Police Station yesterday. Acting Police Commissioner McDonald Jacob lauded…
Police e-bike gears up for community interaction: Olmsted, Ohio
By Joanne Berger DuMound/special to cleveland.com. OLMSTED FALLS, Ohio — It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s just the Olmsted Township Police Department’s latest vehicle — the electric bike. It may not be faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings with a single bound, but it gets…
Pueblo Fire Department to add Recon Ebikes to Emergency Fleet
By Justin Reutter, The Pueblo Chieftain, March 4, 2022 The Pueblo Fire Department will be getting two electric bikes that will give first responders quick access to emergencies at crowded events or in places that large vehicles have difficulty getting to. A grant of just over $9,600 from the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation will allow the fire…
Allen County Sheriff New Ebike Training Facility is Coming & Will Be First in the World
ALLEN CO., Ind. (WANE) – A new, one- of- its- kind electronic bike facility is under construction at the Allen County Sheriff’s facility, one of a few departmental projects begun this year, Sheriff David Gladieux said. Gladieux sat down with WANE 15 last week, looking back at the year’s progress in upgrading facilities and technology….
Maumee Police Hit Streets with New Electric Bikes
BY NANCY GAGNET | MIRROR REPORTER — Maumee bicycle officers will be rolling much faster thanks to the new electric bikes they are riding. Three Recon Power Bikes arrived on August 24. The new bikes provide battery power assistance that allows officers to travel up to 30 mph while conserving energy when they arrive on scene. “If…
NYC “Scorcher Squad” Americas First Police Bike Squad
Created by Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt in 1895 to apprehend speeding horse-drawn carriages, the 29-member bike squad, known as the “Scorcher Squad,” made 1,366 arrests in its first year. These fast riding cyclists were “scorchers” for the way they blazed down roads, the racers were called “cracks.” Impromptu sprint races between riders meeting on the street…
Beech Grove Police Department gets Ebikes
The Beech Grove Police Department received two electric bikes through a grant written by the Beech Grove Drug Free Coalition. The grant comes from a neighborhood-watch initiative. The new electric bikes will support greater patrol coverage and mobility on the Franciscan Trail, as well as increase neighborhood patrol.
Ohio Couple Donate Recon Ebike to Police
By KEVIN MARTIN | The Morning Journal | October 8, 2021 Photo: Sheffield Lake Mayor Dennis Bring, center, sits atop a new electric patrol bicycle donated to the Sheffield Lake Police Department on Oct. 6 with Chief Andrew Kory, left, and Joe Gee, left. (Kevin Martin/The Morning Journal) Sheffield Lake OH — Sheffield Lake Police Department will have…
TN Officer Wins RECON 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 (TN) Police Department has been named the winner of POLICE’s “Outfit the Bike & Motor Officer” contest….