I have to think they put cops on bikes just so they can get into tighter places than a squad car faster than a cop on foot. If you've ever watched "COPS" they had some great episodes following a bike cop around Las Vegas.
But that's all just an excuse for me to share my favorite bike cop anecdote. I was parked near the Edgewater at the top of the hill going towards the Capital, and I saw there was a skateboarder timing the stoplight at Gorham St. so he could blast through the intersection full speed. The light changes, he starts flying down the hill, and I hear "HEY! HOLD IT!" and there is a bike cop chasing the skateboarder down the hill at full speed. The skater looks back, drags a foot to do a 90-degree turn into an narrow alley, jumps off the board and kicks it ups to himself, and runs down the alley without ever breaking stride. The cop and I were left to stand there with our mouths hanging open. ------------ Patrick Lenon > Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 11:36:26 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Cops on bikes - city press release > > The press release is written from a really pro-bike stance (which is > cool!), but is lacking in information on how this helps officers do their > jobs more effectively. Does anyone have a good article on how cops on > bikes do their jobs better than cops in cars or cops on foot, or what new > approaches this combined bikes-on-cars option allows them? > > (While I take it for granted that adding bikes to anything makes that > thing better, this is not a universally-held belief.) > > Thanks, > Mindy Preston > > > Thought the Bikies would be interested in this press release that landed > in > > my RSS feed this AM: > > http://www.cityofmadison.com/news/view.cfm?news_id=2275 > > > > > > Robbie Webber > > Bike Walk Madison Steering Committee > > www.bikewalkmadison.org > > Join our group on Facebook! > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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