Shifting gears on bike patrol in The Red Eye

Good story into the program:

We will see some of them at next week's Ride of Silence.

People don't take bike patrols seriously--that's not necessarily a bad thing

May 11, 2014|By Rachel Cromidas, @rachelcromidas | RedEye

Chuck Trendle was pretending to be a man drinking a beer along the lakefront trail—harmless, but still breaking the law.

When two police officers approached him on their bicycles to write him a ticket, he ran. The police chased him, cornered him between their two front wheels, pushed him over the frame of one of the bikes and cuffed him within seconds. Read entire article here

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Permalink Reply by Tom A.K. on May 15, 2014 at 5:02am
The article says "One of the problems with police on bicycles is that people consider bicycles to be toys. A police chief is loath to put his highly trained, well paid officers on a toy." Is that why people treat us cyclists with such disrespect because we are only riding toys and not to be taken seriously?!!
Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on May 15, 2014 at 6:16am

This is news to you?

Tom A.K. said:

The article says "One of the problems with police on bicycles is that people consider bicycles to be toys. A police chief is loath to put his highly trained, well paid officers on a toy." Is that why people treat us cyclists with such disrespect because we are only riding toys and not to be taken seriously?!!
Permalink Reply by dan brown on May 15, 2014 at 7:11am

thanks for sharing.

good article.

I especially like this part :

"Before this year’s team of new and returning riders takes to the streets, the officers must complete a five-day course in bike policing. CPD’s bike patrollers need to be able to dismount their bikes on the go, deliver a forearm strike while riding, and take down fleeing criminals, perhaps tackling them or using a “hook slide” maneuver, which involves braking while ramming the bike’s front wheel into a subject’s leg."

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Permalink Reply by Tricolor on May 15, 2014 at 7:49am

In an era of machine guns, air bursts and poison gas an Italian wearing a hat with chicken feathers isn't going to be taken seriously, either.

Serge Lubomudrov said:

I was half expecting ". . . pushed him over the frame" to end with "and spanked him."

But, to answer Tom A.K. here, people just don't know history. Toys, eh? ;)

Permalink Reply by Michelle Milham on May 15, 2014 at 8:10am

I love how "but some people percieve them to be toys" is surrounded by PARAGRAPHS of reasons why bikes are effective policing tools. 

But some people would read this and only come away with "police riding toys"

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on May 15, 2014 at 8:14am

 I thought it was a great article as well about the advantages to the program. 

Michelle Milham said:

I love how "but some people percieve them to be toys" is surrounded by PARAGRAPHS of reasons why bikes are effective policing tools. 

But some people would read this and only come away with "police riding toys"

Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on May 16, 2014 at 10:06am
It's a better idea than a cruiser taking up the bike path. The bike may be percieved as a toy and they look friendly but they still carry guns.

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