Police training and use considerations for duty electric bicycles

[J.R.]

Ebikes are getting more mainstream everyday. Interesting article from and to law enforcement officers.

Training and use considerations for duty electric bicycles

Before or once you have purchased your duty e-bikes, deployment, officer safety and tactics considerations must be addressed prior to use

www.police1.com

Urban centers will surely see more cops on ebikes. I expect it won't be long before we see rangers on ebikes at popular trails and paths before long. The C&O Path, the G.A.P. Trail and other destination tails will surely adopt ebikes for first responders. If and when this happens, I wonder if public charging stations will follow?

Does your town have ebike patrol officers? Have you seen any cops on ebikes? Is it a viable program? Will it help advance adoption and infrastructure?

 

[Ken M]

Will be interesting if they get Class 3 ebikes and ride them on sidewalks and bike trails. That looks like a class 3 ebike in the picture. Hopefully they'll just get federally compliant "low speed electric bikes" and ignore the 3-class system / legislation.

 

[Art Deco]

Ebikes are getting more mainstream everyday. Interesting article from and to law enforcement officers.

Training and use considerations for duty electric bicycles

Before or once you have purchased your duty e-bikes, deployment, officer safety and tactics considerations must be addressed prior to use

www.police1.com

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Urban centers will surely see more cops on ebikes. I expect it won't be long before we see rangers on ebikes at popular trails and paths before long. The C&O Path, the G.A.P. Trail and other destination tails will surely adopt ebikes for first responders. If and when this happens, I wonder if public charging stations will follow?

Does your town have ebike patrol officers? Have you seen any cops on ebikes? Is it a viable program? Will it help advance adoption and infrastructure?

Ambulance call ?

Watch this cargo electric bicycle ambulance in action slicing through traffic

Bicycles, and especially e-bikes, are often the quickest way to cut through urban traffic. And so it makes perfect sense...

electrek.co

 

[J.R.]

Ambulance call ?

Watch this cargo electric bicycle ambulance in action slicing through traffic

Bicycles, and especially e-bikes, are often the quickest way to cut through urban traffic. And so it makes perfect sense...

electrek.co

Love that! Where there's a will.... then a need... the ideas will follow. I think we have more open minded people than the mass media would have us believe

Pittsburgh:

Pittsburgh Police to use federal funds for electric bikes, cold cases

The Pittsburgh police force is poised to receive just under $342,000 in federal grants that officials say will be used for technology, electric bicycles...

www.post-gazette.com

 

[Art Deco]

Love that! Where there's a will.... then a need... the ideas will follow. I think we have more open minded people than the mass media would have us believe

Pittsburgh:

Pittsburgh Police to use federal funds for electric bikes, cold cases

The Pittsburgh police force is poised to receive just under $342,000 in federal grants that officials say will be used for technology, electric bicycles...

www.post-gazette.com

Tangentially related. Maybe.

Advert for new e-bike banned in France because it ‘discredits the entire car sector’

The ad for VanMoof bikes supposedly causes a ‘climate of fear’ about motor vehicles

www.cyclingweekly.com

 

[Art Deco]

Ebikes are getting more mainstream everyday. Interesting article from and to law enforcement officers.

Training and use considerations for duty electric bicycles

Before or once you have purchased your duty e-bikes, deployment, officer safety and tactics considerations must be addressed prior to use

www.police1.com

View attachment 99654

Urban centers will surely see more cops on ebikes. I expect it won't be long before we see rangers on ebikes at popular trails and paths before long. The C&O Path, the G.A.P. Trail and other destination tails will surely adopt ebikes for first responders. If and when this happens, I wonder if public charging stations will follow?

Does your town have ebike patrol officers? Have you seen any cops on ebikes? Is it a viable program? Will it help advance adoption and infrastructure?

@Saratoga Dave . I just wanted to give you a shout to be sure you had a chance to see this.

 

[mschwett]

we have quite a few officers on bikes and ebikes around here. i’m not sure if they’re the equivalent of foot patrol or special purpose (e.g. suicide prevention on the bridge) but i think it’s great. gives you the community value of a foot patrol with a little increased range.

and i’m sure they don’t have to abide by whatever regulations apply to eBikes, just as an officer is entirely entitled to speed if needed to stop a crime or catch a suspect.

 

[J.R.]

Tangentially related. Maybe.

Advert for new e-bike banned in France because it ‘discredits the entire car sector’

The ad for VanMoof bikes supposedly causes a ‘climate of fear’ about motor vehicles

www.cyclingweekly.com

I saw that. Silly people, silly world

 

[Art Deco]

I saw that. Silly people, silly world

Silly isn't the word I'd use. But that's the world as it is. And that's why special purpose bikes that fit a niche well are so important.