Police use pedal power in crime fight
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THE police will be using pedal power to carry out patrols over
the summer months.
From next week, officers in north Kent will be getting on their
bikes for Cycling Visibility Week, to kick-start patrolling on two
wheels.
PCSOs, PCs and sergeants will be using the fleet of 34 cycles
pedalling out of Meopham, Bluewater, Gravesend, Dartford and North
Kent Police Stations.
The fleet includes 24 bikes bought last year at a cost of £700
each.
Neighbourhood Policing Inspector Steve Willson, who heads up the
team, said: "The bikes are an excellent way of getting about in the
town as they allow us to get to places more quickly than on foot
and more easily than in a car."
Each officer has to undertake a two-day training course, which
includes road safety, cycle maintenance, cycle skills and a fitness
test.
Of the 60 officers within the neighbourhood team, 45 are trained
to use the bikes.
Thursday, April 30 2009
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