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The Big 'E', and I don't mean Elvis!
By Andy Norrie
Captain Yates is one of those people who can spur someone to action with a pointed question or an inspirational conversation. So, because of him, I have written this article:
The Big 'E', and I don't mean Elvis!
I dedicate this article to the memory of the 63 police motorcycle officers who have given their lives in the line of duty in the past ten years. Let us learn from them, so that their deaths were not in vain.
The big E, I refer to is "Escorts." There are many different kinds of escorts and varying motivations for doing them. Some are legitimate and required by law, and others are the result of political, historical or other influences that motivate them. Unequivocally, I believe escorts are the most dangerous type of riding police motorcycle officers can engage in. I provide the following data and facts to support this statement and to identify an alarming trend.
First, the good news! Data from the Officer Down Memorial Page (www.odmp.org) was used to create the following graph that shows police motorcycle officer (PMO) deaths for the past ten years (2002 to 2011). The black line represents the total PMO deaths during that period. As you can see by the blue line, the ten year average is 6.2 PMO deaths per year. One PMO death is too many, but we can see a positive trend downward from the average has occurred in the last several years.
Now for the bad news! The following graph shows PMO deaths due to involvement in escorts as a percentage of total PMO deaths. Continue with the article >>
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