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MOTORCYCLE POLICE NEWS.
Here is the article archive of headlines that have appeared in newspapers around the United States which relate to police motorcycle officers. 2/3/2009 Motorcycle officer involved in accident - Placentia, CA Imperial Highway at North Rose Drive was closed for more than an hour today after a Brea police motorcycle officer was involved in a crash. The on-duty officer was driving a patrol motorcycle south on Rose at 6:22 a.m. and turning to go east on Imperial when the bike clipped a center divider. The officer fell off and was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, Brea police Sgt. Bill Smyser said. Police are not releasing the officer's name because the family has not yet been notified.... Read the full story. 2/3/2009 Making improvements at the sheriff's office - Casa Grande, AZ There are significant organizational changes occurring in our Sheriff's Office. My phased plan is designed to improve safety and service for Pinal County families. I'm very pleased and proud of the professionalism of our deputies, detention officers, civilian staff and PCSO leaders during this period of transition and reform. We have created a new traffic team that will consist of a motorcycle unit. Through restructuring, we have added two deputies and a sergeant to this five-person squad. They will improve traffic safety by focusing on accident investigations, targeted traffic enforcement and DUIs. You can also now go online to our Sheriff's Office Web site to report traffic-related incidents. Pinal County will see our first multi-agency DUI task force in the very near future. We currently are planning and inviting all local police agencies to participate in DUI enforcement. This shall improve traffic safety for our Pinal County families and improves multi-jurisdictional cooperation to address any law enforcement matters. Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team is another area where local police agencies join together to pool our limited resources to address threats and criminal activity. Our SWAT team has been dramatically reorganized to achieve higher standards for training and performance. We held our initial meeting of the Pinal County Sheriff's Office SWAT Oversight Committee; this committee has been tasked with the responsibility of assessing and identifying equipment and training needs, restoring standards through the development of policy and standard operating procedures and will recommend a permanent SWAT commander to lead the team.... Read the full story. 2/7/2009 Barbershop Donates Saturday Funds To Fallen Deputy - Rancho Cordova, CA A Rancho Cordova barbershop donated all of it's proceeds to help the family of fallen deputy Larry Canfield. Watch the video story. Read the full story. 2/10/2009 CHP motorcycle officer injured in I-880 crash in Hayward - Hayward, CA A woman driving a Buick cut off a California Highway Patrol officer in freeway traffic this morning, causing him to crash his motorcycle into her car and break his ankle, the CHP said. The officer was driving his motorcycle in the fast lane of Interstate 880, near West A Street, about 6:45 a.m. when a woman in her 20s driving a white Buick LeSabre pulled in front of him, CHP Officer Cristina Tagle said. "Going by witness accounts, when she pulled in front, it didn't give the officer enough time to react, and he hit back of her vehicle," Tagle said. The officer suffered a fractured ankle.... Read the full story. 2/26/2009 NOPD motorcycle officer injured in accident in 7th Ward - New Orleans, LA An NOPD motorcycle officer was injured during an accident this afternooon caused by a pick-up truck that ran a stop sign, police said. The officer was on a paid detail, escorting a funeral procession at about 2:40 p.m. when a truck apparently ran a stop sign and caused the collision, said NOPD spokesman Bob Young. The officer's injuries are not considered life-threatening, Young said. The officer, aseven-year veteran of the New Orleans Police Department whose identity was not released, was transported to the hospital shortly after the incident.... Read the full story. 2/27/2009 Police department testing Honda motorcycles - Greensboro, NC The Greensboro Police Department hopes to save more than half of the cost of operating the motorcycles in its fleet by switching from Harley-Davidson bikes to Hondas. Two of the faster, sportier Honda ST1300P motorcycles were purchased this month, with more to follow as the older bikes are phased out, according to the police department. In addition to costing less, the Honda motorcycles also will be better for high-speed work, said Sgt. J.R. Franks , supervisor of the traffic safety unit in the police department's Special Operations Division . The Harley-Davidsons were better suited for low-speed, in-town types of enforcement, Franks said. Franks said other law enforcement agencies that use the Honda motorcycle have spent as little as 50 cents per mile driven. Greensboro spends about $1.16 per mile to buy and maintain each Harley-Davidson motorcycle in its fleet. The purchase price of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, including special police equipment and paying for the labor to install lights, sirens, radar and other police equipment is $25,360 . A similarly-equipped, police-edition Honda ST1300 is about $20,530 , according to the police department. The city has purchased two Honda motorcycles as part of a trial to see if Greensboro police will find the Hondas as useful as the Harley-Davidsons and if the Hondas truly save the department money in maintenance, Franks said. In two to six months, the department will do a cost analysis on the new bikes and if the analysis finds savings, the other Harley-Davidsons will be replaced, Franks said.... Read the full story. |
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