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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. 6/1/2005 Officer and a motorcycle make an impact: One officer and a stealthy, souped-up motorcycle help reduce accident rate in Wasilla - Wasilla, AK ...Wasilla last year opted for a motorcycle cop to reduce the number of wrecks in a city where parking lot after parking lot spews traffic directly onto the Parks Highway. The city counted more than 600 accidents in 2003, and there have only been more driveways, businesses and subdivisions built since then. The intersection of the Parks and Palmer-Wasilla Highway -- already one of the busiest in the Valley -- recently gained a Carl's Jr. and an A&W restaurant as well as a PetZoo store. Law enforcement officials say motorcycles, with their speed and maneuverability, are huge assets in reducing traffic problems. The Alaska State Troopers use two leased Harleys in Palmer as part of their patrols for drunken drivers.... Read the full story. 6/1/2005 University police receive motorcycle certification - Minneapolis, MN Some University and Minneapolis police officers said goodbye to their squad cars Friday at a ceremony in Williams Arena. The ceremony honored five Minneapolis police officers and one University police officer who received motorcycle certification. The certification allows the officers to enforce the law using police Harley-Davidson Electra Glide motorcycles. Scott Olson, one of the program’s training officers, said the motorcycle certification course is a challenge for many officers. “When (the officers) start off, they feel like they’ve ridden motorcycles for a long time, they think they know how to ride bikes,” Olson said to an audience of family and friends of the newly certified officers. “They find out the first day that it’s going to be a whole new ball game when they get on these bikes and get out on the course,” he said.... Read the full story. 6/3/2005 Charges likely to be filed Monday against Moline man - Moline, IL Illinois law enforcement officials are taking their time in filing charges against a Moline man accused of smashing into squad cars and running a Moline motorcycle officer off the road during a car chase Tuesday. Charges likely will be filed Monday in Rock Island County Circuit Court against Robert L. Bomar Jr., 19, said Moline police Lt. Jerry Patrick. Patrick said investigators met Thursday with Rock Island County State’s Attorney Jeff Terronez. He wants detectives to re-interview several bystanders, some of whom were struck, during the chase that spanned the Interstate 74 bridge and ended on Grant Street in Bettendorf, Patrick said.... Read the full story. 6/3/2005 Police motorcycle units make their debut - Cohasset, MA In an effort to get police out of their cruisers and more visible to the public, Police Chief Jim Hussey has been able to add two Harley Davidson motorcycles to the department's fleet of vehicles. The police motorcycles were a hit this past weekend when they escorted the trolleys carrying prom-goers to the town line and provided an escort for Monday's Memorial Day Parade. But residents with a head for accounting in these tough fiscal times can put down their sharp pencils. The motorcycles have been leased for a year. The Cohasset Police Association, the private fund-raising arm of the police union, is paying for one of the motorcycles and Hussey is using left-over funds in his cruiser account for the other. Leasing costs for each bike are $2,800 a year, plus roughly $500 for maintenance, Hussey said.... Read the full story. 6/3/2005 CHP Officer Shoots Suspect after Chase - San Pablo, CA Investigators say a California Highway Patrol Officer shot and killed a motorist who led authorities on a chase through the east bay Friday morning. CHP officials tell KRON 4 news a motorcycle officer fired the shots that killed the suspect. The shooting happened on Amador road between San Pablo Dam road and Alpine.... Read the full story. 6/4/2005 Long Beach PD returns to motorcycle roots - Long Beach, NY It happened in a split second, a veteran Long Beach police officer on motorcycle patrol avoiding two children on a bicycle. It had just begun to rain. Sgt. Martin Bergen spun off his bike that day in the late 1960s. He was in a coma for three weeks and suffered a head injury that led to his departure from the police force on which his father also had served. In the accident's wake, the Long Beach Police Department stored its motorcycles, and the unit disbanded in 1968. Now, 37 years later, the department -- in an effort to modernize its 71-member force -- is resurrecting the special unit. Two of the department's patrol officers -- Steven Gumiela and Jose Miguez -- are training with the Nassau Highway Patrol Bureau and are expected to hit the busy streets of the beach community next month. Among the most enthusiastic supporters of the unit's bittersweet rebirth are the late Bergen's family members. His son, now a Long Beach police officer himself, said that although he did not consider a move to the motorcycle unit, he and his family welcomed its return.... Read the full story. 6/7/2005 Fired officer loses 3-year battle to get his job back - Chandler, AZ He killed a woman and cost the city more than $4.6 million. On Monday, fired Chandler police Officer Dan Lovelace lost his three-year battle to get his job back. Calling it in the best interest of the Police Department and Chandler, City Manager Mark Pentz backed the 5-0 April vote by a city personnel board that recommended against Lovelace's reinstatement. But that doesn't mean the fired cop will never again carry a badge and gun. A ruling in November by the state agency certifying law enforcement officers allows him to keep his credentials and look for work with another police department. Lovelace, 40, was fired in 2002 after he shot and killed Dawn Rae Nelson, 35, in midafternoon at a Chandler Walgreens drive-through window. A motorcycle officer at the time of Nelson's death, Lovelace had also been involved in 2000 high-speed chase that led to the death of a college student. The city settled wrongful death lawsuits in both cases.... Read the full story. 6/8/2005 Motorcycle leases may be considered - Fort Worth, TX Motorcycle police officers would get increased reimbursements and could eventually drive vehicles leased at the city's expense under a recommendation to help offset officers' costs. A city report on the police motorcycle program recommends increasing monthly payments to motorcycle officers by more than 8 percent, from $475 to $515 per month for maintenance and fuel, said Susan Alanis, assistant director for the Police Department. The report, which was presented to the City Council on Tuesday, calls for eventually ending the program of officer-owned motorcycles to allow officers to drive bikes leased by the city. Motorcycle officers now purchase their own vehicles and receive the monthly stipend. They have asked the city for more money to help with rising fuel and maintenance costs.... Read the full story. 6/8/2005 Winchester Road targeted: CHP, two cities take aim at speeders on busy road - Murrieta, CA ...The program, called Winchester Road Interagency Traffic Enforcement, brings together officers from the California Highway Patrol and the Murrieta and Temecula police departments with a single mission ---- to write tickets for violations, particularly speeding. Two Murrieta motorcycle officers targeted speeders Wednesday morning along the southbound lanes of Winchester Road from about Hunter Road to Murrieta Hot Springs Road, where the speed limit is 55 mph. In just two hours, 17 tickets were issued to violators for speeds ranging from 68 mph to 86 mph, Froboese said.... Read the full story. 6/10/2005 Vallejo woman must stand trial for police pursuit - Vallejo, CA ...El-Amin - who reportedly suffered a minor gunshot wound to her upper arm at the end of the pursuit - faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon upon a peace officer, recklessly evading peace officers, driving without a valid license, hit-and-run driving and possession of narcotics smoking paraphernalia. The chase began about 6:50 p.m. Dec. 3, 2003, when a CHP motorcycle officer tried to stop a speeding car on eastbound Interstate 80 at Red Top Road near Cordelia. The driver, later identified as El-Amin, reportedly ignored the pursuing officer and failed to stop. A state Department of Fish & Game officer then joined the chase in his patrol vehicle and the pursuit continued to Green Valley Road. ... Read the full story. 6/10/2005 Cop's loved ones turn out for trial of alleged killer - Paterson, NJ Luis Hernandez entered a Paterson courtroom Thursday with head lowered and eyes intensely focused on the floor. Just as intensely, two dozen pairs of eyes - belonging to police officers and family members - scrutinized the Passaic man's every move. Hernandez, 40, stands accused of fatally running down a Clifton motorcycle policeman in 2003 during a traffic chase, and he faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted of the most serious charge against him. Since the accident that killed Officer John Samra, 41, of Butler, this is the first time the public has gotten insight into Hernandez's frame of thought. His lawyer, Ray Beam, said it was a tragic accident that is being made out to be a much more serious crime... Read the full story. 6/15/2005 Police Officer Injured In Motorcycle Accident - Nashville, TN A Metro Nashville Police Officer said he was riding his motorcycle on 6th Avenue near Demonbreun when he hit a slick spot in the road. His bike slid and he fell off of it.... Read the full story. 6/19/2005 Chopper lovers roar into Orange for bike show - Culpeper, VA ...The Fairfax County Police Motor Squad showed off their skills on two wheels at Saturday’s outdoor event, demonstrating close-to-the-ground agility and balance in a series of cone demonstrations. The 32-member squad manages traffic in busy Fairfax County on some 40 motorcycles, said motor squad officer M.E. Lewis. They’re not all Harleys, he said, adding, of course, he prefers the American-made type.... Read the full story. 6/21/2005 Motorcycle Officer Struck By Truck - Denver, CO A motorcycle officer from Commerce City is recovering from injuries after a Monday morning accident. Two uniformed officers were riding police motorcycles near City Hall in Commerce City when a large box truck turned in front of them into the municipal building. The truck hit one of the officers, causing him to lose control and crash. The officer was taken to the hospital with minor injuries and is expected to fully recover.... Read the full story. 6/21/2005 Couple from Pa. arrested, charged with drug trafficking - Newcastle, DE A Pennsylvania man and woman were arrested and charged with heroin trafficking after being stopped at the Delaware Memorial Bridge toll plaza here Monday morning, authorities said. At approximately 9:45 a.m., Delaware River and Bay Authority Police stopped the vehicle in which the couple was riding as a result of the department's Toll Plaza Safety Program, which was initiated earlier this month. The driver, Derrick Evans, 37 of Stewartstown, Pa., and passenger Alicia Blake, 21, of Airville, Pa., were traveling through the toll plaza when DRBA uniformed police officers stationed in the toll plaza on foot patrol noticed neither occupant was wearing a seatbelt. Evans ignored the officers command to pull over his 1995 Volkswagen Gulf to the shoulder area and continued traveling south on Interstate 295. A DRBA motorcycle officer followed and stopped the Volkswagen on I-295 near the Route 13 interchange.... Read the full story. 6/23/2005 JPD welcomes new police officer to force - Jackson, AL ...Jordan’s law enforcement career began in 1988 when he went to work as an auxiliary officer for the Mobile County Sheriff’s Department. He is a graduate of the Southwest Alabama Police Academy in Bay Minette. “My philosophy as a police officer is to treat people how I would want to be treated,” Jordan said. Besides being a regular patrol officer, he is also a certified hazmat truck inspector and a trained motorcycle officer as well.... Read the full story. 6/23/2005 Council cancels motorcycle dispute - Medford,OR ...Council members said they should not be put in the position of reimbursing expenses incurred without their knowledge or approval. Releasing the bike to Hobart releases the city from liability, they said. Gold Hill Police Chief Dean Muchow also urged the council to sign the bike over to Hobart. "My recommendation is (the bike) is kind of an albatross. Just sign the title over to (Hobart)," Muchow said. "Having a motorcycle in a department this size is like putting pearls on a pig." Read the full story. 6/23/2005 Students alerted to perils of DUI - Maricopa County, AZ A month after a 19-year-old Ahwatukee Foothills man died in an alcohol-related collision, a group of student drivers got a crash course in avoiding needless highway bloodshed. Tempe police motorcycle Officer Kevin Weeks, a victim of a DUI driver, himself, explained the perils of impaired driving Wednesday to about 50 students at Mountain Pointe High School. Katie Shoultz, 15, of Chandler, said the May 14 death of Joshua Bornstein and the DUI presentation by Weeks and Officer Jeff Corder, made a big impression on her.... Read the full story. 6/24/2005 Family of officer files suit - Redlands, CA The widow of a California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer has filed a civil suit against the city, the county and the driver and owner of the van involved in the collision that killed her husband at the intersection of Lugonia Avenue and Nevada Street a year ago, according to a court summons received Wednesday by the city. Patricia Goodman is seeking an unspecified amount greater than $25,000 for the loss of "financial support benefits funereal and burial expenses, medical expenses, household services" and emotional losses resulting from the death of her husband, CHP Officer James Goodman, 48.... Read the full story. 6/24/2005 Inquiry sought into 3 tickets issued by cop suing Oceanside - Oceanside, CA The head of the city's Police and Fire Commission is asking that the police chief investigate why traffic tickets were issued to former Mayor Terry Johnson and two associates by an officer who is suing the city. Lawson Chadwick made the request in an e-mail message to interim Police Chief Jerome Lance yesterday.... Read the full story. 6/24/2005 Motorcycle Officer Injured In Hit-And-Run Incident - Oklahoma City, OK An Oklahoma City police officer was injured Friday morning when he was struck by an alleged hit-and-run driver. Police said Sgt. Ron Ritter was struck by a decommissioned Frederick, Okla., police vehicle near the junction of Interstate 35 and Interstate 40. He was taken by ambulance to the University of Oklahoma Medical Center with minor injuries. Sgt. Greg Giltner said Carlos Antonio Tecumseh was arrested in connection with the incident. According to officers at the scene, Tecumseh was tracked down just a few miles away from the area where Ritter's bike lay in pieces. At the time he was hit, Ritter and another officer were using radar guns to monitor speed near the Fort Smith junction. Giltner said Tecumseh clipped Ritter, who was set up near the eastbound lane. "Sgt. Ritter was hit so hard, his affairs were spread all over the interstate -- including a dry cleaning bill, a citation and even his radar gun, which was knocked off him, 45 feet away," Giltner said.... Read the full story. 6/24/2005 Police uncover naked truth after short foot pursuit - Wichita Falls, TX peculiar chain of events Thursday afternoon led to a woman being seriously injured in a car wreck on Avenue F and police dragging a man - naked from the waist down - out of a house as neighborhood children watched on. It started shortly before 5 p.m. when a motorcycle officer said he saw a red Ford Taurus carrying two people run a stop sign at Avenue F and Giddings. The Taurus slammed into a Chevy Equinox carrying a woman and four children.... Read the full story. 6/28/2005 Officer, accused of on-duty sex, resigns - Milford, MA ...The man's complaint alleges he stopped at his Milford home about 1:30 p.m. on June 8 and found a police motorcycle parked outside. He said he went inside to pick up some work equipment and found his wife giving Pomponio oral sex near the front door. Pomponio separated from the woman and zipped up his pants while the husband retrieved his equipment, the complaint said. He left to file a police complaint after Pomponio told him, "You must hate me," his complaint said. The married Pomponio had stopped by on prior occasions, always while in uniform, on duty and often unannounced, the husband said.... Read the full story. |
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