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Updated March 31, 2008
Bike Patrol
The Bicycle Patrol Unit was organized in 1997. The unit is instrumental in getting patrol officers to locations rapidly where an officer in a vehicle could not go and where an officer on foot would not be able to respond quickly. The bicycles are quiet and permit the officer to patrol and yet be able to hear the sounds around more acutely. The unit is very helpful during public functions such as the Hometown Celebration and Christmas in the Park.
The stealthness and close contact of the officer with the neighborhood was born out past year when Officer Wing was riding his bicycle through one of our neighborhoods when he observed a suspect smoking marihuana in their backyard. This resulted in an investigation and ultimately an arrest. The Unit has also had a great deal of success in several neighborhoods with long-standing traffic complaints, where they could hide and observe violators, and yet quickly overtake the violator's vehicle and make a traffic stop.
The members on the Bicycle Patrol Unit are Officer J. Hughes, Officer J. Valles, Officer T. Penkala, Officer T. Foster, Officer J. Alejandro, Officer T. Stevens, Officer B. Kramer, B. Howard, M. Midkiff and Officer R. Jones.
