Patrol Division - Bicycle

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Trek Police Mountain Bike

The Billerica Police Department utilizes bicycles to augment our traditional patrol function. Quiet, cost efficient, and amazingly effective, mountain bikes are able to bridge the gap between automobiles and foot patrol.

Experience has shown that citizens are more likely to approach a bike patrol officer than even a neighborhood beat officer; optimizing community oriented or problem oriented policing efforts. Bicycle officers are better able to use all of their senses, including smell and hearing, to detect and address crime. Bike patrol officers are often able to approach suspects virtually unnoticed, even in full uniform.

Established in 1995, our bicycle patrol has been a tremendous success. Our officers now frequent areas that were never patrolled by police. This is especially true of our wooded areas and parks where suspicious activity is often out of public view. In addition, stubborn community problems have been affectively addressed by bicycle patrols where the small patrol area can be a nuisance for criminals.

The Patrol Division has approximately ten officers, which regularly patrol on bicycle in addition to their other responsibilities.

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