Police from Hendra Station have recently obtained bicycles and have incorporated regular bicycle patrols as a part of their dedication to new and efficient approaches to preventing, disrupting and investigating crime.
Officers involved in these patrols have undergone a specific skills training course for these deployments.
Bicycle patrols are a tried and true policing technique that allows police to better access and observe public spaces.
Offenders who commit offences are generally not looking for officers on bikes – they are concerned with marked and unmarked patrol vehicles.
Officers on bicycles often report about having the ability when on bike to approach a crime in progress, unnoticed or unrecognised by the offenders until the very last moment.
Acting Inspector Paul French of the South Gateway Patrol Group said there were many benefits to police patrolling on bikes.
“Officers have already begun conducting proactive patrols as part of a strategy to investigate and prevent all types of offences,