Policemen on bicycles

[dellzeqq]

They'd have been wearing helmets!

Most of the 'on the job' cyclists at my nick are PCSO's now, and it bugs the hell out of me whenever I see them as they are nearly always cycling on the pavement!

eh? Surely not!

 

[AnythingButVanilla]

I saw a couple puffing their way up Lavender Hill a few weeks back and they were even more out of breath and red faced than I was. Chuffed

 

[TonyEnjoyD]

Do they have to shout Neee Nawwww - Neee - Nawwww as they cycle to a call?

 

[on the road]

I often see pcso's on bikes, two abreast if there's two of them, often riding the wrong way down a one-way street or jumping red lights, so i take it it must be OK to ride the wrong way down a one-way street or jump a red light then

 

[mattobrien]

I saw a couple today in London, near London wall. They were going the other way, otherwise the temptation for a scalp may have been too much.

 

[Linford]

Rarely see any in real life, but this thread reminds me of the film 21 jump street, and the very negative stereotyping they used with cycle mounted plod....

 

[TonyEnjoyD]

Rarely see any in real life, but this thread reminds me of the film 21 jump street, and the very negative stereotyping they used with cycle mounted plod....

Linford, your Avatar spooked me there - I thought my iPad had a bug!

 

[Dragonwight]

I see quite a few of them on their Smith & Wesson bikes loaded down with their crime fighting tool kit and blue lights wearing those black boiler suit things and boots.

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

i think i'm right, Cannondale bikes

The Police use Smith and Wesson bikes from cycle force.
http://www.cycle-force.co.uk/products/bikes.htm

edited ...... Dragonwight beat me to it

 

[derrick]

I saw one the other day and she was gorgeous, made me wobble when i went past her.( Palmers green area.)

 

[martint235]

[QUOTE 1970906, member: 9609"]I was in Liverpool a while back, and there was all these kids who seemed to be getting a little worked up and looking very uneasy, they kept shouting at each other "Bizzies on Bikes, Bizzies on Bikes" - Then two policemen cycled by. I later found out that's what they call the police in Liverpool - how bizarre![/quote]
They used to call them slops too. Try saying (rather than spelling) police backwards

 

[Cubist]

The Police use Smith and Wesson bikes from cycle force.
http://www.cycle-force.co.uk/products/bikes.htm

edited ...... Dragonwight beat me to it

When you say "the Police" I take it you mean police local to your little bubble of the universe? Ours use a mixture of Cube and Merida MTBs.

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

When you say "the Police" I take it you mean police local to your little bubble of the universe? Ours use a mixture of Cube and Merida MTBs.

That's obviously my experience, and I believed that it was standard issue kit.
Glad to be corrected though

 

[CopperCyclist]

That's obviously my experience, and I believed that it was standard issue kit.
Glad to be corrected though

And ours use Pashleys and Specializeds! I guess it's up to the force to budget and seek prices, much the same as the pandas

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

And ours use Pashleys and Specializeds! I guess it's up to the force to budget and seek prices, much the same as the pandas

I hope that your not going to make me cry, now I have deluded myself and think your all riding round on S-Works Tarmac SL4's and Venges.
Do you have any project black s-works for the flying squad, bit stealthy and undercover.