whats the deal with scooter renting on 30a?

[SHELLY]

Don't be surprised if we see BIKE cops this Spring and Summer.

Some might recall that when Ralf Johnson was running for his first re-election he put bike cops on 30A. VERY POPULAR, helped that FELLOW get re-elected.

Popularity still exist and we now have a new, young, thougtful Sheriff... We'll see how he responds to the idea. BET HE DOES IT...

Scooters are cool as long as they are on the street not the bike path. Maybe we can get some bicycles to actually use the paths if the scooters take over the streets. I'll trade the bike for the scooters on the street any ole day.

:roll: Yeah, right.

...we have no money in the budget to post warning flags on the beach, yet we'll have money to fund a squad of "Officer Friendlies on Schwinns?"

 

[goofer]

Where do you find these photos ????

 

[Kurt]

A cop on a bike is cheaper than a cop in a car. It is also good PR to have friendly officers easily accessible. They do have to answer a lot of quesitons though.

 

[grant blackwell]

Scooter Rentals

:roll: Yeah, right.

...we have no money in the budget to post warning flags on the beach, yet we'll have money to fund a squad of "Officer Friendlies on Schwinns?"

You gotta love sowal. Talking about scooters and somebody whines about beach warning flags. I must be missing something, thought we had waringing flags. We also have 140 deputies, taking a few out of cars and putting on bikes sounds pretty good to me.

 

[Smiling JOe]

You cannot compare the cost of the bike officer to the cost of the car officer. A bike cop would be more efficient in a compact town center, but when our town is spread out linear, over 20 miles, you would have to hire more cops to patrol the same area if they are all on bikes, so the actual man-hours would end up costing more than the cost of the car. It takes too long for a cop to respond to an incident in WaterColor, if the cop is on a bicycle in the next neighborhood over, Grayton Beach, and by the time the cop would get there, he or she would be exhausted from the 3 mile sprint on a mountain bike.

 

[SHELLY]

You cannot compare the cost of the bike officer to the cost of the car officer. A bike cop would be more efficient in a compact town center, but when our town is spread out linear, over 20 miles, you would have to hire more cops to patrol the same area if they are all on bikes, so the actual man-hours would end up costing more than the cost of the car. It takes too long for a cop to respond to an incident in WaterColor, if the cop is on a bicycle in the next neighborhood over, Grayton Beach, and by the time the cop would get there, he or she would be exhausted from the 3 mile sprint on a mountain bike.

A better idea would be to establish a "Citizen's Bike Patrol." Issue out helmets, shirts, badges and a whisle--some people would do anything if it included a badge and a whisle.

 

[John R]

those two sure do look soft and cuddly. there will be a few like this guy who will make the change on the timpoochee trail though.

no messing around.

 

[Matt J]

That's officer Jim Dangle.

 

[Miss Kitty]

...this has the Mers wrotten* all over it!