Trauma Arts vordert fiets Vlaardingen

Een fietser in Vlaardingen keek raar op toen zijn rijwiel werd ingevorderd door een arts.

Een traumahelikopter werd maandagmiddag gealarmeerd voor een incident in een flatwoning aan de Eksterlaan in Vlaardingen.
De helikopter kon op een veldje vlakbij landen.
Om snel ter plaatse te komen vorderde de arts van de traumahelikopter een fiets van een omstander om naar de flat te fietsen.
Om wat voor incident het precies gaat is nog niet bekend.

Bron: de Telegraaf

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Cycling medics to be deployed at major events on Jersey

ST John Ambulance officers will use bicycles to respond to emergencies at major events next year where ambulances can’t get through crowds.
The service has announced that it will create a cycle response unit – with officers carrying defibrillators – using money donated by the Sir James Knott Trust, lawyer firm Viberts and an anonymous donor.

The special bikes will have panniers containing first aid and lifesaving equipment and are designed to be used when ambulances are restricted because of large crowds or obstructions.

Jane Allan, the commissioner of operations, said that the new unit would improve safety for Islanders at events.

Bron: Jersey Evening Post

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WAARSCHUWINGSBEVEL
( yep, we zijn te gast bij het Leger )

Geachte bikers,

Wij (Koninklijke Marechaussee Schiphol) zijn druk bezig met de organisatie van de Landelijke Bikedag 2012.
Deze zal plaatsvinden op de Luchthaven Schiphol.
Er stromen her en der al wat aanmeldingen binnen.
Wij hebben alle contact gegevens, van de voorgaande jaren.
Wij zullen jullie dus via de mail contacten over de eventuele inschrijving.
Medio maart 2012 zal op de internetsite www.politiebikedag.nl het aanmeldformulier verschijnen.
Incl. alle voorwaarden en informatie..

We hopen dat u allen nog even geduld kunt opbrengen, dan zullen wij zullen er een mooie dag van gaan maken.

E. Dorst (Commandant Bike Team Schiphol)
R. Ishaak (contactpersoon bikers Kmar Schiphol)

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !!

Special thanks to Adam and Jamie
for building the new rocket booster for the “interceptor” Police bicycle!!

Tommy and Lars
The crew
BIKEPATROL.NL

for the former Xmas greetings click here

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Nut politiebikers in buitengebied bewezen

Na een proefperiode van een jaar maken de politiebikers nu permanent deel uit van het politieteam in De Kempen.
Het bike-team heeft het afgelopen jaar haar meerwaarde in het buitengebied absoluut bewezen.
De vier politieagenten die op speciale politie-mountainbikes hun werk doen zijn snel en flexibel, maken gemakkelijk contact met burgers, kunnen op moeilijk bereikbare plaatsen komen en blijken uitermate geschikt om toezicht te houden tijdens evenementen en festivals.

Veelzijdige inzet
Politie De Kempen startte in november 2010 met een bike-team voor een proefperiode van een jaar. Voor een politie-afdeling op het platteland was dit een geheel nieuw initiatief. Als snel werd duidelijk dat een bike-team ook in het buitengebied uiterst nuttig is.
De recente evaluatie bevestigde deze meerwaarde dubbel en dwars, waarop besloten is dat de bikers een vast onderdeel worden van Politie De Kempen.

Het team, bestaande uit vier politieagenten, is het afgelopen jaar vaak ingezet tijdens evenementen zoals Salvationz en Dominator. Maar ook tijdens kermissen, koopavonden in winkelcentra en in de horeca. Daarnaast hebben de bikers ook gespeurd naar hennep in de maïs. Met de mountainbike kunnen de agenten op plaatsen surveilleren die voor auto’s onbereikbaar zijn.
De politiebikers zijn ook met specifieke opdrachten in het kader van Informatie Gestuurde Politie (IGP) op pad gegaan. Het team vervult een belangrijke rol bij het verzamelen van informatie en het specifiek en doelgericht aanpakken van problemen die naar aanleiding van de IGP-analyses naar boven komen.
Op de fiets ben je gemakkelijker aanspreekbaar voor de burger. Het werkt tevens goed om op deze manier jeugd te controleren. De fietsende agenten krijgen regelmatig positieve reacties van burgers.

Bron Politie.nl

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Robocop fighting for his life!

The policeman dubbed Robocop after collaring a record-breaking 309 criminals in a year was last night fighting for his life after being mowed down by a hit-and-run driver.
Constable Diederik Coetzee, who patrols his neighbourhood on a mountain bike, was off-duty when he was knocked from his saddle after being hit from behind.
Colleagues were yesterday investigating the possibility that the 54-year-old was deliberately targeted by one of the hundreds of crooks he has arrested.

The beat officer was wearing a high-visibility vest and his bicycle had its lights on when he was hit by a car which failed to stop on Friday night.
PC Coetzee won a formal citation in 2005 when he clocked up 309 arrests by October – beating the previous annual arrest record for a single officer of 305, held by a Northumbria dog handler, with two months to spare.

His final arrest tally for 2005 stood at 366, but at the end of the calendar year it emerged he had been trumped by Carlisle PC Gerard ‘Mac’ Maguire, who had made 369 ‘collars’.
PC Coetzee responded by vowing to beat 400 in 2006 – and won back his record by clocking up an amazing 404 arrests during that year.
The PC also spoke of his ‘very high energy levels’ which had seen him complete 12 ‘Iron Man’ events and added that he relaxed by ‘cycling, running and canoeing’.

Many of PC Coetzee’s arrests were carried out while he was patrolling the tough Ladywood estate in Mansfield on his mountain bike.

Bron: Sky news

We all hope for speedy recovery !!
Please let them know we are one big bike patrol family an send a messages to PC Coetzee and his family to fhqpro@nottinghamshire.pnn.police.uk

The video of PC Coetzee in better times.

 

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Politiebikers op Curacao

De agenten Christopher Heije en brigadier Angelo Ignatius, die deel uit maken van het KPC Bike team, zijn gecertificeerd als ‘politiebiker’.
Zij hebben vier dagen lang deelgenomen aan de Mountainbike opleiding, verzorgd door de Koninklijke Marechaussee.
Deze training bestond uit trap afdalen op de fiets, schieten met een vuurwapen vanaf een fiets, maken van slidings van 90 en 180 graden, noodrem en afstanden van 40, 60 en 70 kilometer afleggen. Afgelopen vrijdag heeft de uitreiking van de certificaten plaatsgevonden op de patio van de Koninklijke Marechaussee in Suffisant.
De geselecteerde groep bestond uit acht cursisten van de Kmar, KPC en politie van BES.

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From red-light runners to drug dealers, Edinburgh’s bicycle police have it covered

It’s 10am on the Meadows and I’ve joined them on one of their regular patrols.
They’ve no sirens or blinding livery but as our red-light jumper discovers, they’re a stealth force to be reckoned with.

This time it was only a minor infringement, a red-faced cyclist and a £30 on-the-spot fine, but it’s not just petty offenders that the two-wheeled St Leonard’s enforcers have put the brakes on.
They can also boast of cornering hardened criminals before the squad cars have even arrived.

In one recent case the unit came to the aid of two off-duty officers who had witnessed a drug deal in Panmure Place off the Meadows. “We got the call saying two officers had witnessed this guy making a deal and when they confronted him he’s gone berserk,” says Pc Bell, 40, a Lothian and Borders Police veteran of 15 years and who trains the bike unit at the station.
“Although we were right across the Meadows we cut straight across the grass and got there first to find this guy rolling around on the pavement with the two officers. The squad cars had to drive around the park and didn’t get there until after us.

“That’s a relatively rare incident, but it shows the benefits of two wheels.”

Of all of the benefits the bikes offer, stealth is among the most valued. The officers barely stand out from other cyclists, which comes in handy.
“To me the best thing about patrolling on bike is having that element of surprise,” says Pc Harman, 34, who joined the force four years ago after 12 years with the military police. “In the summer you get problems with under-age drinking on the Meadows. If we were in a patrol car they’d see us coming, but with the bikes they don’t know you’re there until you tap them on the shoulder.

“It also means you catch a lot of motorists on their mobiles.”
There are, as we discovered on our early morning chase, downsides to not being noticed.
“It can be quite tricky to get someone’s attention. We don’t have lights or a siren, and it’s hardly like we can go ‘woo woo woo’.

“There was one instance when I had to chase a fruit and veg van for about a mile because its back doors were wide open but they couldn’t see me.”
Lothian and Borders Police set up its first cycle unit in 2006 to patrol the city centre, and has since established units to cover Drylaw, Granton, Leith and the Water of Leith. The St Leonard’s unit covers parts of the Old Town and the Southside and has a range of responsibilities. It also covers the Meadows, Newington, and the leafy suburbs of Marchmont, Bruntsfield and Morningside.

Pc Bell and Pc Harman – part of the ten-strong team at St Leonard’s – deal with all aspects of policing, but in particular focus on fellow cyclists breaking the law. Infringements of cycling legislation might not sound like a priority for police, but there is considerable public demand that it be robustly enforced. Recent figures showed the unit handed out 30 fines in just two months, stopping and cautioning far more.

Pc Bell says: “We sat down with councillors and community groups to ask what they would like to us to focus on, and antisocial cycling was among the main issues.
“We stopped one professional guy on his way to work just the other week who said ‘if I stopped at every light from my home to work that would be 40 stops’. He was missing the point.”

Missing the point is clearly what a number of cyclists do.
The force has rolled out the cycle units for recent campaigns, including last month.

A total of 247 cyclists were stopped by officers and given advice for a number of issues including red-light offences, cycling on pavements and bike security/safety. A further 152 were issued with information on visibility.

Sourch Edinburgh Evening news

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Ambulance service comes in for praise in Qatar

FIRST-AID providers on bicycles are ready to reach crowded areas in Doha with Hamad Medical Corporation launching the new Bike Emergency Service.“In the initial stage they will be stationed from 5pm to midnight at the Corniche, Rumaillah Park and Souq Waqif, areas which are crowded, especially during weekends,” an official of Hamad Medical Corporation’s Emer-gency Medical Services said yesterday.

The well-trained personnel would provide emergency first aid to those in need prior to the arrival of an ambulance to rush patients to the Accident and Emergency Department.

The bikes are equipped with a first-aid bag for the treatment of mild injuries, a heart resuscitation system and an oxygen cylinder. The service could be availed of by dialling 999 and reporting the injury and location of the patient.

“The number of Bike Emergency Service stations is expected to be increased in the near future to cover sports events as well,” the official said.

The new service, which has been running for two weeks now, has been described as “efficient, prompt and timely in providing emergency first aid for a number of cases”.

Source: Gulf News

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Battery bikes to power city police in South Africa

eThekwini mayor James Nxumalo has challenged other mayors to make a commitment to riding a bicycle to work at least once a week.
Nxumalo threw down the gauntlet at the launch of an E-Bike battery-powered pilot project yesterday.
Ten electrical bicycles were handed over to the metro police for use in patrolling the Durban beachfront.

“I will be cycling regularly from my home in Pinetown to work at the city hall. I will do my best to do this regularly. I am challenging other mayors in South Africa and internationally to commit themselves as I have,” said Nxumalo. He said the aim of the programme was to test alternative modes of transport for the city, as petrol and diesel contributed to global warming, and bicycles could offer an alternative to the traffic in the city centre, which was a “nightmare”.

The bicycles make use of a lithium ion battery which is rechargeable and provides power for up to 45km.
Carlos Esteves, the deputy head of eThekwini’s Energy Office, said the city would establish more designated cycling routes.
“This programme should encourage people to get out of their cars and enjoy the city and exercise,” said metro policewoman Nompilo Mthethwa.

“It will help us work faster should there be any criminal activities. It’s also environmentally friendly and it motivates me to to keep fit,” she said

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Politie Bike dag Volendam is groot succes!!

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Great interview!
Jeff Hoyne, Seattle Port Police Bike Patrol Unit

After watching this video, you will better understand day-to-day patrol tactics used by the Washington State Port Authority.

With thanks to Police.One

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De ciclismo la policia nacional civil,
Guarnecia, El Salvador

Negen Politie bikers op 3 fietsen....ja, het kan echt.

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NK MTB voor de Politie

Op vrijdag 9 december 2011 organiseert de politieregio Brabant-Noord in samenwerking met de gemeente Oss het Nederlandse Kampioenschap MTB voor de politie.
Locatie is het bekende circuit ‘De Ruijsheuvel’ in Oss. Het NK wordt hier voor de eerste keer gehouden.

Bikepatrol.nl correspondents!

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Shetland police took to the beat by pedal power.

Constables Andrew Card and Daniel Whittingham were the first to go on bicycle patrol when they took off down to the Esplanade in the sunshine to check out a problem with one of the traffic lights.
Along with constables Nicola MacAngus and Graham Johnstone they are the first four volunteers in the local force for the new bicyle patrols but more are to join in once they are kitted out.

The two bicycles in service are mountain bike-style built specially for police use with a pannier containing a repair kit and some of the tools of the officers’ trade.

Chief inspector David Bushell said it was the Shetland force’s own decision to introduce bicycles for officers to use in town at certain times, day and night, making them able to cover their beat far quicker than on foot.
He hopes they will be useful for getting into areas like the lanes where police cars cannot go. They will be much in evidence during the Tall Ships Race later this month.
He admitted part of the motivation is to save on fuel costs and make the force more eco-friendly, as well as improving officers’ health.

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Orida the Movie

Film over het werk, van de fietsbrigade Orida van de Politiezone Antwerpen.

 

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Ambu bikes voor Den Haag

In Den Haag wordt er hard aangedacht om deze zomer fietsambulances door de stad en langs het strand rijden om tijdens drukke stranddagen en evenementen tijd te winnen als er hulp nodig is.
De Haagse ambulancedienst treedt in de voetsporen van Londen, Toronto en Utrecht, waar al met succes de fietsen worden ingezet.

Op een zomerse dag, als het verkeer muurvast staat of bij een evenement, slalomt de fietsambulance handig overal tussendoor.

Naar verwachting kan de fietsambulance in 2 à 3 minuten overal ter
plaatse zijn.
Speciaal voor Utrecht is 'ambu-bike' ontwikkeld met een fietstas, waarvan de uitrusting niet onderdoet voor die van een ambulanceauto.
De tas is een volledige noodpost, die levens kan redden.

De ambu-biker kan hartfilmpjesmaken, zuurstof toedienen, suikerpatiënten helpen aan medicatie en infusen aanleggen.
Het enige wat de fietsende ambulancebroeder niet kan, is mensen vervoeren.

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A Canada Goose knocked a Cincinnati police officer off of his bike.

A Cincinnati police lieutenant who was out riding a bike on patrol through the Jordan Crossing strip mall Friday evening reportedly was ambushed by a male Canada goose protecting its mate and their nest, somehow knocking him from his bike and into a plate-glass window, seriously cutting his arm.

Lt. Michael Savard’s injuries required stitches, but he was expected to be released from the hospital Friday night, said Cincinnati police Capt. Jeff Butler, though Butler said he did not have details about how he was injured.

Jordan Crossing security guard Orlando Smith said he was informed the lieutenant had been attacked by a goose, which this time of year can generally be found standing on the roof of the single-story strip mall, keeping a watchful eye on individuals who might bother his mate and their nest, which she built in a square planter in the center of the open-air strip mall.

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Police officers in north Cumbria will be using specially-adapted bicycles when they go out on the beat.