Category: Police Cycles

York police’s community cycle unit expanded on 6…



York police’s community cycle unit expanded on 6 October 2003. Here are the officers at a training day, (from left to right) Sergeant Nigel Tottie, PC Helen Williams, PC Colin Sutherland, PC Ben Whiteway, PC Russ Harper, PC Steve James, Acting Sergeant Jo Smith, PC John Hebblethwaite and PC Steve Harvey.

Many of the emergency cyclists that attended this…



Many of the emergency cyclists that attended this seminar brought their bikes along to compare and contrast models and equipment. This example is used by West Midlands Police. It has a high-visibility cover for the bag, a white and a blue light and siren.

This white cycle is used by the City…



This white cycle is used by the City of London Police. The inset shows a close up view of the emergency warning equipment. Two white lights can be used at night, or the blue covers lowered to show blue light for emergency responses. The siren is mounted below these lights.

This police cycle is not strictly an UK…



This police cycle is not strictly an UK emergency vehicle, but was in the UK! It is one of the cycles used by San Antonio Police Department in Texas, USA. It has blue and red flashing lights, a bell and a siren. Interestingly, American cycles have the brakes the opposite way around to UK cycles.

Officer TJ Richardson is also the president of…



Officer TJ Richardson is also the president of IPMBA, the International Police Mountain Biking Association. He travels the globe giving lectures and practical exercises in using cycles for police work, drawing on the experiences of police officers worldwide. Here he is discussing such matters with North Yorkshire Police’s Chief Constable Della Cannings.

The very first emergency cyclist’s seminar in the…



The very first emergency cyclist’s seminar in the UK was very well attended. This is almost all of the participants posing amongst their cycles. Paramedics Tom Lynch (LAS), Mark Inman and Paul Brown (TENYAS) attended, along with Glen Towers (WYMAS). Officer TJ Richardson (SAPD, Texas), Nigel Tottie and Steve Harvey (North Yorks.) are in the foreground. Also present are police officers from Northumbria police, West Midlands Police and other constabularies. Two members of HM Coastguard can also be seen in the centre of the back row. They have been trialing the use of cycles to access remote costal areas by path.

An odd sight: a police officer in a…



An odd sight: a police officer in a ‘red man’ protective suit on a police cycle. This formed part of a demonstration of cycle patrol techniques at the Emergency Services Cycle Seminar at York’s Knavesmire in June 2004.

Here we see Inspector Nigel Tottie (in the…



Here we see Inspector Nigel Tottie (in the red man outfit) having a staged fight with Mark Cockram from the City of London Police. Mark explains that when using his police bike in this way to defend himself from a knife-wielding suspect the brakes should be off so that the suspect cannot get a good grip of the bike. A discarded asp (retractable police baton) lies discarded.

This is a Pashley KiT police cycle with…



This is a Pashley KiT police cycle with ‘police’ wording and blue and yellow checker markings on the frame. It also carries the Crimestoppers telephone number (inset shows close up), but unfortunately the numbers have been transposed. It should read 0800 555 111. Even the professionals get it wrong sometimes!