Originally Posted by Keith99

D@mn someone who does some research. You've 95% sold me that he has a real problem selling bike patrols and with good reason. Only ~15,000 in Arizona would tend to mean spread out. That is car country. The only way I can see bike patrols getting sold is to model it after many of the Horse patrols. Officers provide the bikes and the patrol is for 'special' circumstances. Special meaning any big events, possible search and rescue and perhaps for part of the year patrols in parks. In that small a department if there is some patrol/shift that everyone tries to avoid but some officers would actually like if they could do it on bikes might sell. BUT there has to be such a patrol and it has to work for bikes, e.g. if it is the cover the wide open spaces a car can cover 5 times the ground and be better suited if there is trouble, so bikes wont work let alone sell.