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From YouTube: This Week in Ames | Bike Patrol
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The Ames Police Department utilizes bike patrols to fulfill its mission of building relationships and deterring crime. These patrols are more accessible to the public than typical motorized patrols. This allows the bike officers to develop trust and strong relationships with students, business owners and residents of Ames.
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Carol's,
a
it's
a
nice
community
about
twelve
to
thirteen
thousand
people
when
I
came
over
here
to
ames.
I
already
had
some
friends
that
worked
here,
that
I
went
to
the
police
academy
with
so
I
kind
of
had
a
leg
up
in
that
opportunity
to
to
know
some
people
when
I
already
got
here
working
in
ames.
We
have
a
big,
diverse
culture
here
with
the
university
and
just
with
the
younger
age
group
of
people
that
we
deal
with
on
a
daily
basis,
and
we.
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Were
talking
about
that
at
reaching
different
populations,
this
the
police
department
uses
a
lot
of
tools.
We
were
mentioning
segways
just
a
few
minutes
ago.
The
police
department
has
many
tools
at
its
disposal
to
get
out
into
the
community
and
to
get
to
know
community
members.
You
actually
have
done
some
bike
patrolling
we.
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Have
a
bike
patrol
team
and
the
bike
patrol
teams
actually
been
around
since
the
early
90s
were
right
to
around
1990-1991
I
believe
this
when
it
started-
and
we
are
a
group
of
about
14
or
15
officers
that
we
have
designated
bikes
to
us
designated
uniforms
that
we
have
that
look
a
little
bit
different
from
our
regular
patrol
uniforms.
Then
we
go
out
and
we
cycle
on
the
parks
we
cycle
in
the
parade
will
be
when
we
do
football
games
or
visha
activities.
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It
is
it's
something
it's
it's
totally
different
from
being
in
a
patrol.
Are
you
know
where
you
might
have
your
windows
up
and
you're
going
at
a
quicker
speed?
This
gives
us
the
opportunity
to
slow
down,
observe
what's
going
on
around
us,
and
we
can
also
stop
pull
over
quickly
and
talk
to
somebody.
If
we
start
having
areas
that
have
been
like
recently
burglarized,
we
can
go
out
very
quickly
with
somebody,
that's
just
walking
on
the
sidewalk.
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Do
get
flagged
down
quite
often
oftentimes
when
put
patrols
card
dry
by
people
really
want
to
stop
and
say
something
like
hey
stop
on
a
bike.
They
can
easily
do
that
because
I
know
where
that
they're
going
to
that
we're
going
to
be
listening
for
those
types
of
things.
So
we
will
oftentimes
pull
over
and
go
up
and
just
talk
to
them.
So.
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We
we
kind
of
go
back
to
the
old
school
method
with
if
we
do
have
to
run
somebody's
license
or
whatnot.
We
have
to
do
it
from
our
from
our
radio
instead
of
doing
a
from
our
computer
in
the
patrol
car.
So
it
is
nice
not
having
those
extra
distractions
in
the
like.
We
do
in
the
patrol
car.
It's
just
you
in
the
road
and
the
pedestrians
and
the
vehicles
that
are
out
there.
So.
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Process
for
the
bike
patrol
team,
it's
really
nothing
special.
First
of
all,
you
have
to
show
the
sergeant
or
whoever
is
in
charge
of
the
bike
patrol
team
at
that
particular
time
that
you
would
like
to
be
on
the
team.
We
usually
have
openings
once
a
year,
once
every
two
or
three
years
we
have
an
opening
or
two
for
the
bike
patrol
team.
You
basically
would
just
let
that
supervisor
know
that
you'd
be
interested
in
joining
the
bike
team.
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Then
we
put
them
through
a
series
of
training.
It's
a
week-long.
Training
has
to
be
put
on
by
certified
by
constructor
IM
our
departments
bike
instructor,
so
I
run
them
through
the
week-long
course
that
week-long
course
is
pretty
intensive.
It
often
times
difficult,
it's
usually
pretty
hot
the
time
of
year
that
we
particularly
do
those
those
bike,
patrols,
classes
and.
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Yeah
we
are
looking
for
for
pedestrians
that
are
causing
issues,
motorists
that
are
causing
issues
if
they're
rolling
through
stop
signs
through
town
and
they
just
completely
blow
through
stop
signs
we're
able
to
catch
up
to
them
pretty
quickly
in
the
downtown
area,
mm-hmm,
say:
Mountain,
campus
town
there's
a
lot
of
good
areas
that
we
can
utilize.
The
bike
patrol
team
will
oftentimes,
do
seat
belt
projects,
seat
belt
enforcement
with
the
bike
patrol
team,
which
is
extremely
effective,
so.
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We
do
one
of
the
main
things
that
we
that
will
typically
do
is
a
a
bike
helmet
fitting
we'll
go
to
some
of
the
schools.
I
know
officer
Schieffer
did
that
this
year
went
and
gave
some
helmets
away
and
also
did
some
proper
fitting
of
helmets.
We
don't
want
the
helmet
to
be
too
tight.
We
don't
want
it
to
be
too
loose.
We
want
it
to
fit
nice
and
snug,
and
so
we'll
definitely
go
out
and
do
those
types
of
things
with
helmet
fitting.
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Another
thing
that
we
do
is
bike
rodeos
and
we'll
set
up
cone
drills
for
for
younger
children
often
times
we
could
do
them
over
like
the
Hobby
Lobby
parking
lot,
we've
also
done
one
for
the
Ames
christian
school.
We've
done
them
for
different
areas
of
town,
we'll
set
up
a
complete
course
for
the
kids
to
go
through
we'll
teach
them.
What
the
proper
hand
signals
are
some
of
the
common
rules
and
courtesies
of
cycling.
So.
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Two
infractions
that
are
equally
important,
one
of
them,
is
to
people
not
having
lights
on
their
bicycles
at
night.
Bicycles
without
lights
at
night
is
very
dangerous.
Motorists
are
not
necessarily
looking
for
cyclist,
with
no
lights
on,
it's
pretty
easy
to
be
involved
in
an
accident
in
that
regard.
So
as
a
cyclist,
you
have
to
really
be
in
a
defensive
mindset
and
not
having
lights
on
your
bike.
Either
front
or
rear
is
not
doing
their
part.
The
next
one
is
blowing
through
stop
signs.
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You'd
like
to
learn
more
about
bike
safety,
you
can
get
information
on
our
website
at
city
of
ames
org
also
for
the
calendar.
Remember
fourth
of
July
is
coming
up
and
once
again,
the
fourth
of
July
fireworks
will
be
held
on
the
night
before
that's
Sunday
July.
Third,
for
the
independence
day,
fireworks
followed
on
Monday
July,
fourth,
with
the
pancake
community,
breakfast
from
832
1030
and
the
fourth
of
July
parade
at
11am
on
Monday
July.
Fourth,
well,
that's
our
show
for
today,
thanks
for
watching
and
tune
in
next
week
for
this
week
in
Ames,.