...bicycles are in the Lothian and Borders Police fleet.
The answer is in an article on the Scotsman site today if you want to cheat.
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(19 posts)- Started 11 years ago by cb
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About 21 I think
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Here's the link.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/police-cycle-numbers-up-1-2685109
Have a guess first (not chdot obv.)
No prize.
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I would never have guessed it was so many. That's a bad case of n+1 they've got there!
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I'm not going to grace that article with my online presence, however I assume the comments page is full of the likes of wasting money raised by fleecing "hard pressed" motorists with stealth taxes on speeding and parking fines on bikes
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Given how many I've seen, I'd guess around ten at the most. Maybe 20, allowing for some redundancy.
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<reads article /> Wow!
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Goodness! They didn't send that many to POP iirc.
I have seen 6 on the canal 1 day in summer. Never seen any on the innocent. Where are they patrolling?Posted 11 years ago # -
Where are they patrolling?
Hordes of coppers on MTBs round Peebles and Innerleithen, 'patrolling' a certain famous biking trail perhaps?
Posted 11 years ago # -
I suppose that's L&B, not just Edinburgh, but even so...
When do they ride them??
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I asked a friend "on the inside" about this, and there is at least one beat policeman who is a very competent cyclist but who doesn't sign out and ride a Police bike because of the risk of the local scrotes stealing it!
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I think I heard/read somewhere that bikes are quite useful to the police in Livingston where there's a bit of a network of paths away from the roads that would otherwise be difficult to patrol (needed in some of the "rougher" areas...)
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Whereas in Edinburgh they just cruise in the panda car down the NEPN.....!
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I wouldn't have guessed.
I saw a pair on patrol round the meadows, once, about 18 months ago.
Thought they'd sold them all !
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I can't believe it is that high. Why would it be increasing year after year when they already have so many?
Are we sure it doesn't include cycle2work scheme bikes 'owned' by the employer?
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Torphicen police station certainly has a lot of (police marked) bikes locked up. I can well believe the figure for the whole of L&B is that high.
Why we don't see as many cycle cops out on the streets is a good question - also worth wondering how many are actually roadworthy at any one time.
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For thread completeness:
"LOTHIAN and Borders Police has built up a fleet of 164 bicycles for officers to carry out patrols, new figures have shown.
The number of bikes owned by the force has increased from 158 last year and 138 for the year before that"
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I've always thought it would make cycling much safer if there were Polis on bikes. Maybe bad drivers would think twice about cutting a cyclist up if there was a good chance it was a police cyclist.
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