Perhaps there were more police than revelers, last Saturday on State Street. University students in costume walked the sidewalks and stood in lines to enter their favorite live music venues. State is closed to regular traffic all year; only buses, bicycles and pedestrians are to utilize it. The official Freak Fest was cancelled, and officers on bicycles, horses and their own two feet patrolled the street. I’m always surprised to find police on horses in the city. As a horse fan, it feels like a nice touch. I loved seeing the changing of the guard between the mounties and the cyclists. Both seem like more versatile forms of transportation than a squad car. Ride on grass or down a narrow alleyway? No problem, they’ve got it covered.
Do police ride bicycles and horses where you live?
¡Olé! –Rebecca
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Some police officers have bikes. Others use jeeps
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Oh yeah, same in india.
What bike do they use?? Any specific?
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Cool, thanks Devang. Here they use mountain bikes (for on and off road chases I guess. 🙂 I didn’t notice a specific brand. What about in India?
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In India there are specific motorcycles for police of special squad. It’s Hero Splendor in white colour. There are women squad. They also have all similar colour scooter or motorcycle 🏍️.
For car earlier they used to have Jeep/gypsy
Now they generally use SUV, white coloured.
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No idea as I’m not good at recognizing brands 👍🏼
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Thanks, Sadje. Interesting to know.
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My pleasure
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A great way to reclaim the streets.
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Yes, Margaret. I like pedestrian malls.
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I was wondering why I didn’t received a notification for your latest blog.
I just checked, I actually did.
I missed it, my bad.
In india, police use SUV or bikes.
There are specific white bikes/motorcycle 🏍️ for the police.
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Interesting, are they scooters or motorcycles?
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Both actually.
Women squad have scooter and motorcycles, or same colour.
Men have motor cycles.
Generally Hero splendor is popular among them. Government also provide splendor. 😅
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Cool, must be easier to get through congested streets on two wheeled vehicles.
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Yeah.
I think they will now introduce EV for police.
Autos for passengers are already going EV.
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We do have a few police on bicycles and motorcycles, but no horses.
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Thanks, Rosaliene. I wonder if there are dune buggy police near the beaches. Or surfboard 😉
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Not on Venice Beach and the Santa Monica Beach that I visited regularly before the pandemic.
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We don’t have police on bikes or horses, but I’ve seen them in Europe riding them!
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What a lot of police! Were they expecting trouble?
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Hi Debbie, thanks for your comment. In past years the Halloween revelries got out of hand and people smashed store fronts. So the official party is canceled.
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Madison is so cool!
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Thanks, we like our city a lot. : )
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They ride horses during events, and it always looks so intimidating and antiquated, simultaneously.
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Yes, I agree. Horses are enormous animals!
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