PATROLS TO SHOW PEDAL'S METTLE; GIFT PUTS COPS ON 2-WHEELERS.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Taking advantage of a community donation, two Palmdale sheriff's deputies abandoned their patrol cars and regular uniforms Tuesday for bicycles, shorts and polo shirts. Deputies from Palmdale's Partners Against Crime program patrolled the streets of downtown Palmdale on Tuesday on bicycles donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. by the Palmdale Sheriff's Boosters, a citizens support group. ``It's really nifty,'' said Deputy Dave Miklos. ``It's kind of like a foot beat.'' Deputies Brian Torsney and Johnnie Jones pedaled around on two of the three $1,000 mountain bikes donated by the booster club A booster club is an organization that is formed to contribute money to an associated club, sports team, or organization. Booster clubs are popular in American schools at the high school and university level. , all painted hunter green hunter green n. A dark yellowish green. and displaying the Sheriff's Department logo. The three bicycles were added to the station's existing five-bicycle fleet. With the additional bicycles, officials plan to increase patrols in business districts, parks, apartment complexes and neighborhoods that have been designated as community-based policing areas. Dressed in white polo shirts, green shorts and yellow helmets, bicycle-patrol deputies carry department-issued handguns, mobile radios and citation Citation (foaled 1945) U.S. Thoroughbred racehorse. In four seasons he won 32 of 45 races, finished second in ten, and third in two. He won the 1948 Triple Crown, and became the first horse to win $1 million. He set a world record in 1950 by running a mile in 1:33 3/5. books in a compartment compartment a part of the body as a whole and divided from the rest by a physical partition. fluid compartment that liquid part of the body excluded by cell membranes. Includes intravascular and intercellular compartments. mounted in the bicycles. ``It's not new but it's still unique,'' said Miklos. ``When people see deputies on bicycles, it's different.'' Officials said that deputies on bicycles are more visible to residents and business owners and under certain circumstances can get around faster than deputies in patrol cars. ``It's good to get around in the huge apartment complex area,'' said Miklos. ``We may be able to respond quicker in tight and confined con·fine v. con·fined, con·fin·ing, con·fines v.tr. 1. To keep within bounds; restrict: Please confine your remarks to the issues at hand. See Synonyms at limit. areas. We can park and talk.'' Deputies have been running the bike patrols periodically, but hope to increase it to once a week. Deputies are being trained monthly for bicycle duty, Miklos said. |
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