Bike Cops... Bad role models ?

[Johnj]

"The answer to these apparently less safe practices of our motorcycle officers is that they have different risks to manage than we street riders do."

They have the same set of risk that street riders have, plus the set of risk that a police officer faces.

[jmillheiser]

"The answer to these apparently less safe practices of our motorcycle officers is that they have different risks to manage than we street riders do."

They have the same set of risk that street riders have, plus the set of risk that a police officer faces.

pretty much what I stated. Traffic accidents kill more law enforcement personnel than criminals do. The US is the main exception to the full gear rule for motor police, in most of the EU they wear full gear (and motor police are far more common in europe) much of it specially designed for law enforcement use, and modular helmets to give them the practical benefits of a half helmet and the protection of a full face.

Part of the reason for things like "no pursuit" laws are officers and bystanders dying in high speed accidents (in many jurisdictions if someone runs the police will only pursue long enough to get their plate number and then cease the pursuit and track them down later)

[Gunslinger]

Traffic accidents kill more law enforcement personnel than criminals do. The US is the main exception to the full gear rule for motor police, in most of the EU they wear full gear (and motor police are far more common in europe) much of it specially designed for law enforcement use, and modular helmets to give them the practical benefits of a half helmet and the protection of a full face.

"Traffic" accidents kill more LEO's than criminals. Definitely not "motorcycle" accidents. I usually don't have much contact with motor officers other than maybe an air show or some other special event. But I never hear them (or anyone else) complaining that they need better gear or should be forced to wear full face helmets. I think they should have the option to wear whatever gear they want, within reason. No pink mohawks on the helmets.

[Wrider]

Heh just re visiting this thread. The other day a local officer hit some sand and went down. Scraped up because of his lack of protective clothing, but otherwise ok.