With the implementation of the bicycle patrol, Officers are now able to quickly deploy to any problem area with ease and silence. The bike patrol was designed as an enforcement tool and has proved valuable in this area. The department's bicycle patrol program has also proven to be an excellent method of policing the High School campus in a cost-effective way and it brings the officer into contact with the students. Needless to say, there are many benefits associated with bicycle patrols. The mobility of the bicycles enables officers to patrol areas more frequently and to move silently in and out of any area.
Bike patrols can move through areas of congestion with relative ease compared to police cruisers.
Violators on bicycles can be easily pursued regardless of the route they may take. Contact with the community increases with the officer on a bicycle being more approachable than those in automobiles do. The only disadvantage to the bicycle patrol is weather conditions, so patrolling during the winter months is extremely rare. The bicycle is silent. When people are committing crimes, they keep a keen eye for marked patrol units.