The bike team naturally attracts many positive citizen contacts from both the business community and the community at large. Officers are encouraged to take the time to promote a positive relationship with these groups. Furthermore, the unit is an excellent enforcement tool. The officers have a very good knowledge of persons currently wanted and current crime patterns. The bike team currently utilizes fully loaded, high quality Cannondale CAD 2 Mountain Bikes.
Officers ride on a full time basis requiring a top level of physical fitness.
Each officer selected for the bike team is sent to a specialized bike school in Fayetteville, AR, taught by the Fayetteville Police Department. This bike school educates the officers on different applications and situations in which the bikes may be used. The school will also put the officers, while on their bikes, through various obstacles and environmental conditions, so the officers will have the experience and expertise to perform in any situation when they are on patrol. Iwan was brought to the United States by professional trainer Greg Durham, of Durham Haus Working Dogs in Little Rock, Arkansas. Durham had the brigadier of the Dutch Royal Police hand-pick a dog for the department, and he chose Iwan, who at the time was only 8 months old.