Garden City police have established bike patrols to improve policing. Police Chief Dave Harvey started up the bike patrols last week. Officers Bob Chidester and Brian Aure are the first two bike patrol officers in the 46-member department. Now, they're more readily available to the residents. It's going to work great during the festivals.
People are a lot more comfortable.
They'll come up and ask you questions they wouldn't ask when you're in a car. A half-dozen kids approached the officers without fear during Wednesday's bike patrol. Three others told Aure and Chidester a friend had his bike dented by a car earlier that afternoon. The police bicycles are equipped with sirens and flashing lights. I've ridden more in the last week than I have in the last 10 years.