About Police Motorcycles
Summary: Police motorcycles are more dangerous to riders than automobile cops.
.Bakersfield phasing out motorcycles
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/52213108/ns/local_news-bakersfield_ca/t/bakersfield-police-draw-down-motorcycles/#.UdHW9vm1HCo
Five years ago, the BPD had about 30 motorcycle cops. Now, they have eleven and they want to go down to four and reassign those officers by 2014. Bakersfield Police Chief Greg Williamson said the last two officer fatalities in the department have involved a motorcycle....been involved in motorcycle accidents, who have been injured so bad they have lost their career...have had many of those over the years."
...Since 2007, Bakersfield City Manager Alan Tandy says police motorcycle accidents have cost the city nearly $1.5 million in workers comp claims. ..police vehicle accident costs about $6,347 in workers comp compared to $21,561 for a police motorcycle accident.
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