Exercising the new trend with bicycles
While holiday sales of bicycles are going pretty well for Boardtown Bikes, sales overall have been on the decline for the last year or so.
Columbus puts officers on bike patrol
he wheels are turning at the Columbus Police Department — literally. The department has a new bicycle patrol unit that will make rounds at events and in high-crime areas in the city, said CPD Public Information Officer Terrie Songer.
Editorial: Ground-level policing
Columbus has fielded its first two pedaling patrolmen, who will be policing high-crime areas on mountain bikes. Patrolmen Kenneth Brewer and Dwight Smith are on bikes part-time until they complete their training, which will enable them to train other officers.