The City of Waterloo Bike Patrol and their instructor, Waterloo, Iowa, circa 1993

1993

Waterloo, Iowa

Twelve bike patrol officers pose in front of the Waterloo City Hall with their bicycles.
Left to right: Larry Coffin, Barbara Coffin, Tim Frisch, James Wilder, Ron Marsh, Sgt. Paul Grady (from the Seattle, Washington, Police Department, the bicycle patrol instructor), Bonnie Elliot, Sgt. Larry Hahn, Michael McNamee, Brooke Knutson, Chris Samuelson, Sgt. Lavern Link
Sgt. Paul Grady of the Seattle, Washington, Police Department, was the first person to start bicycle patrols in police departments in 1987, and police departments around the country hired him to train their officers. He taught the officiers how to climb and go down stairs on a bike and how to take down someone who was running from an officer after committing a crime. The bikes were effective in getting to areas that a car would not be able to get to. The bicycle patrol helped integrate the police into the community and helped them become a positive force for the public, especially for children in troubled areas.

English

Bicycle police
Policewomen
Bicycles
Uniforms

Coffin, Barbara, 1941- 
Coffin, Larry
Frisch, Tim
Wilder, James
Marsh, Ron
Grady, Paul
Elliot, Bonnie
Hahn, Larry D.
McNamee, Michael
Knutson, Brooke
Samuelson, Chris
Link, Lavern

Waterloo (Iowa). Police Department

1990-2000

United States -- Iowa -- Waterloo

Barbara Coffin Collection

Barbara Coffin papers
IWA0045

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