LAPD Bicycle Police in Mexico City
Officers of the LAPD, right, sit in their bikes as they watch Mexico City police training in their bicycles at the Police Academy in Mexico City (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
Just in case you were wondering where your local bicycle patrol officer was... Some LAPD bicycle units were sent down to Mexico City to train local officers in bicycle crowd control and patrolling techniques, according to the Associated Press. It's part of a four-day course with the California Department of Justice. Let's hope they are leaving out this technique seen in the video below (scroll to 35 seconds):
This is from a war protest in Hollywood 2006. In the past, there was another video showing the bicycle officer coming up from behind and taking down the two with the video camera (but we currently can't find it). Here's a slow motion version of the above: