SC Police Department Gets New ‘E-Bikes’ and Other Tools

CAYCE, S.C. (AP) — A metropolis in central South Carolina is utilizing a brand new kind of auto to assist with patrols.

The Cayce Police Division on Thursday unveiled three new E-bikes it added to its fleet, The State reported.

“It’s extremely essential, and changing into more and more extra essential, for police to make the most of each device doable to look after our cities,” Cayce Police Chief Chris Cowan stated in an announcement. ”Distinctive to Cayce is our pursuit of E-Tech to policing efforts, including solar energy and electrical assets. This enables us to reduce our influence on the surroundings, cut back prices to taxpayers and enhance the velocity and size of time we will deploy assets – all an integral a part of our effort to proceed to make Cayce a protected place to dwell, work and play.”

E-bikes are electrical bicycles which can be extra nimble than typical police cruisers and require much less man-power than an everyday pedal-powered bike. The bikes had been paid for by Jim Hudson Automotive Group, the assertion stated.

Mayor Elise Partin thanked the automotive group for its partnership.

“Jim chosen Cayce as a result of like us, he believes in group policing and in being an excellent steward of the surroundings,” she stated.

Cayce spokesperson Ashley Hunter stated the bikes will enable the division to have extra group presence in neighborhoods.

The Cayce Public Security Basis additionally purchased a brand new solar-powered “velocity trailer,” which is a transportable, electrical velocity limits signal that blink if a driver is rushing.

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