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Fall River unveils electric bikes for police to patrol rail trail
Summary
Mayor Coogan and Police Chief Furtado on-site introduced four e-bikes purchased by the Community Development Agency for the neighborhood engagement and enforcement team, saying the bikes will improve access on trails and in neighborhoods and strengthen community policing.
At a morning event along the city's rail trail, Mayor Coogan and Police Chief Furtado unveiled four electric bicycles purchased by the Community Development Agency for the police department’s neighborhood engagement and enforcement team. Officials said the bikes will allow officers to patrol areas that are harder to reach by cruiser and increase their visibility and contacts with residents.
The bikes are intended to expand community policing on the rail trail and nearby neighborhoods, officials said. “When we partner with the Community Development Agency and then director Mike Dion, the police department, we can do good things for this city, and this is 1 of them today. I'm very, very happy to see this,” Mayor Coogan said.
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