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Itasca police defend e‑bike rules after education campaign; cite few citations but many calls
Summary
Itasca police told the village board they have shifted enforcement to how e‑bikes are driven and combined that approach with a school‑based education campaign; officers reported about 67 calls for electric devices this year, 18 warnings, four citations and no e‑bike injuries.
Itasca’s police department told the village board on Dec. 2 that the village’s current e‑bike ordinance — focused on rider behavior and a 750‑watt cap — has reduced problems and should be maintained with continued education.
In a 45‑minute presentation, a police presenter described how the department moved away from an earlier, hard‑to‑enforce classification system and toward a simpler approach that officers can check in the field by wattage and by observing driving behavior. “We’ve had about 67 calls for the year…we’ve issued 18 warnings, we’ve issued 4 actual citations,”…
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