Bike Cop Crime Squad
Guess the San Diego neighborhood with the most violent crime during the first nine months of last year. Nope! It was North Park, of all places, the hipster oasis and nationally recognized poster child for urban renewal.
Now, a new bike team is patrolling the neighborhood, and violent crime has dipped. It's hard to know exactly what role the cops on two wheels have had on the crime rates; they started going down before the team arrived. Still, they may be helping.
In this week's Q&A, we talk to a police sergeant about bike-bound policing, drunken bar fights, the troubles on 30th Street and the possibility that his team could be budgeted out of existence.
Now, a new bike team is patrolling the neighborhood, and violent crime has dipped. It's hard to know exactly what role the cops on two wheels have had on the crime rates; they started going down before the team arrived. Still, they may be helping.
In this week's Q&A, we talk to a police sergeant about bike-bound policing, drunken bar fights, the troubles on 30th Street and the possibility that his team could be budgeted out of existence.
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