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… and they actually look fun enough that I’ve got a half a mind to enroll in my local police academy, if it comes with a standard-issue patrol trike. The Trikke Positron, which is the trike’s official name, is an all-wheel-drive standing electric scooter that very well could have criminals scratching their heads, at least if they weren’t already cuffed behind their backs.

By Police1 Staff

One of the most important components of strengthening a police agency’s relationship with the community is engagement. But creating true bonds with the public requires more than sporadic moments of reaching out; it isn’t something that should just take the form of one-off community policing events like Coffee with a Cop or town hall meetings.

To truly foster meaningful relationships with the citizens of a jurisdiction, officers need to engage with them daily. Among the more effective ways of creating opportunities for informal interactions is getting cops out of the patrol car and onto the street.

Trikke’s Positron electric all-wheel drive personal patrol vehicle enables officers to be out with the citizens they serve while reducing fuel costs and providing quicker response times for beat cops.

Here’s why your agency should add the Positron to your fleet:

Springfield, Mass. — Springfield Police Superintendent Cheryl Clapprood thanks Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi for the donation of Trikke Defender’s for the Springfield Police Department.  The personal electric vehicle can travel on a variety of surfaces and can get up to speeds over 30 mph.

ATLANTA – Atlanta’s police chief accepted all-terrain vehicles that officers can use to aid in the fight against crime.

The Downtown Improvement District and the Atlanta Police Foundation have donated three vehicles, called Trikke.

WHEELING, W.Va. — The Wheeling Police Department has added a new vehicle to its fleet, and it’s something you won’t see anywhere else in the area.

The Trikke Police Specialty Vehicles are battery operated, can get up to 37 miles per hour, and can be used when a police cruiser isn’t the best option.

DALLAS (1080 KRLD) – Police at El Centro College in downtown Dallas are using some new technology to patrol the campus.

In the current cultural crisis facing our nation on many fronts, policing our communities and keeping people safe remains a critical priority, no matter what. Keeping civilians secure and defending the public is the sworn oath of the police force.

We are proud to be among the first in the state to use this new tool for our department.

You may have seen them around Norfolk lately. Electric Trikkes are the newest way for officers to patrol the community.
They’re turning heads from Downtown to Janaf to Ghent and even Wine Fest.
“Everywhere that you go, citizens stop. They want to know what they are, what they’re called, if they can get one,” Officer Mitchel Ashton said.

Police at the University of Virginia have a new device to help fight crime. They are called ‘professional mobility devices’ and the department has been testing them out for the last week and plan to order four more in the next month.

Last Thursday the Roxboro Police Department test drove new innovative vehicles that could assist with community functions.
That morning officers could be seen in RPD’s parking lot test driving Trikke vehicles, which are motorized scooters.

Even the company’s representatives, the chief and another officer got in on the fun and test drove the vehicles from Roxboro City Hall to Roxboro Community School and back.

“Our communities have seen great success in the past year with our community policing strategies and targeted patrols,” Maupin said. “With these new trikes, our officers will be very visible, but also be able to traverse more ground quickly. Combining our efforts with MPD’s Summer Crime Initiative will help reduce violent crimes across the city.”

Trikke Tech Inc. of Buellton has launched Trikke Professional Mobility to supply regional and national police agencies, government departments and private security companies with personal electric transportation units, a company spokesman said.

You may have seen them out on patrol at Sunrise Mall already. They’re the new, threewheeled “Trikke Patroller” electric units — the latest tech deployed by the Citrus Heights Police Department in an effort to minimize crime at the Mall.

The Scott Police Department provides officers to work as school resource officers at Acadiana High and Scott Middle School. In this file photo from September 2013, a Scott Police Department School Resource Officer shows off his new Trikke vehicle he will use while patroling the campus of Acadiana High. Acadiana High Students Madison Noel and Jordyn Leger are at right

The vehicles will come in two models. The first, a Trikke, is a three-wheeled, scooter-like hybrid vehicle. The second, a utility truck, is an electric utility terrain vehicle ideal for the logistical needs of police/security departments.