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MOTOR OFFICERS FROM AROUND THE NATION WILL GATHER FOR THE SOUTHEAST POLICE MOTORCYCLE SAFETY COMPETITION

In the face of growing personal peril for those serving in law enforcement, Motor Officers from around the nation will unite in order to train and enhance their own personal safety while acting to raise funds for the families of officers slain in the line of duty. The Southeast Police Motorcycle Safety Competition will be conducted April 9-12, and will culminate with formal Safety Trials on Saturday, April 12th and is to be held at the Pompano Citi Centre Mall, located at the corner of Copans Road and Federal Highway, Pompano Beach, FL.

The Safety Trials is an annual police motorcycle skills event that benefits the Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) and the Muscular Dystrophy charities. C.O.P.S. is a national organization that benefits the children of police officers who are killed in the line of duty. This event is a noteworthy fundraiser for these laudable charities and is also the largest police motorcycle safety skills event held in the Southeastern United States. It attracts a sizeable segment of the police community as well as the civilian public. The Institute of Police Technology and Management (IPTM) and Northwestern University Traffic Institute Certified Instructors will be monitoring the course for instructional and safety purposes. The training courses are set up to enhance the daily riding skills of the motorcycle officer, acting to improve riding skills and competency. The courses are intricate and very demanding and are the same as those used in the Police Motorcycle Enforcement Rider School. There will be three training days available before the Safety Trials starting Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Also, there will be an optional "Fun Run," which actually simulates the motorcycle officer's daily riding skills. Motor Officers must participate in the Safety Trials to qualify for the "Fun Run".
On Thursday and Friday, 8 am to 4 pm, certified motorcycle instructors will provide focused training to any registered participant at the competition location, exact hours to be announced. This training will focus on safety procedures when maneuvering in a slow congested area (i.e., cone patterns), the course will be the designed patterns for the competition.
The general public is encouraged to attend and learn more about the initial and continuing rider skills training afforded motor officers. Attendance is free of charge, so bring the entire family. In addition, raffle tickets for a new 2008 Harley-Davidson XLH Sportster 883 will be sold for $2 each, with proceeds going to support the parentless children or surviving families of officers slain in the line of duty (Concerns of Police Survivors) and to the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

For additional information regarding the event please feel free to contact the Rodeo Committee at South East Police Motorcycle Seminar & Safety Trials

[chucktx]

now that would be something to see..........will theyhave anything like this in TEXAS????

[cowboy]

yes that would be cool to see live , I have watched some of them on you tube , & it's cool to see how they handle there bikes

[Art_NJr]

If you get the chance to go to one of those events, take it - you won't believe how good those motorcycle cops are !! Many years ago I lived in Indianapolis & the Drill Team there won the National Championship like 22 years in a row !! But all the officers in any Dept. are very, very good & can do things with an Electra Glide I wouldn't try with a Sportster.

And I remember as a youngster asking an officer why the foot clutch & hand shift they used back then? He said that's so we can talk on the radio & ride @ the same time. Fairly large hand-held radios back then & holding it in his left hand, he could shift gears with his left elbow.

Come to a dead stop, feather the clutch & rear brake, creep ahead a few inches without ever putting a foot down on the pavement & stop again, make a U-turn in a heartbeat while talking on the radio, etc. And I later saw that all the motorcycle cops could do that.

And with newer technology, they can do even more now. I'd have to say a definition of "multi-tasking" is a motorcycle cop chasing an armed-robbery suspect on downtown city streets during "rush hour".

One absolutely key point I learned from them & have to remind myself of periodically is the bike goes where you are looking. Focus on where you want to go, not @ where you are.

And if you get to watch one of the "rodeos" the cops compete in, watch the officers snap their heads to the next point on the course. Oh you'll hear floorboards on an Electra Glide grinding on the pavement, but the focus is always where you want to go - and they are darn good @ it !!

- Art

[cowboy]

I watched them practice in Galvaston one day for a little bit but it was just there motor officers , I guess they where getting ready for the rodeo somwhere , My wife works for a police academy at A two year collage & she's going to ask her boss/ friend when & where here in Texas

[chucktx]

cool cowboy...........keep us informed!!!!!!!!!