Mobile PNP Bike Patrols

Wheels of Happiness

PNP on wheels

This post did not know this was all ready operational.  All that I remembered was the Provincial Commander of PNP several years backed loved biking so much  that he conducted his municipal rounds of PNP stations biking with his command.  He even sponsored a 3 lap Cardona Binangonan bike fest.  I finished this.   But he retired all ready.

I saw this bike patrol at SM Center 2 days ago and consisted of a squad of 7. They were on MTB.  A member of the squad mentioned that this was done to have more police visibility in the absence of more squad vehicles, to save gasoline expenses and promote good health amongst the PNP members.

Good.

Malaya na? Tapos na lockdown?

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines

4.11.2021

Surprise.  Surprise. 

No police at checkpoint, or lax.

I planned to go to Quarry Road via Domsa but for curiosity I checked the checkpoint at Gate 1.  There was none.  So I went to Mambog and there was no police there too.  

Our other kapadyak went up via DOMSA.   

Are our days of being at home (we are no longer safe at home) over?   

This province PPO leadership went on a biking spree yesterday round Jalajala

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines
October 3, 2016

Yesterday, we were troubled by Wangwang of a group of bikers who had police escorts and Mahindra Patrol Cars. I thought them to be sponsored by the PPO (the provincial commander loves biking and he likes that station commander bike too:  our town and other neighboring towns station commanders have top of the line bikes)  In one of the towns, where our comrade Gerry met an accident, the investigator told me that the station commander owns an expensive mountain bike.

As we passed at Cardona, we saw the hordes resting;  while the Pisong Kape, they passed by.  They were about 2 dozens.

At Jalajala, at Bagumbong, the sound of Wang2 startled us and the presence of 3 police MC escorts signalling us to stay at the side.  Of course, I we did not I overtook them on many occasions and I recognized the guy in blue and light green shirt who was leading the troops sponsored the Cardona 4x loop  He was very much improved rider.  Now leading by fast pace.   We learned from the other riders that:    1.  It was biking with business;  while biking the PPO inspected the station commander.  2.  Most of those who were riding are police officers;   only 8 are civilians.

They of course could not match the speed of the road bike;  Meong overtook most of them after we left Jalajala.  The civilian bikers rested and stopped just before Pisong Kape;  some of  them rode the patrol vehicles (laspag na)

P.S:  from what we heard, they are stronger because they do #hardinterval training at Hill Top often (from Tikling up to Hill top)

May be it is a great way to develop higher fitness level among cops to:

1.  To arrest criminals especially the drug pushers and addicts
2.  To organize bike patrols (to save on gas and patrol vehicles maintenance as in NYC.

But we rode on.