THE BICYCLE AND CRIME.
Tliore are GOO bicycle policemen in Paris. Since its enlargement 'in 1900 the bicycle division has become one of the most popular branches of the Paris police system, and the authorities are considering expanding it still further, as the bicycle has answered certain requirements of polieo work in Paris that has made it - indispensablo. .It provides a method for patrolling great stretches of territory; thai it would be impracticable to attempt to protect by men on foot, or even on horses, and the happy faculty of the bicycle policemen in gliding ,up silently to tho" scene, of any trouble or disturbance on the streets at: night has had a most beneficial effect in - discouraging crime. Thero are also 160 bicycle polieomen in Now York.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 175, 18 April 1908, Page 12
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