Often in our newscast, viewers listen to members of the public complain that the Police Department is very slow in responding to their reports and calls for help. Especially during this time of mass street upgrades by the Belize City Council, the officers have been particularly challenged in trying to meet the demands of the public.
As a result, the officers have been looking to more flexible means of transportation, and for the last 3 days, several officers have been participating in a motorcycle training course.
Today, one of the officers told us about their progress.
Police Learn to Maneuver Motorbike
"Today we will finish up with a 3-day basic Motorcycle riding course. We are dealing with mostly first time riders."
Reporter
"What is the purpose of this training class?"
Police Officer
"The purpose of this training class is to allow the Police officers to learn to ride motorcycles. We need it so that we can move, due to the congestion of the traffic in the city. The motorcycles are very effective in going through the city rather than using a vehicle, the cycle could be a quick response. That is a cone pattern we use to allow riders to maneuver between these cones so that we can maneuver throughout the traffic and respond very quickly to whatever report we get."
Reporter
"What about the upkeep of the cycle? Do you have any training as such?"
Police Officer
"We also teach the riders how to keep the cycles clean, and how to service the bike. We have a checklist that we make out at they should check the bike before moving off and as soon as taking or handing over the bike, they have to full out this checklist."
As noted in the story, all the officers who participated in the training were first-time riders.
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