CMPD Bike Cops Are Back!

BIKE PATROLS RETURN!
The Costa Mesa Police Department has re-instituted bicycle patrols in the city in response to a recent uptick in drug sales and criminal activity in the city's parks, according to the press release issued yesterday, HERE.  Take a minute to read that lengthy bit of information.

GOOD NEWS
This is great news for the residents, business owners and visitors to our city.  Crime is on the rise and this VERY visible presence will go a long way to reversing that trend.  Kudos to Chief Rob Sharpnack, Captain Mark Manley and the command staff for this bit of good news... we need it.

SORRY... COULDN'T RESIST
I was interested in one statement made in the press release that mentions the bike patrols are quieter and easier to maneuver.  I smiled and thought to myself maybe we should use clothes pins (remember those... anyone...?) to stick playing cards in the spokes to make it easier for miscreants to know the cops are coming.  Sorry... sometimes that's how this old mind works.

LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE...
Anyhow, this is very good news for us all and we hope to see this kind of creative approach to policing expanded in our city as staffing levels permit.  Presently we are still way, way, way below authorized strength and that is based on the bogus number forced on the CMPD by the mayor and mayor pro tem.