Comments on: Copper Rides Likely To Change

By: Diesel

Diesel — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:55:08 +0000

Here’s an idea to save some money if the costumed clowns are truly interested.

Stop all take home privileges that the patrol idiots currently enjoy. There is a BPD patrol moron who lives in my neighborhood in West Meridian and he drives his crown back and forth several times a day. Parks it out on the street and hangs out at his house.

By: Tech Jockey

Tech Jockey — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:52:36 +0000

Hey Clancy, I too used to think riding a bike on a sidewalk was illegal, but in Boise, bikes on sidewalks are the same as pedestrians.

Section 10-14-08 RIDING ON SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS
A. A bicycle may be operated upon a sidewalk and upon and within a crosswalk, except where
prohibited by official traffic control devices.
B. Any bicyclist riding upon a sidewalk, or across a road way upon and within a crosswalk, shall
yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible warning before overtaking and
passing such pedestrian.
C. A bicyclist riding upon a sidewalk, or across a roadway upon and within a crosswalk, shall have
all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances. (Ord. 4406-
A, 6-11-79)

By: dog

dog — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:11:41 +0000

I think urban coppers should use scooters and not the big BMW motorcycle rigs. Or Honda 650 dual-sport bikes. They are cheaper and save gas and they could bust across a lawn or median no problem if they had to apprehend a perp. Big BMW’s are a waste in the city and expensive to maintain/operate.

By: Clancy

Clancy — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:02:23 +0000

No joke about obeying the rules. I see California stops all the time. Then there are the bike cops. They must think the sidewalk is a bike path. I saw cops riding the sidewalk this last week.

By: The Boise Picayune

The Boise Picayune — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:18:05 +0000

No more one-up-manship with Garden City, with the purchase of BPD SUVs?

Reasonable vehicles with conscientious officers behind the wheel who are willing to obey the traffic laws they enforce when they’re not Lights and / or Siren (vis-a-vis racing down Americana at about 45 to get to the Dry Cleaners at 15th and Washington before quitting time), would be nice.

As far as speed? How about over 18,000 Miles per Second?

You can’t outrun a radio!

By: Bob T

Bob T — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:57:51 +0000

When making comparisons it is importat to realize that many South American countries (I’m not sure about Europe) have “Transit Police” who enforce traffic laws exclusively as well as regular police who concentrate on the more serious crimes.

By: Al

Al — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:23:59 +0000

Yeah, that is what they said about the Cop bikes and then they go buy expensive BMW Cop bikes to drive around to give drivers tickets on!! Money well spent……….

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:18:35 +0000

Actually, I think the word is Ford will be discontinuing itself in the near future, never mind the Crown Vics.

By: Tom Anderson

Tom Anderson — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:41:14 +0000

I’d bet there are a lot of used Crown Vic’s out there right now at very low prices.

Maybe the police should consider buying cars a few years old, they could probably save $10,000 or more per car.

By: mike masterson

mike masterson — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:24:54 +0000

Just one point of clarification. The smaller more fuel efficent vehicles we are consiering will replace the unmarked midsize cars we have in our fleet. Our driving behaviors and needs in these areas demonstrate we can make immediate cost saving and efficiency improvements. For example, approximately 95% of my driving is alone with no other passengers and i don’t have the need to carry safety equipment in my car. THe change wil be easy for me. I would like to clarify one point in your article. There are no plans at this time to repalce the Ford Crown VIctoria’s the mainstay of marked police patrol car needs for Boise Police and our profession now for over a decade. There uni-body construction and safety platform is critical to the needs of officers working in those high risk postions. The time may come where we are forced to reconsider these specialized vehicles (word is that Ford plans on discontinuing production of the Crown Vic model in the near future) but for now we are satisified with their overall performance.