Atlanta Cops Scoot off After Criminals on Segway Scooters

AP ^ | 4-23-02 | Erin McClam

[Pharmboy]

Wheeeeeeee! (Y'all)

[general_re]

"It's much easier to ride this than walk," Officer Jennings Kilgore said.

I bet. Of course, it'd be easier still to just stay home, wouldn't it?

[billorites]

Can't wait for the Live helicopter shots of "low-speed" chases through the streets of Atlanta.

[mountaineer]

Paramedics were riding these things at last week's Boston Marathon. They were able to carry 70 pounds of equipment with them. It was my first "up close" look at a Segway - I'd love to try riding one.

[Pharmboy]

There was a guy on one at the Auto Show a few weeks ago. It looked very cool.

[Revolting cat!]

Whadya expect? A $5,000 invention that you can only sell to the gubmint! Chief Wiggum on Segway, yeah!

[Fish out of Water]

index bump

[Thinkin' Gal]

"It's much easier to ride this than walk," Officer Jennings Kilgore said...

...as he scooted off to the nearest donut shop.

[operation clinton cleanup]

We need pictures!!

[twntaipan]

But the $64,000 question is: Can you eat Krispy Kreme donuts while you ride them?

[operation clinton cleanup]

Pogo-Cop?

[F16Fighter]

OR we could provide a rickshaw to this guy yoked up to one Atlanta's unemployed...

[Ole Okie]

Can't wait for the Live helicopter shots of "low-speed" chases through the streets of Atlanta.

Everytime a cop/malfeasor chase happens, the local Atlanta TV stations interrupt to follow it from helicopters. It will be entertaining to see the Segways following a white Bronco, all at 12 mph.

[Pharmboy]

LOL!! (Actually, they will now expend fewer calories than when they walked)

[Rule of Law]

It's easier to test gimmicks than to actually fight crime.

I love the way that Atlanta cut its crime statistics. It moved some of its precinct headquarters out of the city. The crime was still in the city, but because the precinct headquarters was outside the city, the statistics didn't count against Atlanta.

[Pharmboy]

Ok--so it's not a cop on the streets of Atlanta; use yourn imagination.

[Myrddin]

We just had an incident in southeastern Idaho where a Krispy Kreme truck left the back doors open. He was dumping boxes of donuts on the road. The cops were called to intercept him. They felt a bit funny about being in pursuit of a donut truck.

[July 4th]

Great. More cops looking like Homer Simpson and Carl Winslow on the street. What happens when the thieves get Segways? Ah...the future.

[henbane]

Atlanta is the first city to give the scooters a broad tryout, according to Segway officials

Hey!

Did Segway forget about this item from last year?

Boston, Manchester police to test Segway scooters

[December 7, 2001] Police departments in Boston and Manchester, N.H., will be the first law enforcement agencies to test the battery-powered, two-wheeled, gyroscope-equipped scooters, called "human transporters," that were unveiled this week by Segway LLC, the closely held manufacturer based in Manchester.

[Black Agnes]

wheee indeedy. Now the criminals just have to run up a small flight of stairs (3 or 4 should do it) and voila! cops can't go up stairs w/o abandoning expensive city property! and crooks get away!