Friday, August 20, 2010
Two-wheeled Transporters Manned By Police
KENTUCKY...
Campus police at Morehead State University now have two Segway Personal Transporters to use to patrol the grounds.
The Center for Rural Development in Somerset presented the Segways to the eastern Kentucky college earlier this week.
Segway Personal Transporters are two-wheeled, battery-powered vehicles that riders stand on to move about.
Officers riding them will be about 8 inches above any crowd, while still allowing face-to-face contact with students, faculty and staff during patrols.
Several Kentucky law enforcement agencies have received Segways from a special program within the rural development center, including police at Western Kentucky University, the City of Morehead, and Pike County, as well as Somerset, Erlanger, Manchester, Taylor Mill, Taylorsville, Alexandria and London.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 4:55 PM 
