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MOTORCYCLE POLICE NEWS.
Here is the article archive of headlines that have appeared in newspapers around the United States which relate to police motorcycle officers. 11/06/06 Motorcycle officers show off skills - Baton Rouge, LA ...Practice was a large reason why around 120 motorcycle officers from cities and parishes across the state — and even from as far away as Canada — gathered at Cortana Mall for three days of training and one day of competition at the eighth annual Gulf Coast Police Motorcycle Skills Competition. Philanthropy was another reason. The annual event so far has raised more than $180,000 for the Dream Day Foundation, which supports St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis. The event might raise more than $50,000 this year from sponsorships and raffle tickets, said Dan Coppola, a Baton Rouge motorcycle officer and event organizer. Baton Rouge Police Chief Jeff LeDuff watched the action from inside the fence and shouted encouragement to some of the riders. LeDuff, who spent 20 years as a motorcycle officer in Baton Rouge, knew what sort of advice to offer. Before becoming police chief, LeDuff was head instructor at the training academy. He said each of the events in which motorcycle officers compete represents an obstacle that an officer may face any day. The competition brought out the best in each of the riders, but also gave them a chance to learn from other motorcycle policemen. Being a motorcycle officer — primarily an enforcer of traffic laws — can be dangerous work. The four-day event was dedicated to the memory of Cpl. Christopher Metternich of the Baton Rouge Police Department. Metternich died in the line of duty on Aug. 14 when his motorcycle hit a car whose driver failed to yield. LeDuff, who helped train Metternich, said the work of a motorcycle policeman — listening to the radio, watching for violators, driving through traffic and taming the machine — is much different than pleasure riding. “What we’re doing is taking an unstable piece of machinery, and we’re asking men and women across the country to take it, tame it and work off it,” LeDuff said. “It’s a great urban tool, but it’s a dangerous job.” It’s a job that police Cpl. David Wallace said he knew way back when he was 6 years old that he wanted to do for a living. Wallace said when he was a child, he would know his father was home from work when he heard the rumble of the bike, and he would watch his father, one of the Baton Rouge Police Department’s first motorcycle officers, shine his boots every night. Four years after Wallace joined the force in 1992, he was attending a two-week motorcycle assessment school, which he called one of the most demanding things he had done. The department’s Motorcycle Division is one of the hardest to get into because of its low turnover rates and high expectations, Wallace said.... Read the full story. 11/24/06 Officer's Wife Makes Plea for Blood - Honolulu, HI Dozens of blood donors have answered a wife's plea to help save her husband, a Honolulu police officer. Officer Steve Favela remained hospitalized Friday night in critical condition. He was injured when his motorcycle crashed while escorting the presidential motorcade on Hickam Air Force Base earlier in the week. Favela's prognoses is still cloudy, but to survive he will need repeated blood transfusions. Friday afternoon his wife made a plea for donors. "It's been a really rough time, but we're very thankful for the support we're getting. It's tremendous and everybody keeps asking us how can we help, and what we really need right now is to call out to everybody to come donate some blood," Barbara Favela said. Barbara Favela made a similar plea on radio early Friday morning before talking to KGMB9 and a short time after that radio plea donors began streaming into the Blood Bank of Hawaii. "I haven't given blood in years, but today when I heard the request on KSSK radio I thought I'd be willing to come in and donate O-positive blood," said Ewa Beach resident Gary Rickard who donated Friday. "I heard that a fellow officer is in need of blood. He was in a accident during the motorcade and I just wanted to help out," said H.P.D. officer Fumi Muraoka who also donated.... Read the full story. 11/25/06 Deputy killed on motorcycle to be honored - Charleston, SC A memorial service is planned for Monday to honor Charleston County sheriff's deputy Chad Rood, who died Thursday as a result of injuries he suffered in an off-duty motorcycle accident Nov. 18. Rood, 30, was pronounced dead at 9:12 a.m. Thursday at Medical University Hospital. He died as a result of head injuries he sustained in the wreck, Coroner Rae Wooten said. Rood crashed as he was turning right from Magwood Drive onto Glenn McConnell Parkway at about 3:50 a.m. Nov. 18. Rood took the turn too wide and skidded in the grassy median. The back wheel hit the edge of the pavement and threw him from the bike. He wasn't wearing a helmet, authorities said. Rood, a Michigan native, had been with the sheriff's office for two years, sheriff's Capt. John Clark said. He patrolled the North Area and was an avid biker who competed in the Palmetto Police Motorcycle Skills Competition. "It's really sad," Clark said. "He was such a young guy. He was a really good kid." A viewing will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Stuhr's West Ashley Chapel, 3360 Glenn McConnell Parkway. The chapel also will be the site of a memorial service for Rood at noon Monday. Read the full story. 11/27/06 Motorcycle officer dies - Honolulu, HI A Honolulu Police Department officer was among loved ones yesterday when he died at The Queen's Medical Center, five days after being critically injured in a motorcycle crash while escorting President Bush's motorcade at Hickam Air Force Base. Steve Favela, 30, an eight-year HPD officer described as a devoted husband, father and son, died at 11:15 a.m., leaving behind a wife and four young children, according to department spokesman Capt. Frank Fujii. Dr. Irwin Sewake, Favela's dentist who made an online plea for blood donors to help the officer, said Favela enjoyed talking about his children. "He was really dedicated to his kids and liked to be around them," Sewake said. "He was really a nice, a happy person who always had a smile." Fujii said yesterday that Favela's wife, Barbara, and family expressed their gratitude and appreciation to the community for answering their call for blood donors and also for their prayers. President Bush was among those expressing condolences to Favela's family. Bush said in a statement that he and the first lady were "deeply saddened" by the death. "Officer Favela risked his life every day to protect the people of his community," Bush said in the statement. "In this time of great sadness, we give thanks for his life of service." Fujii said police officers across the state would place black bands across their badges in honor of Favela. "When I received the phone call that Steve had passed away, quite frankly my heart just sank to the guts of my stomach," Fujii said. Favela, who joined the HPD eight years ago, served with the motorcyle unit for two years.... Read the full story. |
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