Expect more police on 麻豆精选 roads next week.
RCMP motorcycle training is underway and the officers who pass the cone course at UBC Okanagan will be hitting the streets for further training.
The Officer in Charge for Central Okanagan Highway Patrol Units Inspector Dale Somerville said it鈥檚 a two-week course.
鈥淥n our first week鈥e are on a cone course making up all the skills to be a good motorcycle operator. Then on the second week, we鈥檙e out on the road being police officers on motorcycles at that point in time.鈥�
Officers go through certification on Friday.
鈥淵ou may get pulled over, and I鈥檓 telling you right now it鈥檚 just basic for training,鈥� Somerville said about next week. 鈥淧lease have some patience with us, have some patience with the new officers. We鈥檒l come up to your window, we鈥檒l say hi, we鈥檒l say thank you very much for helping us with our training, and we鈥檒l send you on your way.鈥�
Somerville noted if you get pulled over it doesn鈥檛 necessarily mean you鈥檝e done something wrong.
Somerville says they train officers on motorcycles every year because it is a faster way for officers to get where they need to be than a police car.
鈥淵ou get that crash, for example, on our bridge here at Okanagan Lake and it鈥檚 all jammed up full of traffic, well a motorcycle can get there, split lanes and get there before anybody else.鈥�
He also noted it鈥檚 more efficient for officers to catch drivers disobeying the rules.
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