BICYCLE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM

PURPOSE:

1.  Enhance Officers’ Knowledge of the Laws About Bicycling

2.  Assist Agencies with Bicycling Education and Enforcement Operations

The program was initiated by a request from the Law Enforcement Planning Council of Palm Beach County.  We expect to begin Beta testing soon on the first topics, and complete the program in 2011.

The full program will consist of:

1.  Training Modules (2010)

• Five 5-10 minute web-based modules with video and narrative, web-based component, and pre-training and post-training questions and answers.
• Each module will be on DVD for training use.

2.  Officer Course (2010-11)

• Two-hour interactive web-based training using the first five modules.  The complete program will incorporate approximately 20 modules.
• Video, narrative, pre and post-training questions, with final exam.

3.  Training Officer Course (2011?)

• Full-day course for training officers to become in-house experts
• Instructor based detailed explanation of each module.

Law enforcement agencies are assisting in the development of the program:

• An Officer Advisory Panel consisting of officers around the state to provide advice and critique materials.
• Selected agencies will Beta-test materials to insure the needs of law enforcement departments are met.

All materials will be available to law enforcement agencies and the bicycling community.   Future potential uses include driver training, government officials, and others.