Arlington PD begins bikes initiative

[B’ Spokes: Two things to highlight here, that are cool:]
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Arlington — Arlington police officers will soon start handing out information on the rules of the road to bicyclists around town as part of an educational initiative to make roads safer for cyclists and drivers, according to APD Traffic Officer Paul Conroy and Captain Richard Flynn.
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Local police departments are still adjusting to the Bicyclist Safety Bill signed into law in January 2009, which authorizes police to fine drivers for “dooring,” or opening vehicle doors in cyclists’ path; mandates bicycle-specific training for new police recruits; and allows police to stop and fine cyclists using the same procedure as for motorists, among other changes.
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[B’ Spokes: Did you catch that? We need a law to mandate bicycle-specific training for new police recruits, otherwise they just don’t know. Over the years I have collected stories of police officers incorrectly ticketing cyclists for pedestrian specific violations as well as motorcycle specific violations, not to mention having a poor understand what exactly is a cyclists right-of-way.
I’ll point out Article 9 of Maryland’s Declaration of Rights: "That no power of suspending Laws or the execution of Laws, unless by, or derived from the Legislature, ought to be exercised, or allowed."
Yet we allow the police to be as a mater of routine to be totally ignorant on a section of law that applies to a significant amount of the population.]

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The article I quote: https://www.wickedlocal.com/arlington/news/x1851399647/Arlington-PD-begins-bikes-initiative
Maryland Declaration of Rights: https://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/43const/html/00dec.htmloldId.20120920140813194