{"id":183747869,"date":"2010-10-28T17:04:29","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T17:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=183747869"},"modified":"2010-10-28T17:04:29","modified_gmt":"2010-10-28T17:04:29","slug":"walmart-helps-fund-purchase-of-baltimore-police-bicycles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=183747869","title":{"rendered":"Walmart helps fund purchase of Baltimore Police bicycles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By ABC 2 News<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore, Md. &#8211; Baltimore Police are teaming up with Walmart to Bolster its Bicycle Patrol Unit. Walmart is now funding of the purchase of 33 police-spec bicycles.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative support Baltimore City&#8217;s multi-faceted approach to crime reduction and effectively engage the community in which it serves.<\/p>\n<p>These police bicycles will provide efficient, capable and community-engaging patrol.<\/p>\n<p>They offer increased mobility over other police vehicles, allowing for a more immediate response to serious police calls for service, as they can navigate through alleys and congested roadways more expeditiously then their larger automobile counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, and perhaps more importantly, the bicycles garner considerable community attention, which leads to greater and more positive police\/community relations, particularly with youth.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc2news.com\/dpp\/news\/region\/baltimore_city\/walmart-helps-fund-purchase-of-baltimore-police-bicycles\">https:\/\/www.abc2news.com\/dpp\/news\/region\/baltimore_city\/walmart-helps-fund-purchase-of-baltimore-police-bicycles<\/a>oldId.20101028170429597<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By ABC 2 News Baltimore, Md. &#8211; Baltimore Police are teaming up with Walmart to Bolster its Bicycle Patrol Unit. Walmart is now funding of the purchase of 33 police-spec bicycles. The initiative support Baltimore City&#8217;s multi-faceted approach to crime reduction and effectively engage the community in which it serves. These police bicycles will provide &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=183747869\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Walmart helps fund purchase of Baltimore Police bicycles&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183747869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-in-baltimore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183747869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=183747869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183747869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=183747869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=183747869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=183747869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}