Chinese authorities are going high-tech and have begun equipping elite crime fighting units with motorised Segway scooters.
chinese_segway_cops China's police are getting mobile
According to the front page of daily newspaper The First, Chinese armed forces were recently spotted using Segways during a counter-terrorist …
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Chinese cops opt for Segways
Chinese authorities are going high-tech and have begun equipping elite crime fighting units with motorised Segway scooters. chinese_segway_cops China's police are getting mobile According to the front page of daily newspaper The First, Chinese armed forces were recently spotted using Segways during a counter-terrorist …
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Posted Thursday 3rd July 2008 09:29 GMT
Dr Patrick J R Harkin
"the machines help make cops more visible during patrols" #
Presumably they measure this by counting hte cries of "Who's that prat on the Segway?"
Posted Thursday 3rd July 2008 10:22 GMT
radian
like 'Chips', but different. #
Presumably, what with this being in China, the Segways will be counterfeit and removal of the handle bars would reveal a huge spike.
Posted Friday 4th July 2008 03:22 GMT
James Smith
Height Booster #
We all know Chinese people are short, so the real reason for using Segways is to increase their height.
Posted Friday 4th July 2008 18:33 GMT
steogede
Not Just New York #
>> The idea might strike you as purely a publicity stunt, but Chinese cops
>> could be taking a lead from police in Glen Falls, New York.
Or indeed, our very own Fife police (well not mine, as I don't live in fife, but you know what I mean).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7096492.stm
Seriously though, patrolling shopping centres is on thing, but SWAT maneuvers on a Segway?
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