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@Oliver Schick
Police on bikes is always great news. They do tend to start out with some sort of remit of targeting cyclists, but that doesn't tend to last and they tend to become much more general in their approach. Sometimes, they're also not taken seriously as police at first, but that changes. We have loads of cycling police in London now and it's a firmly-established part of their modus operandi, and very popular with some officers to do bike duty. Some call it 'the best-kept secret' in the police force. Seeing police on bikes all the time has been another ingredient in shifting perceptions of cycling in London.