This officer tells me that Target donated a small fleet of these to the Tucson Police Department. He said they go about 30 miles on a charge.
A few friends and I got a good laugh speculating how funny it would be to get pulled over by one of these. Then we watched a guy across the street get busted for smoking a joint in his car while this officer looked on. It turns out it’s actually not very funny at all.
This article appears in Aug 11-17, 2011.
Actually the donation last year was from Target by way of the Tucson Police Foundation.
These things have been patrolling downtown for a while. Glad you noticed.
I’ve heard the expression “when pigs fly”; never thought I’d see pigs segway
Red Star wonders that the media are *still* doing the stupid cop tricks bit…