Seeing motorcycle officers work their 800-lb. vehicles through the tight confines of an obstacle course drives home the point that manhandling a big machine in close quarters during Mobile's Mardi Gras is a very physical task. 🏍️
The small flock of rubber ducks glued atop the officer’s helmet are the first thing you notice. Then maybe the words below them, “My 1st ride.”
Mobile Police Department officer Colton Futral rides the parade route ahead of the Feb. 3, 2023, Conde Cavaliers parade, starting his first Mardi Gras as a motorcycle officer. Wearing the motorcycle unit's "rookie" helmet was his idea, he said.This time you see the ducks coming, and you see the prominent label across the front of the helmet: “ROOKIE,” it proclaims.
Cpl. Ryan Blakely, a Mobile Police Department officer who’s also an MPD motorcycle instructor, looked on with satisfaction. The goal is “to get the rust and the dust off,” he said. An intense session of “skill maneuvers” could be “something that may possibly save a life one day on the street,” he said. Maybe the life of an officer forced to avoid another vehicle.
He joined the force in August 2017 and was certified as a motorcycle officer just a few months ago. It didn’t come easy, he said: In fact, he had to do some extra work with on personal time to clear the training course. He credited the department’s trainers with going the extra mile. That was one reason for Wednesday’s training session, Blakely said. Different law enforcement units can have slightly different procedures for activities such as escort duties. When they work together in a tight situation, he said, they need to have a common understanding of how they’re going to handle the details.
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