Diminished personal contact with the public.Little opportunity to develop sources of information.Marked police vehicle hampers apprehension and surveillance operations.
A police car.
The disadvantage of a motorcycle patrol is the potential for dangerous situations. Often times drivers do not pay sufficient attention to people riding motorcycles.
Speed and range. Vulnerability in some regards.
One of the advantages of motorcycle patrol is that is uses less gas than that of cruisers. One disadvantage of motorcycle patrol is that there is no way to transport prisoners.
Automobile patrols allow officers to cover a large precinct, but you are usually going to fast to notice details, (in addition, the driver also needs to care about his driving). A light motorbike patrol allows officers to stray in parking lots, while they would not get off a patrol car for lack of convenient parking or other reasons. Contact and communication with people in the neighbourhood is greatly reduced, so officers may lose valuable information. The public being less able to interact with officers cannot ask them to have a look at this or that, or simply to listen to them, lose confidence in the policing methods (foot or bike patrols have a very positive impact regarding interaction with the public).
You have to wait for all the traffic to go .
You can carry more equipment in a car, transport prisoners, engage in fast pursuit, higher visibility of the officers.
Automobile patrols are routine drives made by law enforcement officers. They usually ensure that there is surveillance and easy access to areas where there is suspicious activity.
All methods of patrol have their pros and cons, but the most popular and widely used is automobile patrol. Chosen for the ability to get around very quickly, hold much of the officer's equipment, hold/transport suspects, and many other key features that other patrol methods cannot supply.
When riding a motorcycle, you don't have as-easy access to the database of information. You also are more exposed.
Diminished personal contact with the public.Little opportunity to develop sources of information.Marked police vehicle hampers apprehension and surveillance operations.