National Grid Property help Drylaw Police get on their bikes
20 October 2008
Police are set to patrol North Edinburgh on bikes, as local units receive cash donations.
Officers in the north of Edinburgh have welcomed a £2000 contribution from National Grid Property, to enable police to patrol the Forth Neighbourhood area on bicycles.
The proposal will see 15 officers from Leith and Drylaw Police Stations, patrolling leisure areas popular with the public.
The scheme will see 11 specially marked mountain bikes patrolling the newly developed areas of Edinburgh’s waterfront. The focus will be on locations inaccessible by car, including The Forthquarter Park, surrounding cycle paths and walkways.
PC Alex Rich from Drylaw Neighbourhood Action Unit said: ‘We’ve got a huge area that we can’t really get to easily by car, but these are still areas that need to be policed. We’re trying to engage with people and deal with problems that may arise.’
The 20 acre Forthquarter Park, part of National Grid Property’s £17 million redevelopment site at Granton, is among various locations set to benefit from the scheme. Regional Property Manager, Mark Rylance, fully supports the project, ‘It is an excellent initiative, which will be a great asset to The Forthquarter’.
The new uniformed unit will be modelled on the success of a similar project in Edinburgh’s City Centre, which was set up in 2006.
The initiative has also received donations from Morrisons Supermarket Ltd, Forth Ports and electronics firm, Selex Galileo, all of which are involved in the development and shaping of North Edinburgh’s waterfront.
Image courtesy of David Pickering
Police are set to patrol North Edinburgh on bikes, as local units receive cash donations.
Officers in the north of Edinburgh have welcomed a £2000 contribution from National Grid Property, to enable police to patrol the Forth Neighbourhood area on bicycles.
The proposal will see 15 officers from Leith and Drylaw Police Stations, patrolling leisure areas popular with the public.
The scheme will see 11 specially marked mountain bikes patrolling the newly developed areas of Edinburgh’s waterfront. The focus will be on locations inaccessible by car, including The Forthquarter Park, surrounding cycle paths and walkways.
PC Alex Rich from Drylaw Neighbourhood Action Unit said: ‘We’ve got a huge area that we can’t really get to easily by car, but these are still areas that need to be policed. We’re trying to engage with people and deal with problems that may arise.’
The 20 acre Forthquarter Park, part of National Grid Property’s £17 million redevelopment site at Granton, is among various locations set to benefit from the scheme. Regional Property Manager, Mark Rylance, fully supports the project, ‘It is an excellent initiative, which will be a great asset to The Forthquarter’.
The new uniformed unit will be modelled on the success of a similar project in Edinburgh’s City Centre, which was set up in 2006.
The initiative has also received donations from Morrisons Supermarket Ltd, Forth Ports and electronics firm, Selex Galileo, all of which are involved in the development and shaping of North Edinburgh’s waterfront.
Image courtesy of David Pickering