Service is extended

Bicycle police file over 1000 reports in Graz

This summer, the officers of the Graz bicycle police issued 2,661 police mandates.(Bild: Christian Jauschowetz)

The Graz bicycle police take stock after the summer: more than 1000 cases have been reported. Thanks to this "success", the officers are now also cycling through the provincial capital in the cooler months of the year for the first time. 

A total of ten men and women are on duty with the Graz bicycle police. Between May and September this year, they filed more than 1,100 reports (60 cyclists and 6 car drivers were caught under the influence of alcohol) - in addition, 2,661 tickets were issued. The most common reasons for complaints by the officers were inadequate lighting on bicycles and disregarding red lights. 

A total of ten men and women serve as bicycle police officers in Graz.(Bild: Christian Jauschowetz)

"The bicycle police officers have once again succeeded in making a valuable contribution to safety in Graz with consistency and a sense of proportion," says City Police Commander Thomas Heiland. For the first time since it was founded in 2007, the Graz bicycle police will also be deployed outside of the summer months this year. "Modern functional uniforms and technically well-equipped service bicycles make it possible to carry out these patrol activities flexibly and at the police officers' own discretion," Heiland is convinced.