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Inside the Badge by Paul ClintonNovember 1, 2012

2013 Vehicle Tests: Michigan Vs. California

The Michigan State Police and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department provided Police Magazine with preliminary results from the vehicle tests conducted in September and October of pursuit-rated patrol vehicles for the 2013 model year.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 30, 2012

NLEOMF Auctions 'Thin Blue Line' Harley

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) will auction a 2012 Harley-Davidson FLHTCU Ultra Classic Electra Glide Peace Officer Special Edition motorcycle in May, according to the group.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 12, 2012

Ga. Agencies Lease Harley-Davidsons for Motor Units

The Canton (Ga.) Police Department has acquired new Harley-Davidson police motorcycles through a municipal lease program provided by Sparta Commercial Services, Inc.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 21, 2011

Benchmade Introduces Harley-Davidson Nonconformist Folding Knife

Benchmade has introduced the Harley-Davidson Nonconformist folding knife in drop-point (13800) and Tanto (13801) configurations.

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Inside the Badge by Paul ClintonOctober 4, 2011

Troopers Test New Police Motorcycles In Michigan

This year, the Michigan State Police tested new offerings from Victory Motorcycles—the Commander I and Vision cruisers—among the six police motorcycles to be offered in the 2012 model year. The state police also tested BMW's R1200-RTP, Harley-Davidson's Road King, and H-D's Electra Glide.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 8, 2010

NLEOMF to Raffle Harley-Davidson Bike

The bike, which was donated by Harley-Davidson, retails for $18,402 and was on display during National Police Week at the Fraternal Order of Police's Tent City during LawRide. Only 6,000 tickets are being sold, and the raffle winner need not be present to win.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 25, 2010

Harley Donates Bike for Law Enforcement Museum Raffle

The Harley-Davidson motorcycle has a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $18,402, and only 6,000 raffle tickets are being printed.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 15, 2009

Harley-Davidson Closes Buell Division

Harley-Davidson will close its Buell subsidiary in East Troy, Wisc., which will result in the ceasing of production of the Buell Ulysses Police XB12XP motorcycle, BizTimes Daily reports.

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Photo Galleriesby Staff WriterOctober 8, 2009

Motorcycle Skills Competition

An annual California police motorcycle skills competition drew almost 500 officers to a sun-drenched parking lot along the Huntington Beach sand to compete for top-rider honors, train on patterns of neatly arranged orange cones and share a few moments of levity about their specialized patrol work. The Orange County Traffic Officer's Association hosted the annual police motorcycle skills competition, which nearly doubled in attendance from a year ago.

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Photo Galleriesby Staff WriterSeptember 16, 2009

Police Motorcycles: 2009

Officers patrolling for agencies that purchased motorcycles from the 2009 model year will be riding one of six models. Harley-Davidson, which began producing police motorcycles in 1908, offers the Road King and Electra Glide (identical engine with sidecar mounting). BMW's R1200 RT-P is a favorite of the California Highway Patrol and Los Angles Sheriff's Department. The company also offers the G650. In 2007, Honda began producing its ST1300, a compact, performance bike. And H-D subsidiary Buell began producing a police version of its Ulysses sportbike in late 2008. Roads can't contain that bike, which has already been put to use by several rural departments.

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