{"id":110012,"date":"2026-07-29T16:51:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=110012"},"modified":"2026-07-29T16:51:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:51:59","slug":"new-motorcycles-enhance-uri-department-of-public-safety-community-policing-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/07\/new-motorcycles-enhance-uri-department-of-public-safety-community-policing-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"New motorcycles enhance URI Department of Public Safety community policing efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 July 29, 2026 \u2013 Motorcycles have been added to the University of Rhode Island <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/publicsafety\/\">Department of Public Safety<\/a>\u2019s fleet of vehicles for the first time. The two brand new motorcycles, purchased from Russ\u2019 Ocean State Harley-Davidson, will enable officers to respond to issues in parts of the campus that are difficult for police cruisers to access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe motorcycles will help officers get to emergencies&nbsp;more efficiently,&nbsp;especially when traffic is congested,&nbsp;or if there is an emergency&nbsp;in areas that traditional vehicles cannot easily access,\u201d said URI Chief of Police and Assistant Vice President of Public Safety Michael Jagoda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All officers will be required to take extensive operational training and obtain a motorcycle license before using the vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">URI Vice President for Administration and Finance Abby Benson was instrumental in securing the motorcycles through the University\u2019s bid and procurement processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe addition of two police motorcycles represents a strategic investment in enhanced campus safety and community engagement,\u201d said Benson. \u201cBesides enabling our officers to reach areas where traditional patrol vehicles cannot, the motorcycles will strengthen the officers\u2019 visibility, giving them an approachable presence that defines URI&#8217;s community policing.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Jagoda, the motorcycles will also play an important role in URI\u2019s traffic safety initiatives\u00a0and education\u00a0related to distracted\u00a0driving, pedestrian\u00a0safety, and speed enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps most importantly, the new vehicles have the potential to quicken emergency response time, especially on alternative roadways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 July 29, 2026 \u2013 Motorcycles have been added to the University of Rhode Island Department of Public Safety\u2019s fleet of vehicles for the first time. The two brand new motorcycles, purchased from Russ\u2019 Ocean State Harley-Davidson, will enable officers to respond to issues in parts of the campus that are difficult for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":110013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1911,1903],"class_list":["post-110012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives","tag-campus-improvement","tag-health-and-wellness"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110014,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110012\/revisions\/110014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}