Leading Senior Constable Glen Ziino from the Narre Warren police station with a marked police motorcycle. 26339A POLICE initiative to create a safer environment for motorcyclists across the state has been launched.
The two-year program – the Community Policing and Enforcement to Reduce Motorcycle Road Trauma Program – will be the first of its kind in Victoria.
It will see 10 marked police motorcycles added to the police force to help target more areas.
Assistant Commissioner for Traffic and Transit Safety Ken Lay said the aim of the initiative was to reduce the number of motorcycle fatalities and serious injuries each year.
Last year, 42 motorcyclists and one pillion passenger lost their lives on the state’s roads, with 1139 others seriously injured.
So far in 2009, five motorcyclists have been killed in Victoria.
