Police World 2 2016

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The Hamburg Police Motorcycle Display Team By Horst Sauff

The Hamburg Police Motorcycle Display Team, under the leadership of Chief Police Officer Ruediger Spahr, consists of 35 members from all branches of the Hamburg Police Department. T he Display Team is a volunteer group composed of men and women serving in the Hamburg Police who have volunteered their time outside of working hours to the Squad’s busy schedule. Since its founding in 1977, the Police Motorcycle Youthful motorcycle fans in particular have been targeted by the Squad with the aim of getting them interested in police matters, traffic safety, driving skill, and motor sports.

The motorcycles are retired BMW R50 and R60 police bikes that were built between 1956 and 1964. After 20 years of police-service, all were declared surplus by the police department over 30 years ago, and have since then been lovingly maintained by members of the Squad.

Display Team has become an indispensable feature of police community relations efforts in Germany, serving as a goodwill ambassador for the police and motor sports in general.

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POLICE WORLD Vol 61 No. 2, 2016