The force I was in decided that it would be good for what were then called " Community bobbies " to be seen out and about on push bikes, Now I have always hated them but thought fair enough so I collected one from the nick, I lived in a sub station house at the time in a very rough area that I was community policing. In fairness we were not ordered to use a bike but hey ho give it a go. I was pedaling around in a dump called Airedale which only people from Castleford would know and a 999 call came in at the other end of Castleford at an old persons bungalow near the four ways pub and the beat cars at the time were commited so I was asked to attend. I pedalled this friggin heavy sit up and beg bike like billio for the 3 miles including through a red traffic light at King Billy crossroads on a hot sunny day and was sweating like a pig " get it? lol " when I got there!! Old lady was ok having had some scumbag prop man ( police jargon ) at her bungalow who had just left. I rode the bike back to the nick and never got on one again lol. Twas 1979 or 80 iirc.