Posted: 4/28/2024 9:34:22 PM EDT
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Any Motor Officers here? Early in my career I got to ride motors for a few years. The Motor Officer school was the hardest training in my entire career. The issued bike was a Kawasaki KZ1000P, which was a great bike. I have also been on a few BMW's in both R and K versions, excellent bikes. Motor Officer school taught things that I never thought were possible on a full dressed road bike. The emphasis on slow speed obstacle work, obstacle avoidance, up & down stairs, figure-8's and circles not only on the flats but on steep hills, box and broad slides, and the day of taking the bikes to the motocross track and hill climbs was a real skill and confidence builder. The things they taught us and were required to pass motor school did come in handy many times. I am happy to say that I got to go through Motor Officer school a second time a few years later, and passed a second time as well, it was just as physical and mental as the first run, even though I knew what to expect, but the obstacles and skills course is always a challenge and should be something that is always practiced and honed. CY6 Greg Sullivan "Sully" SLR15 Rifles DefensiveEdge.com (763) 712-0123 |
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Rode motors for six years, 10 hours a day, four days a week, from 100 plus degrees down to single digits. Road Kings, big heavy bike, great for police work! It was the highlight of my career so far, but I don’t miss the heat/cold these days. I agree 100% Sully, I thought I knew how to ride until I went to motor school. The attrition rate was about 30% in those days., far from a “gimmie” course for sure! |
| I was a motorman and motors Sergeant. Hard work, but enjoyed most every minute of it. We rode, regardless of weather. You didn’t get a car because it was cold, raining, or both. We were based out of the Special Operations Section. When I first went over, we probably had 45 motormen on 2 watches, 5 or 6 Sergeants, and 2 Lieutenants. Day watch officers worked 7am-3pm and had weekends off. Evening watch was 330pm to 1130 pm, with everyone having staggered days off. All under the traffic Captain. First started on Kawasaki K-Z 1000, then transitioned to the piece of shit HD. We handled all parades, Braves baseball (before they went to Cobb co), Falcons, some Ga Tech football, riots, demonstrations, protests, etc. We had 4 radar cars and 2 pickup trucks that worked accidents on the connector during rush hour. I was a motorman for 6 years and a Sergeant for 2 and half, then got transferred to another unit in Special Operations. I spent about half my career in Special Operations (15 years). 10 steps above humping 9-1-1 calls any day of the week, and twice on Sundays. |
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