{"id":145524,"date":"2026-03-22T21:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T21:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/145524\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T21:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T21:43:08","slug":"pittsburgh-police-add-new-bike-officers-ahead-of-nfl-draft-patrols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/145524\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh police add new bike officers ahead of NFL Draft patrols"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bdc214d506aff77b831f78a5da24bf0f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police has added 17 new officers to its Bicycle Patrol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The officers completed 40 hours of training in the classroom and on the road to become certified, the bureau said in a social media post Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Part of the training included a roughly 30-mile road across the city, including skill stations and varied terrain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The new officers will be part of the 40-person Bicycle Patrol assigned to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/nfl-draft-is-approaching-pittsburgh-heres-what-we-know-about-campus-so-far\/Y4JUNRKA55DWPPABFVKL23UM2E\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NFL Draft in Pittsburgh;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;NFL Draft in Pittsburgh&quot;}\" class=\"link \">NFL Draft in Pittsburgh<\/a> from April 23-35, the bureau says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FREE WPXI News app;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;FREE WPXI News app&quot;}\" class=\"link \">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Twitter&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Watch WPXI NOW;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Watch WPXI NOW&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police has added 17 new officers to its Bicycle Patrol. 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