The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) is the component of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for advancing the practice of community policing by the nation's state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies through information and grant resources.

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The Bicycle Safety and Awareness Patrol program is modeled around educational material offered by C.O.P.S., in an effort to bring our patrols in cooperation with local law enforcement agencies in their efforts to protect our communities.

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Moderators
Moderators review posts from their postal code area and verify a police report exists for each. If no report is found, they are given the tools to suspend the post and contact the person making the report to resolve any problems. If a moderator deems a post invalid, they have the option to permanently delete it from the database. They also have tools allowing them to suspend or ban users from filing reports with the registry.

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Ambassadors
Ambassadors, using a friendly approach with bicycle safety brochures, "Safe Bike" stickers, and casual conversation take on the more engaging role of educating their community in proper bicycle etiquette. They also spot and report safety issues such as broken pole lamps, sidewalks with dangerous breaks, vandalism, and other safety issues the City or County should know about.

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Citizen Patrols
Citizen Bicycle Safety & Awareness Patrol volunteers canvas trails, parks, and roadways for abandoned bikes, suspicious criminal activity, and identify high risk areas in need of more active outreach by our ambassadors or stepped-up patrols by police. Patrol volunteers also target sections of roadways for traffic conditioning using high visibility uniforms and safety lights. Their primary objective is to make their presence known as the eyes and ears for law enforcement, and to use this advantage to condition their community to trust that bicycling is a safe mode of travel and leisure.

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Merchants
Businesses engaged in the bicycle trade are given access to special statistical data and other tools helping them to identify areas within their community with high bicycle theft rates, as well as access to our database of known bicycle thieves in their area. Other tools provided help merchants to deter the peddling of stolen bicycle parts and frames through their store.

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Law Enforcement
officials are provided with elevated access to our database, along with a host of tools designed to aid and assist in their investigations and efforts to reduce bicycle theft. Law enforcement are also given access to incident reports and to post the profile of convicted bicycle thieves to our Bicycle Thieves Registry, where citizens can view known thieves within their community and receive police bulletins when they need public assistance.