- With a summer heat wave upon us, beaches are already packed and the popular Air & Water Show is just around the corner. So why aren’t police officers going to be patrolling the lakefront on ATVs?
CBS 2 [...] reports that top brass at the Chicago Police Department recently ordered all ATVs removed from the beaches.
At North Avenue beach on Wednesday, there were plenty of police officers on foot and riding around on bicycles, but none on ATVs.
The vehicles apparently aren’t designed to be used on the roads so that officers can ride them to the beach.
Surprise! Because everyone knows bikes work so well in the sand. So why even have these things if they can't be used as designed? Or used in an optimal capacity? Someone probably thought they looked cool.