
11/12/2024
The Dallas Marshal's Office is proud to show a couple of new additions to our tool 🧰.
With miles and miles of park trails across our great city, we knew we needed something that could tackle all obstacles and to ensure public safety. A lot of thought went into the addition of our UTV, and it has proven its worth as priceless.
One goal was for those who bike and hike in the parks trails. On dayy one, the Park Unit deployed the UTV on the trails and in under 10 minutes made corrective enforcement actions and made a felony arrest.
The second day of deployment it needed a good detail. Following suit, the Park Unit encountered a citizen in distress. With his permission, we attached his photo and a short story. This citizen said he is recovering from major surgery and had been bike riding for over 5 hours across the city bike trails until he flagged down the Park Unit in the UTV while they were patrolling White Rock Lake. He said he was becoming distressed and could no longer ride or walk to his vehicle. This is where the UTV came to the rescue. Part of its purpose is to help those injured on the trails where a regular patrol unit can not access and bring the park goer to safety. He was ever so greatfull to say the least, and the Deputies were more than happy to help 😊.
Following days, multiple assists are carried out along with great enforcement actions due to its surprising and incognito approach. Including finding a huge fire in a secluded wooded area. Thanks to the collaboration of the Deputies and Dallas Fire-Rescue, the fire was immediately contained and extinguished.
In addition, the Park Unit has evolved and has a few new Deputies that have passed the Dallas Police Department bike course. Though this course is no, "Ride in the park," they excelled over 40 miles of riding in 3 days! Now, they're eager to hit the trails and ensure park safety.
Dallas Park and Recreation Department