concerns, it creates wakes which are unpopular with
those doing human-powered sports,” McGill adds.
The officers are identified as members of the Truckee
P.D. in lettering on their shirts and paddleboard,
and they carry service weapons, badges and other
law enforcement equipment on chest harnesses. The
paddleboard patrol teams are part of the Truckee
P.D.’s Adventure, Recreation and Community (ARC)
Team, which also includes officers in bright-yellow
uniforms on mountain bikes.
The paddleboard teams primarily are not focused on
writing citations, McGill says.
“The Truckee Police Department had been struggling
a bit with its image and its relationship with the
community,” McGill says. “There were very few
police-community partnerships, and the P.D. was
viewed as highly enforcement oriented, without a lot
of community engagement.”
Surf Patrol
Truckee PD hits the water on stand-up boards in a first-of-a-kind effort
Once again this summer, for the second consecutive
year, the Truckee Police Department is preparing to
make a splash – with a patrol team believed to be
the only one of its kind in the world.
In a program that is less about law enforcement
than it is about strengthening ties with residents
of this outdoorsy community northwest of Lake
Tahoe, four officers from the Truckee P.D. will be
taking turns patrolling Donner Lake from Memorial
Day weekend to Labor Day weekend on standup
paddleboards.
Modesto and was chief in Newman, in Stanislaus
County, before being named top cop of Truckee in
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