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Corporal Kenny V. Mendez, military policeman, Provost Marshal's Office, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, rests after his warm up drills and looks on as his fellow officers go through the drills before heading out to the training course Oct. 4. The air station will be implementing bike patrols through the housing areas on the air station.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Brandon L. Roach

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Miramar bike patrol hits the street

4 Oct 2005 | Lance Cpl. Brandon L. Roach Marine Corps Air Station Miramar-EMS

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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. -- With the community in mind and pedals at their feet, the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Provost Marshal's Office kicked off its military police bicycle patrol training Oct. 4.

The course follows those of other Marine Corps bases that have had success with the program in the past.  Currently Camp Pendleton and Camp Lejeune have active bike patrol units.

"The introductory course gave the Marines a chance to familiarize themselves with the basics of the bike and learn basic riding techniques to use in the field," said Sgt. Adrian N. Pantoja, military policeman, PMO, MCAS Miramar. "The skills the Marines are taught come from the San Diego Police Department bike patrol team."

The basic bike skills include panic stops, cone weaving, stair riding, suspect apprehension from the bike and power turning at high speeds as shown in the training manual for the bike patrol. These skills are honed throughout the five-day training course at the San Diego Police Department and during continued training at the PMO bike-training course.

"The bike-training course is an obstacle course developed to enhance the skills of the officers and is used as a final test in the program," said Pantoja.

"The main goal of the bike patrol units is to get the community more involved with the police officers," said Cpl. Kenny V. Mendez, military policeman, PMO.

According to Pantoja, the bike patrols are primarily patrolling the housing areas and making contact with the residents. This ensures people know they are there to help and protect them.

"They will be patrolling different events around MCAS Miramar and will be used more efficiently once the manpower is available," Pantoja said.

Many Marines at Miramar are preparing to deploy and a significant number of them are military police personnel. The bike training is still available for them if they have the opportunity and meet the criteria.

"The Marines who are selected for the bike patrol must meet several requirements in order to start training," said Pantoja. "They must have a first class physical fitness test, a positive attitude and must have a clean and sharp appearance."

The uniforms of the bike patrol are black shorts and blue polo shirts and reflective police vests as well as their badge and weapons belt.

The bikes are equipped with a lighting system and have a container pack connected to the rear of the seat.

As military policemen continue to uphold the law, the bike patrol will be added to ensure the safety of MCAS Miramar residents.

POLICY

The most important starting point for an EMS* is the development of an environmental policy. ISO14001 requires local governments to implement their own environmental policy. The environmental policy acts as a basis for the environmental management system.

PLANNING

ISO14001 requires that an environmental management system is planned properly. It requires the organization to consider the following carefully: Environmental Aspects; Legal and Other Aspects; Objectives and Targets; and an Environmental Management Program.

IMPLEMENTATION

The two requirements for implementation of an EMS is to define, document, and communicate roles, responsibilities and authorities, and to allocate the resources needed to implement and control the EMS.

CHECKING

The key requirement in this EMS step is to regularly monitor and measure key characteristics of activities and operations that could have a significant impact on the environment. Changes to EMS procedures may become necessary in order to deal with nonconformances with the EMS, with mitigating environmental impacts, or corrective and preventive action.

REVIEW

The management review process ensure that information is collected to enable management to carry out proper review. Top management review the need for changes to policy, objectives and targets, and ensure that a commitment to continual improvement is being demonstrated.

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