Indiana State Police Senior Trooper Ron Lowe recently completed training at the Deeley Harley Davidson Motorcycle Officers School in Ontario, Canada.
The school is on the campus of the Ontario Police College in Aylmer to train motorcycle officers from throughout the U.S. and Canada. The two-week motorcycle school is designed to enhance an officer’s basic motorcycle handling skills through advanced high and low speed maneuvering, highway operation, and safety techniques unique to police motorcycle units.
The students were required to complete eight phases in order to become a certified motorcycle officer.
Prior to completing the motorcycle school, Lowe worked road patrol duties at the Putnamville and Indianapolis State Police posts. A 15-year veteran of the ISP, he is now assigned to the Operations Support Division as a motorcycle patrol unit (MP).
Motor officers utilize 2009 Harley Davidson Electra Glide Motorcycles to patrol Indiana from March 1 through Nov. 30. Lowe will patrol in a police car during the winter months and inclement weather. The motorcycle is equipped with dual head radar, emergency lighting with a siren, and a hands free radio system.
The mission of the motorcycle program is to reduce the number and severity of crashes on Indiana roadways through public education and strict traffic enforcement. The ISP has identified several primary causation factors related to motor vehicle crashes such as speeding, operating while intoxicated, disregarding a traffic control device, improper passing, following too closely, unsafe lane movement, and failure to yield. The motorcycle program, along with the ISP high performance Mustang vehicle program, is designed to combat such driving behaviors.
The ISP has 24 motorcycle patrol units working various regions throughout Indiana.
Lowe resides in Pittsboro with his wife Christine and three children.
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Pittsboro resident and ISP Senior Trooper Ron Lowe was recently assigned to the motorcycle patrol unit and completed training for that in Ontario, Canada. / Submitted photo
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