The five new Piaggio motorbikes - sleek, black and futuristic - look like something the Caped Crusader would ride.
Batman jokes - and extreme coolness factor - aside, however, the Piaggios, police said, make for an effective crime-fighting tool. The motorbikes, with two wheels in the front and one in the rear are quite stable, police said.
"It gives you great stability," Traffic Officer Robert Ward said shortly before the motorbikes embarked on their maiden patrols of city streets.
And their quiet 500 cc engines are well-suited for police to monitor their surroundings downtown and in the city neighborhoods that they will patrol.
"It will help our police officers to be more intimate with individuals in those areas," Mayor Domenic J. Sarno said.
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