Dallas, TX - Motorcops.com, which has maintained the official list of motor officer competitions for the past six years has added new events. “With the economy, there are many skills competitions that have decided to skip an event this year, “ said Mark Kopang the owner of MK Media, LLC which operates Motorcops.com. “Some police departments are going ahead, even though getting a late start, as they will be donating the proceeds from the event to families of fallen officers. They’ve come to Motorcops.com to get the word out,” Kopang continued.
One of the recently added events is the Oakland Police Department’s Police Motorcycle Training and Skills Competition being held on July 11. The training event will be held at Bob Dron Harley-Davidson in Oakland, CA and proceeds will go to the families of the recently slain Oakland Police Sgt. Erv Romans, Sgt. Dan Sakai, Sgt. Mark Dunakin and Officer John Hege. Dunakin and Hege were motorcycle officers. Special recognition will also be given to Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputy Larry Canfield who was killed in the line of duty on November 12, 2008.
Police motorcycle training events or “rodeos” as some call them, started in the late 1970’s as a way for officers to hone their riding skills and as a way to exchange information regionally between departments. That is still true today, though since Motorcops.com began the first listing of training and skills competitions in early 2004, events get exposure like never before and can draw departments from various parts of the country in order to do training.
“It is amazing to see these officers ride and how they’re always willing to help each other become better and gain a higher level of proficiency to help them in their daily work out on the streets, “ said Kopang who attends many competitions each year taking photos. One of the advantages to having Motorcops.com cover your training and skills competition is the online photo gallery that is created which is a 24/7 reminder of the great time at the rodeo. Motorcops.com has the largest online photo gallery – over 13,000 photos – of motor officers.
