The New Smyrna Beach Police Department utilizes police mountain bikes for many special events. Bicycle patrols provide citizens and visitors of New Smyrna Beach the ability to interact with the police in a manner that is normally restricted when officers are in marked patrol cars.
Bicycles are used to perform specialized patrols. Because of the unique perspective, bicycles can be utilized to both increase visibility and citizen contact or as a low profile police resource to deter criminal activity.