Federal grant to fund return of bike patrol in Selma

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A federal community policing grant will be used to bring bicycle patrol back to Selma, according to Chief Kenta Fulford.

Fulford, who was a bicycle cop for part of his career, said the $550,000 grant from Congresswoman Terri Sewell will fund the department’s “Community Police in Peace effort.”

“I found that being on a bike, you can approach citizens more,” Fulford said. “Like if they are sitting on their porch, you can ride right up to them and talk to them verses doing patrol in a car.”

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