{"id":16385,"date":"2024-07-08T12:14:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/?p=16385"},"modified":"2024-07-08T12:14:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:14:37","slug":"mini-vehicle-helps-campus-police-officers-serve-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2024\/07\/08\/mini-vehicle-helps-campus-police-officers-serve-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini vehicle helps Campus Police officers serve community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Have you spotted the mini police vehicle on campus? Wondered what it does and why it&#8217;s here?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"953\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/07\/Campus-police-vehicle-2024_resizedcropped-953x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The MotoEV Electro Bubble Buddy LSV 4 Passenger Police Hard Door\" class=\"wp-image-16389\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/07\/Campus-police-vehicle-2024_resizedcropped-953x1024.jpg 953w, https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/07\/Campus-police-vehicle-2024_resizedcropped-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/07\/Campus-police-vehicle-2024_resizedcropped-768x826.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/07\/Campus-police-vehicle-2024_resizedcropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 953px) 100vw, 953px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The MotoEV Electro Bubble Buddy LSV 4 Passenger Police Hard Door<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The MotoEV Electro Bubble Buddy LSV 4 Passenger Police Hard Door arrived on campus in the spring semester, thanks to a grant from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services for equipment needs that could enhance campus safety.*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The electric vehicle helps Virginia Western Campus Police serve students and employees with a variety of needs while being able to navigate campus more nimbly than in a full-sized police vehicle. Two main areas of need were assisting stranded motorists and aiding campus community members who have requested a police escort, especially after dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MotoEV can travel on sidewalks and other places a regular vehicle can&#8217;t go, giving Campus Police a new tool in the tool belt to serve the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* <em>This project was supported, in whole or in part, by federal award, awarded to Treasurer of Virginia by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you spotted the mini police vehicle on campus? Wondered what it does and why it&#8217;s here? The MotoEV Electro Bubble Buddy LSV 4 Passenger Police Hard Door arrived on campus in the spring semester, thanks to a grant from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services for equipment needs that could enhance campus safety.*&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2024\/07\/08\/mini-vehicle-helps-campus-police-officers-serve-community\/\">Continue Reading<span> Mini vehicle helps Campus Police officers serve community<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Erica Myatt","author_link":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/author\/emyatt\/"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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