Hartford Police Department Press
Advisory
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, October 7, 2003
City of Hartford
Police to Use Segways Donated by Aetna.
WHEN
· Thursday, October 9, at 2:00
p.m., at Aetna Insurance, 151 Farmington Avenue, Hartford.
Mayor Perez will formally accept the Segways from Aetna Representatives
· Training of Hartford Police
Personnel will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE
· Front lawn/Driveway of Aetna, 151
Farmington Avenue, Hartford.
WHO
· Eight Hartford police officers
will receive training on Segways.
· Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez.
· Hartford Police Chief Bruce
Marquis.
· Aetna Corporate Security Director
Roy Murphy.
· Representatives and trainers from
Segway.
WHAT
· As part of a new community
policing initiative in the Asylum Hill section of Hartford, Aetna has
purchased two Segway HT (Human Transporter) scooters for Hartford police
officers who will be patrolling beats in the area. Police in several
American cities, including Seattle, Chicago, New York, Boston and Atlanta,
are using these scooters --self-balancing, personal transportation devices
that can travel more than 12 mph. Hartford will be the first city in
Connecticut to employ the Segways.
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