Do you think that the police can do a good job without transportation?

The circumstances are obviously very different from country to country, and often from region to region within the same country. Here in the United Kingdom it would be virtually impossible for the police to maintain their current standards without dedicated transport. I am quite sure that many people would happily give lifts to support them, but the limitations would seriously impair their job.

How strange! Our policemen here wouldn't be happy without cars. How do they get places quickly if they need to? I suppose I'd give them a ride unless there's a problem there like there is here with men pretending to be cops in order to catch women unaware.

Interesting... I know here in the US, there are a lot of people who are RUDE and would never Stop to help a Policeman if they need it, or call for help even for them. And it would be next to impossible in most areas for anything to get done if they did not have transportation. I have seen some areas where Policemen ride bikes, but I guess if I were one, I would want a Car to get me the recognition I hopefully should deserve.

I do not and I think they need good comunication as well. I think it is very dangerous not to have the right tools to do the job.

Yes they need transportation to do the job right. If the they in a large size city there is no way they could take care of all the crimes that are committed without transportation. They could not even hire enough people to be in enough places to handle the work load. Most of the crime would not get any attention. The crime rate must be high in Nicaragua if they are relying on pick-ups from other people to go to a crime being committed. I am surprised a place this large does not make it a priority to control the crime in the best way.

I think in large heavily populated areas, they need both. And patrol men on bikes,motorcycles and horses would be an added bonus. And in most cities of the US the size of the police force needs to greatly increased. In this country a police officer hitchhiking would not be a great idea, it would only end up being an oportunity for the bad guys to take advantage of either the police officers on foot, or someone might just pretend that he is an officer to take advantage of a motorist...SS

Yes they do need some sort of transport to get around and I cannot imagine that they can do their job properly without it. No way would I give anyone a lift if they were hitchhiking along the road, regardless of whether they were in police uniform or not. How could I know if they were genuine or some shonky person? Of course all countries are different and you are living in a poor country in Nicaragua, which would affect what they can provide. I would think that having more police is more important than providing them with a vehicle, if those are the choices that have to be made. Here in Australia they have a wide variety of means of transportation. They have the normal Police Cars, what we call Paddy Wagons which they use to put criminals in; high speed Pursuit Cars for the Highway Patrol; Police on push bikes for around the city; Motor Bikes which are mostly for Highway Patrol too plus the usual vehicles for transporting large and small numbers of prisoners; Mounted Police mostly used for crowd control at certain events plus of course the unmarked patrol cars.

Would I pick up someone dressed as a cop that was hitchhiking - I don't think so, I would be watcing the news to learn about which cop got killed. Figuring that the kitchhiker was the killer who stole his uniform. I don't think I would feel very safe in Nicaragua.