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Taupo police try out their new Segway scooters - Source: ONE News -
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Taupo police are trialling two Segway scooters as additions to their crime-fighting armoury.
Area commander Inspector Steve Bullock says the community policing unit will use the scooters, which have a top speed of 20kph, in public parks and along the lake front.
The first deployment will be during the Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge on November 28, he has told The Dominion Post.
"They will never replace police on the beat or in cars, but they will give us greater flexibility and access during big events."
The scooters have been lent to police by the Taupo Safer Community Trust.
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