The City of Fort Lauderdale celebrates its 100^th birthday this year and its Police Department has been mobile on motorcycles nearly the entire time.  The Fort Lauderdale Police Department Motorcycle Unit is currently comprised of a total of 9 riders including 1 supervisor.  In the mod 90’s the unit was increased from 15 to a high of 27 at one point.   FLPD Motor Unit regular duties have shifted from strictly traffic enforcement to include patrol of high crime areas as identified by crime analysis.  The Motorcycle Officer are also used for numerous escorts, parades, static displays, demonstrations, civic/homeowner association events, school career days, and D.A.R.E. graduations.  The unit is utilized to lead the many running events along with the yearly Fort Lauderdale marathon and half marathon.  Over the years the unit has been instrumental with facilitating traffic flow for over 2 million visitors to the beach during Fort Lauderdale air and Sea Show.  The unit also participates in traffic safety events with neighboring agencies in the tri-county area.  Over the last quarter century the FLPD Motor Unit has been exclusively riding Harley-Davidson Motorcycles for police duty.  Currently they ride 2010 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide motorcycles, in cost savings effort the city purchased these motorcycles last year moving away from the usual 2 year lease cycle.