NYPD Cracking Down on Illegal Motorbikes

NYPD Cracking Down on Illegal Motorbikes

This is what happens to illegal motorbikes and ATVs after being seized by the NYPD. Deputy Commissioner Martinez explained that the department cannot sell illegal bikes so the property is taken to a facility in Long Island where it is crushed and recycled. Credit: ©2021 Robert Roth
NEW YORK, 5/20/21: Prior to a press conference Thursday at the 33rd Precinct, the NYPD displayed some of the illegal dirt bikes seized recently. Credit: ©2021 Robert Roth
At the press conference in Washington Heights, Chief of Department Rodney Harrison flanked by Deputy Commissioner Robert Martinez declared of the motorbikes and ATVs, “"They are illegal and dangerous," he said. "Don't ride them. If you do, you are endangering yourself and others." Credit: ©2021 Robert Roth
Chief Kim Royster, who heads the NYPD’s Transportation Bureau, warns that dirt bikes and ATVs are illegal because they lack the proper safety equipment like mirrors, brake lights and signals. For that reason, they cannot be registered with the DMV. Credit: ©2021 Robert Roth

Photos By Robert Roth

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