A Polaris on the police force: a Sportsman 600 patrols the Macedon, N.Y., area.(all terrain vehicle)

You might not immediately recognize Macedon, N.Y., as the kind of community that would need an all-terrain vehicle for its police force. After all, the small town in agricultural Wayne County doesn't have any bathing beaches crowded with tourists or a major web of pedestrian pathways to patrol.

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But you might be surprised that Macedon has found an ATV to be just what the doctor ordered for public safety work in this rural area. For one thing, not everything growing out in the fields is entirely legal. And that is one of the major factors that spurred the ...

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