I was chatting to one of the bike cops at the GP at the Island a couple years ago and mentioned that there seemed to be a lot less of the "solos" around!
He said that a fully kitted BMW Police bike was around the $64,000 to $65,000 mark, which was about the same as a fully fitted out Commodore pursuit car, so Force Command reckoned that the value just wasnt there for the 2 wheelers!
Hence the sort of rarity nowadays of the Plod on the Bike!!
I agree with Suzyj too as to the attitude of the solo cops, gthey know what we have to do to keep ourselves safe and have a for more realistic idea and approach to motorcycle road law enforcement, (if they are of the "Old School" of bike cops?) The newbies can be REAL clones of the Police Training System and only see things in black and white with absolutely no common sense whatsoever!