I'd imagine that Segways are useful for police officers doing crowd control duty. First off, standing on that platform gives you an eight inch advantage over e

I'd imagine that Segways are useful for police officers doing crowd control duty. First off, standing on that platform gives you an eight inch advantage over everyone else -- you can see pretty well. But more importantly: you can be SEEN. I think that most of a cop's job is done when s/he is visible.