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Rider Coaches
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Rider Coach John Pretti
An 18 year veteran with the Tallahassee Police Department, John has spent the past 12 years with the police department motorcycle unit. John is the senior motorcycle instructor for the department, conducting monthly motorcycle training. He also conducts a basic police motorcycle course for police officers wishing to become motor officers. He trained the first female motor officer for the Tallahassee Police Department in the department's 150 year history. He helped train the first motor officers for FAMU Police Department motor unit and the Institute of Police Technology and Management teaching motor officers how to become instructors for their departments. He has written an article which is published at www.motorcops.com which discusses anti-lock brake system (ABS) on police motorcycles. Since 1998, John has been an instructor for MSF and in 2002 was crossed trained as a Rider Coach. John has been an instructor with Florida Safe Rider, Inc. since 2003. He sees what happens when the untrained and unlicensed get on a two-wheeled vehicle. "You never stop learning." "You must continue to get trained or get professional training on a motorcyce and once you get trained, must continue to keep those skills in top condition." "You cannot afford to be in a crash on a motorcycle, your fault or not." In 2002 John attended Kevin Schwantz Racing Motorcycle Suzuki School. "I continue to find ways to improve my riding." One of the ways is participating in police motorcycle rodeos. Having participated in about 15 rodeos, John has three 1st place, one 2nd place, one 4th place and one 5th place awards. "The reason for attending the rodeos is to push myself to being the best an in return giving this knowledge and talent back to my students at either the Tallahassee Police Department Motor Unit or at Florida SafeRider, Inc."
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