The customised Segways for the Mumbai Police will have carriers to keep walkie-talkies, radio sets, and diaries to maintain records. Illustration/Uday Mohite

Watching kids ride Segways on the Marine Drive promenade has become a usual sighting, especially after the craze for the self-balancing electric scooter hit the city two years ago. As if they weren't enough to disrupt traffic on the walkers' paradise, the Mumbai Police's patrolling staff will now join them. According to sources, in order to make patrolling sessions less tiring and daunting, cops posted at Marine Drive and Girgaum Chowpatty will be given Segways to keep tight vigilance.