Queen Creek police say complaints involving e-bikes and juveniles have decreased since the town adopted an emergency ordinance regulating e-bikes and other motorized devices.
QCPD Chief Randy Brice presented the figures to the Queen Creek Town Council at its Wednesday meeting. In a 56-day comparison before and after the ordinance, townwide calls tied to e-bikes and juvenile disturbances dropped 34%, from 250 to 165, according to police.
The council approved the ordinance unanimously in May. The rules bar e-bikes and other motorized devices from town parks except on designated roads and parking areas used to enter or leave, set a 15 mph limit for sidewalks, multiuse paths, trails and parking lots, require hands-free cellphone use by riders and create procedures for impounding devices.
Police said parks had been common locations for the complaints. In the same 56-day comparison, calls declined 34% at Frontier Family Park, 78% at Desert Mountain Park and 80% at Mansel Carter Oasis Park. Brice also told the council that calls in this category had risen 94% when comparing the first quarter of 2025 with the first quarter of this year, from 247 to 478.
Brice showed council members video of a crash in which a person operating a motorized bike at about 32 mph hit a bicyclist and then left the scene. He said police had been dealing with conflicts in crowded areas where fast or reckless riding was occurring, including some incidents involving assaults, disorderly conduct and fights between youths and adults.
