The Victory Police Motorcycle was years in the making with tremendous input from the Law Enforcement Community and for that we are grateful. Victory Police Motorcycles began in 2007 by Nita Buckner with the help of current and Retired Tucson Motor Officer’s along with Mike Schultz Owner of Arizona Victory.

These Motor Officers have a combined 60 years of Motor Officer experience and when Officer Shawn Ramsey purchased his first Victory Motorcycle in 2005, he instantly became enamored with the handling, performance and reliability of this great American Motorcycle. He and other Officers approached Mike Schultz and inquired as to why Victory had never offered a Police Motorcycle. They talked about the possibility and its design but did nothing more at the time then dream of the ultimate Police Motorcycle.

Early in 2007, the Tucson Law Enforcement Cycle Fest and Swap meet was held in downtown Tucson. TPD set up the Police Motorcycle riding course, so the public could watch the riding skills of Tucson’s finest. Mike offered up four New Victory’s for the officers to ride against the Kawasaki 1000’s and Harley Davidson Road King, the Officers were impressed as to how maneuverable the bikes were through the course. What impressed them most was that after almost seven hours of non- stop riding through the course, Mike and his gang simply mounted the Victory’s and rode them home, proving Victory’s trademark of rugged reliability. Shawn, Nita and Mike again knocked around the idea of a Victory Police Motorcycle and started to look at the various models Victory had to offer.

That same year, Tucson Police Department purchased their fleet of Harley Davidson Motorcycles and quickly started to discover flaws in the motorcycle that were occurring as a result of the aggressive riding nature of the Motor Officer and some model changes of the Road King. The Officers realized that these limitations were interfering with the way they conducted their everyday assignments and caused concern among them. Nita, Shawn and Mike got together again and committed their time and money into building a Police Motorcycle. Nita’s goal was to build a motorcycle that was fast, dependable and agile, which made the officer forget about the negative side of the job. Mike as usual took the idea as another great challenge to be conquered and offered his assistance.

In late 2007, Mike contacted Victory and inquired as to the possibility of entering the Police Motorcycle business with the Victory Kingpin motorcycle. Victory promptly provided Arizona Victory with a new Victory Kingpin in which to convert for Police use.

After a tremendous number of hours, meetings, surveys and information gathering from Motor Officers not only in Tucson but from around the U.S., the Kingpin was built. During that time, Arizona Victory had discovered that Tucson Police Department had been looking for a custom style looking motorcycle to use as public relations for a motorcycle safety awareness program sponsored by the Arizona Governor’s Office on Highway Safety. Arizona Victory went back to the motorcycle giving it more of a classic custom look to draw the public to the bike and the program.  The motorcycle was delivered to the Tucson Police Department early in 2008. The motorcycle was a great hit with the public, as we were getting phone calls of sightings of the elusive Victory Police Motorcycle. The input received about the motorcycles abilities and the officer’s likes and dislikes have been a tremendous benefit to Victory and Victory Police Motorcycles in the development of Victory Police Motorcycle’s “The Commander” the New American Police Motorcycle. Read about the Commander I and Commander II on its own seperate pages.