Easton Police Department picks up two new e-bikes, allowing officers to easily travel the hilly city

By Brian Myszkowski & Samara Ahmed, Lehigh Valley News, May 10, 2023 Photo:  Easton Police Department officers pose with Air Products’ Laurie Hackett and Executive Director of Greater Easton Development Partnership Jared Mast with their new e-bikes, which were...

Woodstock Police Force’s foot and bike patrols return for another year

By Jim Dumville, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter River Valley Sun, May 7, 2023 Photo: Doug Dickinson/Bugle Observer Woodstock Police Force’s top brass hit the downtown sidewalks and trails Saturday morning, May 6, to help launch the return of the force...

VI Fire and Emergency Medical Services Appoints Territorial Training Coordinator

By the Saint Croix Source, May 1, 2023 Photo:  Michael Lewis The Virgin Islands Fire and Emergency Medical Services (VIFEMS) has appointed its newest team member, Michael Lewis, as the territorial training coordinator. Lewis brings with him extensive experience and expertise...

Just in time for SunFest, West Palm Beach rolls out electric police carts and bikes

By Bill DiPaolo, Palm Beach Post, May 3, 2023 Photo:  [A new electric bike outside city hall in West Palm Beach, Florida on May 2, 2023. The West Palm Beach Downtown Development Authority purchased electric carts and bicycles for police to use...

MTSU Police Department training more officers for bike patrol

by: Maranda Whittington, WRKN,  May 2, 2023 / 05:27 PM CDT Watch the video:  https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/murfreesboro/mtsu-police-department-training-more-officers-for-bike-patrol/ MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WKRN) — For the next week, the parking lot behind the Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) Police...

Bluffton Lions gift new bicycle for female police officers

by Paula Scott, Bluffton Icon, April 27, 2023 Photo:  (L-R) Officer Abby Michael, Raymond Harner, Stephanie Larcom, Jim BeMiller (Lions Club president), Officer Brianna Kill, Liz Harner Bluffton OH -- On the morning of April 26, the Bluffton Lions Club presented...

Andover Fire Rescue to Launch EMS Bike Team to Speed Emergency Response at Community Events

By Robert Mills, April 26, 2023, John Guilfoil Public Relations Fire News Photo:  Members of Andover Fire Rescue’s new EMS Bike Team, along with graduate student Allen Ryan, whose research helped make the team possible, stand together for...

E-bikes are gaining in popularity, especially with local police departments

Photo:  Mount Prospect police officers Mark Bechtold and Greg Sill proudly display the department's three new e-bikes. Courtesy of Mount Prospect Police Department By Ralph Banasiak, Along For the Ride, The Chicago Daily Herald, April 25, 2023 Until recently,...

Erie police to up presence with specialized eastside patrols, expansion of bike patrols

by Tim Hahn, Erie Times-News, April 17, 2023 Photo by Tim Hahn: Erie police Patrolman Max Brozell, seen patrolling Perry Square on May 16, 2022, is part of a police bicycle patrol detail in the city's downtown that is adding a third officer...

Owatanna PD to hit the streets with return of the bike patrol

By TODD HALE Guest Columnist, Owatanna.com, April 15, 2023 (Photo courtesy of the Owatonna Police Department) Interest by the OPD patrol staff has brought about a program that was part of the police department over 20 years ago. It’s a...