IPMBA News
There’s a Change in the Air
There’s a change in the air, and it isn’t just the weather. As seasons change, so too must organizations. Most people agree that the two pandemic years were ones of unanticipated – and sometimes...
E-bikes mark return of Mountlake Terrace bike unit
The city bought two new electric-assisted mountain bikes to resume bicycle patrols after nearly a decade of dormancy. By Ben Watanabe, Herald.net, February 11, 2023 Photo: Police officers JJ Voeller, left, and Kyle O’Hagan, right,...
MCT donates RECON Interceptor Power Bicycles SIUE Police, L&C Campus Safety Office
By Ellie Carrow, RiverBender, February 23, 2023 Photo: [(from left to right) MCT Managing Director SJ Morrison, MCT Board Member Allen Adomite, MCT Board Chairman Ron Jedda, MCT Board Members Andy Economy and Kelly Schmidt, LCCC Campus Safety Officer Todd George,...
Myrtle Beach Police Department prepares for busy summer season with bike officer classes
By Natasha Laguerre, WMBF, March 6, 2023 Watch the video: https://www.wmbfnews.com/2023/03/06/myrtle-beach-police-department-prepares-busy-summer-season-with-bike-officer-classes/ MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - With summer right around the corner, Myrtle Beach police are preparing for the busy summer season, including training more...
IPMBA Remembers Neil Blackington
Neil Pyne Blackington November 5, 1954 – February 7, 2023 Toss a rock into a body of water and it will create countless ripples of impact. Neil Pyne Blackington, 68, of Boston, Massachusetts, was a "rock." The ripples of his life as a...
Police conducting night-time farm patrols on bikes near Malvern
By Joseph Broady, Malvern Gazette, 28 January 2023 POLICE have been conducting "night-time farm patrols" in areas surrounding Malvern. Following thefts from farms in the rural parts of Malvern and Upton-upon-Severn, the Pickersleigh and Chase safer neighbourhood policing team has increased cycle...
Fat bikes not an option right now for North Bay Police
'The fat bikes are certainly an interesting idea, but they are not something that we are formally looking at adopting at this time' By Chris Dawson, Bay Today, February 1, 2023 The Greater Sudbury Police Service has recently expanded its bicycle...
Sudbury police using fat bikes to expand downtown patrols
Local police officers are now able to do bicycle patrols 12 months of the year By Len Gillis, Sudbury.com, January 24, 2023 Photo: Two members of the Greater Sudbury Police Service community response unit on patrol in the city's downtown; Const....