IPMBA News
Trail Patrol: A Proactive Approach to Public Safety
by Danny McCullough, PCI #1142 Three Rivers Park District Police (MN) Three Rivers Park Police have played an active role in developing safety protocols relating to trail safety, including trail educational efforts and enforcement in the greater metro area. A...
Growing Up with IPMBA: The Bratwear Story
by Sally Swanson CEO and Founder, BRATWEAR Cops on bikes? What the heck? How did I get myself mixed up with this? I’ll answer those questions – and more – while I tell you a...
Giordana Shorts: Unsurpassed Comfort
by Brad Miller, PCI# 928 Lewisburg PD (PA) IPMBA Industry Relations Committee Un migliore amico dei ciclisti! Roughly translated, that’s Italian for “A cyclist’s best friend!” That’s what can be said...
Cycle Training Books from Velopress
by Scott Elliott, PCI #915 Niagara Regional Police Service (Ont., Canada) Once again, it is amazing what I will do for free stuff. Maureen sent me an e-mail some months back and asked me if I wanted some free...
Toronto International Bicycle Show 2010
by Scott Elliott, PCI #915 Niagara Regional Police Service (Ont., Canada) I am always amazed at what Maureen can get me to do for free stuff. I must say, though, that this was not exactly a chore. I have...
How to Start a Bike Medic Team
By Robert Dunivin IPMBA EMS Basic cyclist instructor The key to the Emergency Medical Service is early treatment and transport as well as early access to ALS intervention. Fire and EMS providers across the country deal with routine response issues...
Why I was foolish to mock police bike training
I join Snow Hill police's cycle team for a taster of some of the many skills cycling police are expected to master by Peter Walker, April 14, 2000 Transport officers cycle down a set of stairs on their bikes in London....
Up and Rolling: Starting or Improving a Bike Unit
By Kirby Beck Law Officer Magazine, Volume 6 Issue 2, 2010 February A 2003 Justice Department survey showed that 45% (5,695) of the U.S.’s 12,656 local police departments[1] and 16% (489) of the 3,061 sheriff’s offices[2] routinely employed bikes on a full-time, part-time...