IPMBA News
Making a Case for Training
By Andrew Ching Assistant City Attorney, City of Tempe Ed's Note: In October 2003, IPMBA was contacted by Andrew Ching, Assistant City Attorney for the City of Tempe. A bicycle officer was involved in a lawsuit stemming from an incident...
Maximum Braking: Move Back and Stay Back
by Kirby Beck PCI #002T/EMSCI #017 Coon Rapids Police Department (MN) Many of you may have seen the infamous crash video that was shot at the 1993 conference by a member of Denton, Tx., PD. The conference was in Fort...
Training and Practice: Why Bother?
by Sgt. Michael Wear, PCI #516/EMSCI #059 Metropolitan Police Washington DC Why is it important to be proficient in firearms, report writing, defensive tactics, case law, scene control, vehicle skills, or bike riding? Apparently, the reason is not truly clear...
In-Service Training - With a Twist!
by Lt. Tom Woods, PCI #010T/EMSCI #117 Denton Police Department (TX) While reviewing and performing the basic skills is always necessary in a good training session, cone drills and other routine work can sap enthusiasm if over-done or if they...
Getting Back to Basics: In-Service Training
by Mike Goetz, PCI #063T/EMSCI #003 Seattle Police Department In-service training for bicycles should be as common as other in-service training, like firearms training, Emergency Vehicle Operations Course, legal updates, and defensive tactics. Yet many public safety bike units...
Creating an Annual In-Service Training
by Officer Jeff Shari, PCI#730/EMSCI #141 Cincinnati Police Division After being newly assigned as the bike coordinator for the Cincinnati Police Department, my first concern was to identify problems within the unit. I began riding with different members and...
Quarterly In-Service Training Program
by TR Smart, PCI #695 Kettering Police Department (OH) I conduct annual quarterly training for the bike team of my own department and have done so since becoming certified. The training is one full day the first month of each...
Building Training from Lessons Learned
by Curtis J. Cope One only needs to scan the headlines of newspapers or listen to the five o’clock news to find items that discuss some form of law enforcement issues. Many discuss the daily damage assessments of...