IPMBA News
E-bike police patrols on campus
By Ana Belmonte, Office of the Chief Safety Officer, University of Utah, September 28, 2021 As part of the University of Utah’s goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve carbon neutrality, the U’s Sustainability Office donated three...
Cook County Sheriff’s Office sends officers to Chicago to help fight crime
By John Garcia, ABC 7 News, September 23, 2021 Watch the video: https://abc7chicago.com/cook-county-sheriff-tom-dart-chicago-crime-police/11041735/ CHICAGO (WLS) -- They're hard to miss: the line of uniformed sheriff's officers on bikes riding down Chicago Avenue in the West...
Hempstead’s Effort To Revitalize Downtown, Transit Hub Starts With Community Policing Unit on Bikes
By Jennifer McLogan, CBS New York, September 24, 2021 Watch the video: https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/09/24/hempstead-village-community-policing/ HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Hempstead Village, the largest village in New York, has a new vision to help draw...
Philadelphia Parking Authority to test bike patrol unit to ticket violators
These officers on two wheels will issue citations to vehicles stopped in lanes designated for cyclists and buses BY BROOKS HOLTON, PhillyVoice, September 22, 2021 Photo: The Philadelphia Parking Authority is creating a bike patrol unit that will ticket vehicle...
Electric bikes boost Waukesha police patrol program, with the help of Firehouse Subs grant
by Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 22, 2021 Photo: Sabrina Andringa (left) and Damon Bukouras, both community service officers for the Waukesha Police Department, sit atop electrically assisted patrol bikes during a presentation at Firehouse Subs in Waukesha on Sept. 21, 2021....
Hopkinton police officers on bike patrol making community connections
By Norman Miller, MetroWest Daily News, September 21, 2021 Photo: [Members of the Hopkinton Police Department meet with children while out on patrol.] HOPKINTON MA — Hoping to give officers more mobility and to give them a better opportunity to...
Town council agrees to pay half cost of e-bikes for two PCSOs
By Editor, Bradley Stoke Journal, September 19, 2021 Photo: PCSO Adam Ali of the Bradley Stoke neighbourhood police team. Inset image: A Trek e-bike (indicative only). Bradley Stoke Town Council has agreed to part fund the purchase of two electric bikes...
Fayetteville Police take to streets with new bike patrols
by: Skylar Eagle, WVNS, September 15, 2021 FAYETTEVILLE, WV (WVNS) — Police on bikes are patrolling Fayetteville. They started patrolling on bikes just last week. The police department says the goal of having police on bikes instead of patrol cars is...