IPMBA News
Pittsfield Police Department rolls out electric mountain bikes
by STEPHANIE ZOLLSHAN — THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE, June 5, 2018 Through the leadership of Lt. Jeffrey Bradford the Pittsfield Police Department has acquired three new electric mountain bikes for officers to use to patrol the downtown area with speed and ease but...
Police bicycle patrols returning to Portsmouth
By Elizabeth Dinan, Seacoastonline.com, June 5, 2018 PORTSMOUTH -- Police officers will be patrolling downtown on bicycles this year, including on the midnight shift, said Police Chief Robert Merner. The chief’s announcement came during a recent Police...
Fairfax/Vienna public-safety wins grant funding
Jun 5, 2018, Inside NOVA The Vienna Volunteer Fire Department is part of a consortium that has received a $10,000 community-partnership grant from Transurban. The volunteer department will share the grant funding with the Emergency Medical Services Bike Team of the Fairfax County...
South Milwaukee cops bring back bicycle patrol, might get motorized Cheata bicycle
By Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal Published 5:23 a.m. CT June 13, 2018 (Photo: Submitted by South Milwaukee Police Department) SOUTH MILWAUKEE - The Police Department is singing the praise of the bicycle by adding the bike patrol back to the streets. ...
Hundreds of police bike officers roll into St. Louis for conference
By Justin Andrews, Reporter, June 7, 2018 ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV.com) - Have you noticed more police bikes across St. Louis this week? St. Louis is hosting the 2018 International Police Mountain Bike Conference in conjunction with Washington University. Around 300 officers from 38...
RISE for Autism’s iCan! Shine Bike Camp
By SHARON LEE TEGLER, the Capital Gazette, June 6, 2018 Photo: Flanking iCan! Shine Bike Camp organizer Shannon Majoros, in the center, are volunteers (left to right) Rachel Varn of Pedal Power Kids, bicycle patrolmen Dominic Scali and Stanley Newborn...
Craft Bikes’ Get Denver Medics to Difficult Scenes
By Simon Crittle May 21, 2018, EMS World It doesn’t get more rugged: custom-made mountain bikes, manufactured in a brewery, used by paramedics for the first time at a major league baseball game. That’s how they...
Painesville Police bicycle patrol rolls out again
Painesville Police Sergeant Josh Rogers and Patrolman Vince Crews talks to Eastern Lake County Chamber of Commerce Membership Manager Katrina March at the Party on Main event on May 18.Tawana Roberts — The News-Herald By Tawana Roberts, The News-Herald,...