Get Involved with IPMBA

by James Englert, PCI #1081 Arapahoe County (CO) Sheriff’s Department IPMBA Industry Liaison Since you are reading this, you have some connection with IPMBA. Chances are whatever your connection is, you are probably at minimum a member, and there...

IPMBA Brand Ambassadors

by Gary Strang, PCI #1457 London (ON) Police Service IPMBA Membership Director How many times have you been asked about what it’s like to be a police cyclist?  Or what might be involved in police cyclist training? ...

When We Lead, We Grow

by Mike Wear, PCI #516T-B/EMSCI #059T-B Metropolitan (DC) Police Department (Ret.) IPMBA Education Director A recurring question for public safety cycling programs has emerged.  The question in simplest form is, “How do we keep our units growing?...

Failure to Train Applies to Bike Medics, Too

By Wren Nealy, IPMBA President In October 2017, I exhibited at the EMS WORLD EXPO and fielded lots of questions about EMS bike teams and how we use bike medics at Cypress Creek EMS.  Board Member Tom Harris was there...

Associação Internacional de Bicicletas de Montanha da Polícia em Belo Horizonte, Brasil

by Craig Lepkowski, PCI #1180-B/EMSCI #272-B Lake Forest (IL) Police Department IPMBA Secretary In May of 2017, I was afforded the opportunity to teach an IPMBA Police Cyclist class in Brazil.  Although I do not speak Portuguese, I am...

Bikes Are New East Hampton Town Police Asset

By T.E. McMorrow, The East Hampton Star, March 29, 2018 Photo:  East Hampton Town Police Sgt. Dan Roman with one of two state-of-the-art patrol bicycles, now part of the department’s fleet. T.E. McMorrow In an era...

Pedaling safety on campus

By Gary Herron, Rio Rancho Observer, March 26, 2018  After a 19-year hiatus, officers from the Rio Rancho Police Department began riding mountain bikes on duty a couple years ago. Maybe you’ve seen one on the Rio Rancho High...

Police bike patrols begin on the Gold Coast through police

By Amanda Robbemond, Gold Coast Bulletin, Herald-Sun, March 15, 2018 6:08pm Photo:  Bike patrols have begun on the Gold Coast. From left to right: Constable Michael Board, Constable Wellington Sheck, Senior Constable Ange Mills, and Senior Constable Jesse Wilks. Picture: Amanda...

Earning the Badge: Training wheels come off

By Jeremy Arias, Frederick News Post, March 19, 2018  Photo:  Police academy recruit Tyler Branche learns to handle a bicycle on stairs Tuesday along Carroll Creek Linear Park, simulating conditions he will encounter while on bike patrol. Staff photo by...

Topeka police disband bike unit but continue to use bikes

By Tim Hrenchir, The Capital-Journal, March 20, 2018 Topeka Police Chief Bill Cochran may be disbanding the department’s four-person bicycle unit, but he is also significantly increasing the number of officers given a chance to ride bikes on duty,...