Auckland cops swap four wheels for two

by ALICE PEACOCK, July 26, 2016, stuff.co.nz Photo by Peter Meecham:  Constables Cole Edwards, left, and police newbie Joseph Daly on the beat on the Auckland waterfront. A crew of central Auckland cops are working on their pedal power,...

Police patrol on bikes: New substation coming to downtown Redwood City

July 25, 2016, 05:00 AM By Bill Silverfarb, Daily Journal  Photo courtesy of Redwood City: A new police unit has been added to patrol downtown Redwood City that will soon be housed in a substation across from Courthouse Square. ...

First Person: What It’s Like To Be a Bicycle-Patrol Officer on the Front Lines During a Political Co

By Morgan Zalot, NBC 10, July 25, 2016 Photo credit: Joe Kaczmarek Philadelphia:  Officer Joe McCabe knows firsthand what police officers working on the front lines at this week's Democratic National Convention are up against. As a bicycle patrol officer...

Weapon Defense: On and Off the Bike

by Bernie Hogancamp, IPMBA President In late May, two officers in my region were shot with their duty weapons after being disarmed.  The first was in Lansing, Illinois, just a few miles from me; the second was in Appleton,...

Fort Worth police bring mementos home from GOP convention in Cleveland

Members of the Fort Worth Police bike patrol RODGER MALLISON STAR-TELEGRAM BY MARIA RECIOAND ANNA M. TINSLEY, Star-Telegram, July 24, 2016 Some of the Fort Worth police officers who went to Cleveland to help with the Republican National...

I-Team: Cleveland police bike patrols will soon hit the neighborhood streets

POSTED 9:14 PM, JULY 22, 2016, BY ED GALLEK, Fox 8 Cleveland CLEVELAND - The hit of Republican National Convention security was the performance of Cleveland’s new police bike patrols, and Fox 8 has found they will now be used...

Ogden police gifted 10 new bicycles from Cycling Sports Group

Ogden police gifted 10 new bicycles from Cycling Sports Group by SONJA CARLSON, Standard-Examiner, THURSDAY , JULY 21, 2016 Image by: Photo supplied/Ogden City/Shane Osguthorpe Cycling Sports Group donated 10 new law enforcement bikes manufactured by Cannondale to the Ogden Police Department on...

Cleveland Police Bicycle Unit Getting a Workout at the RNC

This group is trailing protesters moving west on Euclid Mark Urycki, Ideastream, Thursday, July 21, 2016 at 5:47 am The city of Cleveland purchased 300 bicycles for its police officers to use at the Republican convention this week.   The 400 thousand dollar cost...

Tampa Police RNC Bikes Still On The Street

By DEVIN RODRIGUEZ, JULy 21, 2016, WUSF Tampa police officers have used bicycles purchased for the RNC in 2012 for a variety of events. CHIP WEINER / FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER WUSF host Cathy Carter introduces the story written by Devin Rodriguez on...

Steinberg: Cops on bikes wall off risk of chaos at GOP convention

Police officers use the "Barrier Technique" to keep the peace among protesters at the Republican National Convention. Photo by Neil Steinberg. By Neil Steinberg, Chicago Sun-Times, July 20, 2016 CLEVELAND — The Bible Believers are back, standing at the edge of Public...