IPMBA News
Cops Ramp Up Traffic Enforcement—On 2 Wheels
BY Aliyya Swaby, New Haven Independent, JUN 4, 2015 8:19 AM As the city prepped for a meeting on bike culture in New Haven, several Wilbur Cross High School students were holding a bike gathering of their own at Pitkin Plaza, popping...
Police boost pedal power at boot camp
Kelsey O'Connor, The Ithaca Journal, June 4, 2015 Officers from law enforcement agencies across the region took part in a bicycle boot camp this week at Ithaca College. The school, whose curriculum has set the standard in New York, trains officers...
APD gifted with new bicycles: Officers to increase downtown patrols
By Linda N. Weller, June 3, 2015, The Telegraph Photo: Alton Police Chief Jake Simmons, left, and Mayor Brant Walker, center, listen to Madison County Transit Managing Director Jerry Kane, right, explain how the two new American-made police bicycles, donated to...
Police to use bikes for summer patrols
by ELLEN MATIS, The Indiana Gazette, on June 03, 2015 10:58 AM HOMER CITY — Residents of Homer City Borough may now see members of the police department patrolling on bicycles during local events. Police Chief Louis Sacco reported at council...
Robbery suspect in Worcester couldn’t outrun bicycle patrol officer
By Scott J. Croteau, MassLive.com, May 21, 2015 WORCESTER -- An officer on the department's newly formed bicycle patrol was able to track down a robbery suspect Wednesday after the man allegedly stole cash from someone in Main South,...
MCT donates trail bikes to EPD
Police chief says officers will be trained for duty By Matt Winte, the Edwardsville (IL) Intelligencer, June 1, 2015 Photo: Employees from The Cyclery and Fitness Center, Chairman of the MCT Board of Trustees Dan Corbett, MCT Managing Director Jerry Kane,...
New Worcester Police bicycle patrol aimed at making officers more approachable
Photo: Worcester Police created a new bicycle patrol to add to community policing in the city. (Scott J. Croteau | MassLive.com) By Scott J. Croteau, MassLive.com, June 1, 2015 WORCESTER -- The newly-created Worcester Police Bicycle Patrol has...
Ohio officers train in Delaware to handle policing on bicycle
By Dean Narciso The Columbus Dispatch, Friday May 29, 2015 6 DELAWARE, Ohio — The streets buzz each spring with packs of bike-riding police officers from throughout Ohio, some of them agile and fit, others cautious and wary. But all are eager...