IPMBA News
Excellence in the Exhibit Hall
IPMBA appreciates the support of companies who demonstrate their commitment to excellence in outfitting public safety cyclists. Everyone enjoys novelty, so it was exciting to welcome a number of “first-timers” to the fold. Cygolite, long a...
Competition 2014: Hot in the City
by Mike Harris, PCI #1125 Mill Creek (WA) Police Department IPMBA Treasurer and Robert Collett, EMCSI #263 Poudre Valley Health System (CO) Ambulance The city of Tampa, located on the west coast of Florida near the Gulf of Mexico, provided a beautiful...
Police teams still in the saddle to reassure communities in Fife
By LEEZA CLARK, 15 September 2014 11.51am. The courier.co.uk, Fife, Scotland Photo: Officers recreate the 1926 picture at Kirkcaldy Police Station. George McLuskie Nearly a century apart — but just a beat in time. While horsepower may have given way...
Stopping crimes using the good old bicycle
by KRITIKA SHARMA, The Hindu, September 14, 2014 ''The use of bicycles will serve more than one purpose for us. Bicycles can be easily driven into areas otherwise inaccessible by bikes and cars. Apart from this, cycling will keep our men fit.'' ...
Albany Police say bike patrols good for crime fighting
By Jim Wallace, WALB News, Albany GA, Sep 12, 2014 5:21 PM EDT ALBANY, GA (WALB) - Albany Police expand their bike patrols to make some neighborhoods safer. Everyday, two or three bike officers ride through neighborhoods. Today, they were...
Bike Patrol Officers Speak out After Seeing Woman Being Raped, Arresting Suspect
Rob Wells, ABC 6, Columbus OH, Wednesday, September 10 2014, 11:27 PM EDT COLUMBUS (Rob Wells) -- They've been part of the Columbus Police Bike Patrol for two decades, now, police say their sharp skills helped save a 21-year-old woman as she was...
Traffic Ticket Diversion Programs for Bicyclists
"The Final Frontier": Strategy to promote more cycling in local communities by Rich Conroy, Education Director Bike New York The July/August 2011 issue of American Bicyclist, the magazine published by the League of American Bicyclists, called law enforcement the &ldquo...
Delhi Police officials now to be seen riding bikes!
Press Trust of India | New Delhi September 2, 2014 Last Updated at 22:05 IST Delhi Police personnel will now be seen riding bicycles while patrolling in congested areas of the Walled City and parks of North Delhi with a view...