IPMBA News
Police trade cruisers for bike patrol
by Joe Szydlowski, Scripps Media, Redding Record Searchlight, August 8, 2014 REDDING, California - Redding police officers are taking to bicycles to patrol downtown Redding and Hilltop Drive a few days a week, said Sgt. Brian Barner, head of the department&rsquo...
City council candidate Vitiello donates 2 bicycles to police
By Ryan Bawek, inMaricopa.com, August 8, 2014 - 11:38 am Photo: City council candidate Rich Vitiello poses with Mayor Christian Price and MPD officers after donating two police bikes at city council meeting. Submitted photo City Council candidate and long-time cycling...
Flower Mound police bike patrol returns to foster community engagement, officer versatility
Photo: HOUSTON/neighborsgo staff Flower Mound police officer Jason Rachal is a member of Flower Mound’s newly rebooted police bicycle patrol, which consists of one sergeant and four officers, three of whom are also part of Flower...
Heathrow bike medics’ decade of saving lives
The Standard, August 6, 2014 CYCLING medics at Heathrow were today praised for going to the aid of more than 4,000 people with serious and life-threatening conditions. London Ambulance Service revealed the number of emergencies tackled by the world’s first airport...
Police hit Wagga roads for bike training
By Andrew Pearson, the Daily Advertiser, Aug. 7, 2014, 5 p.m. Photo: Senior Constables Mark Lawrence (left), Mick Strachan and Mark Clifford took part in yesterday's annual southern region bicycle squad reaccreditation at Wagga police station. The training was led...
Two-Wheeled Patrollers
Two-Wheeled Patrollers By Alexa Strabuk, August 2014 In June, shots rang out at Seattle Pacific University’s campus on the north slope of Queen Anne Hill. Officers on bikes were the first responders to control the situation and were later...
Flower Mound police celebrate new bike patrol program
By Chris Roark, Star Local Media, August 1, 2014 11:51 am, Brian Maschino/staff photo: Flower Mound police officers Johnson, White, Rachal and Strickland are shown with the department’s new bicycles, along with David Sebastian of Scottish Rite Hospital. Three...
Redlands Police Department expands bicycle patrols
By Sandra Emerson, Redlands Daily Facts, July 31, 2014 Photo: Officer Brad Grantz chats with a young resident, Ryan Becker, 1, Tuesday in downtown Redlands.Rick Sforza — Staff photographer REDLANDS >> When policing a city, sometimes two wheels can be...