IPMBA News
NP police bike patrols back on streets after 20-plus years
By ETHAN SHOREY, Valley Breeze Staff Writer, June 5, 2014 NORTH PROVIDENCE - Give them a different mode of transportation and a different uniform and expect a different result. That's the theory as police officials bring back bicycles as a way...
The cycle of policing
by Maryanne Firth, The Tribune, Monday, June 2, 2014 3:59:16 EDT PM These are no children's training wheels. When Niagara Regional Police officers learn to ride bikes, they learn to ride hard. They learn to fearlessly manoeuvre obstacles, take the sharpest...
Palisades Interstate Parkway Police to debut bicycle unit next weekend
BY STEFANIE DAZIO, STAFF WRITER, THE RECORD, NORTHJERSEY.COM, MAY 30, 2014 Starting next Saturday, the Palisades Interstate Parkway Police will launch its bicycle unit, with six officers taking to the upper trails, lower roadways and park areas in a new community...
Police bike patrol gets a boost due to development downtown
By Arin Mikailian, LA Times, May 29, 2014 | 10:24 a.m. The Glendale Police Department reinvigorated its bike patrol program this week in response to new apartment developments that will bring more congestion and foot traffic to the downtown area. Seven Glendale police...
Henderson Police setting up bicycle unit
By Bethany Barnes, Las Vegas Sun, Thursday, May 29, 2014 | 5 p.m. The Henderson Police Department is launching an 18-member bicycle unit. The city, recently designated as a Bicycle Friendly Community, netted a $45,627 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice that...
Rolling with the Bike Medic Program
BY NANETTE CRIST, Florida Weekly Correspondent, May 29, 2014 Imagine yourself perched on a barstool at Harpoon Harry’s after finishing your first Freedom Swim across Charlotte Harbor. Hordes of people surround you and spill out into every nook and cranny...
Community policing making a come-back, bike patrol on track
By Briana Lonas, Prescott Valley Tribune, May 28, 2014 Some community programs that fell by the roadside may be rebounding as the Prescott Valley Police Department slowly turns the corner on the recession. The department's bike patrol unit marks one example...
New police bike team taking crime-fighting to southern streets and pathways
BY CLARA HO, CALGARY HERALD MAY 28, 2014 A new team of police officers is riding into south Calgary. The Calgary Police Service recently launched a summer mountain bike team to cover the city’s southern neighbourhoods in hopes of better...