Police officers on bicycles can provide more aid

By Stacy Parker, The Virginian-Pilot, © November 18, 2013, VIRGINIA BEACH Police Officer Paul Lynch was a block away when he heard a bang and metal screeching one June night. He cut across the 19th Street parking lot on his bicycle. A...

425 Inc and Gloworm Bike Lights Join Product Purchase Program

As the days have gotten shorter, the list of lighting companies offering discounts to IPMBA members has gotten longer!   425 Inc. offers bike- and body-mounted personal safety lights for public safety personnel.  Gloworm Bike Lights US, founded by a...

JBAB hosts nationwide police bike training

By Paul Bello, DVIDS, November 15, 2013 WASHINGTON – Police officers from agencies around the country came to Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) recently to learn the latest mountain bike procedures and training techniques. The “train the trainers” week-long course was...

Flat tyres, bent rims ground cops’ bicycle unit

Published: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 Yvonne Webb, Trinidad and Tobago Guardian Online Defective bicycles have almost kayoed the police bicycle unit which was introduced in 2008 to grapple with crime in shopping and residential areas. The business community has called for the unit...

Sweetwater police using horses, bikes, foot patrols to fight crime

BY RODOLFO ROMAN SPECIAL TO THE MIAMI HERALD, NOVEMBER 15, 2013 Sweetwater’s new Interim Police Chief Jesse Menocal has wasted no time in implementing new strategies to combat crime in the city. Menocal was appointed to the position after Roberto...

Congratulations, New Instructors!

Congratulations to the graduates of the IPMBA Instructor Course, November 4-8, 2013, in Washington, DC! Adam Brown, Detroit Metro Airport Fire Department, Detroit MI; Shaun Calcara, Federal Reserve Police Department, Washington DC; Jeremy Greenberg, Fairfax County Fire Rescue, Fairfax VA; Jordan...

IPMBA Instructor to League Certified Instructor Application Form

Did you know that IPMBA Instructors are eligible to become League of American Bicyclists Certified Instructors (LCIs) in just one easy step?  If you want to be certified to deliver the League's Smart Cycling programs to civilians, visit...

Officers from around country come to ASU for bike training course

By Mark Remillard, the State Press, October 30, 2013 at 4:00 pm Instead of the occasional BMX rider jumping stairways around the Tempe campus, students may have seen some men and women in uniform performing similar stunts during the past week. Eighteen public...

Police effort improving MLK corridor

By Joe Gamm joe.gamm@news-record.com, Posted: Saturday, November 9, 2013 5:00 am GREENSBORO — Robert Caple walked along the sidewalks at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Randolph Avenue on Thursday, stopping periodically to pick up scraps of paper. He hadn...

Officers on Segways, Bikes and Foot See Increase in Arrests

By Dawn White, WHEG News, November 11, 2013 FREDERICK, Md. - The Frederick City Police Department developed a squad of officers to patrol the downtown area mainly on Segways, bicycles and on foot last year. WHAG's Dawn White found out if...