How Bike Patrols Can Improve Campus Safety

By Kirby Beck | February 26, 2013 | Campus Safety Magazine Anyone who spends even a few minutes at a college or university soon realizes how prevalent bicycles are on a campus. Reasons vary from economics to convenience, from versatility to effectiveness, to just...

Genuine Innovations Mountain Pipe Pump

by Charlie Summers, PCI #512 Illinois State University Police Department IPMBA Industry Liaison It wasn’t until recently that I became a fan of using CO2 to pump up my flat tires.  I guess I’m still somewhat ...

Trail-Rail Single Light

by Christopher Denshuick, PCI #1232 University of Pennsylvania Police Department I had the opportunity and privilege to demo a headlight system from Trail Rail after meeting the owners Vince and Jennifer Basile at the Police and Security Expo held in Atlantic...

Panasonic Toughbook

By Tony Holte, PCI #0135/EMSCI #279 Saint Paul (MN) Police Department Last year, I was given the opportunity to test out the Panasonic Toughbook U1 Ultra Handheld Computer.  I used it from March to May as a bike patrol officer...

POC Trabec Helmet

by Charlie Summers, PCI #512 Illinois State University Police Department IPMBA Industry Liaison POC, the Swedish based gravity sport protection company, came to Interbike in 2011 with their new Trabec series helmets in two versions:  the Trabec Race and the Trabec....

Volcanic Bicycles:  The Toughest Patrol Bike on Earth!

By Mike Harris, PCI #1125 Mill Creek (WA) Police Department During the 2006 IPMBA Conference in Dayton, Ohio, I was walking through the vendor area and came across the Volcanic booth, which proclaimed themselves as “The Toughest Patrol Bikes on Earth...

Holster Light:  A Bike-Mounted Holster for Your Light

by Susie Ochs, PCI #1183 Lake Saint Louis (MO) Police Department As bike patrol officers, we are limited in the amount and type of equipment we can carry both on our persons and on our bikes.  There are items we...

Interbike 2012:  Hot Products

By James Englert, PCI #1081 Arapahoe County (CO) Sheriffs Office IPMBA Membership Coordinator As a new member of the IPMBA Board, I was excited to be offered the opportunity to accompany veteran board member Mitch Trujillo to Las Vegas for Interbike....

Chandler Police Bike Team Qualification Process

By Scott Picquet Chandler (AZ) Police Department Bike Team Supervisor The effectiveness of any unit within a police department is dependent upon the caliber of the personnel assigned to it.  All too often, officers are assigned to positions for...

Putting Your Explorers on Bikes

by James Englert, PCI #1081 Arapahoe County (CO) Sheriffs Office IPMBA Membership Coordinator As a school resource officer, I try to involve our Explorers as much as possible.  They participate in events around the school and in the community. ...