Bicycle Patrol Supply Companies

by Ron Burkitt, PCI #488 IPMBA Treasurer Hilliard (OH) Police Department The economy stinks and we are all trying to do the best with what we have, both personally and professionally.  As bike officers we are tasked with keeping our...

Why Bike Training for Police?

Written by Kirby Beck It’s been 21 years since the first mountain bikes hit the streets of Seattle with police officers on board. Since then, police bike officers in the United States and around the world have continued to...

2009 Conference Has Positive Impact

There are many ways in which an IPMBA conference impacts the community in which it is held.  Some of the more obvious ways are economic; hotels, restaurants, bars, souvenir shops and attractions are eager to attract revenue that trickles...

2009 Conference Vendors and Supporters

IPMBA thanks the vendors and other supporters without whom the IPMBA conference would be missing an important component.  Please show your gratitude to these companies for their support of public safety cycling by thinking of them first for your...

2009 IPMBA Conference Instructors and Presenters

Without a cadre of excellent instructors, the IPMBA Conference would not be known as the premier training event for public safety cyclists.  These individuals give generously of their time, knowledge and expertise, both in preparing for and teaching at...

Competition 2009:  Hot Competition at High Altitude

by Bernie Hogancamp, PCI #498 Homewood (IL) Police Department IPMBA Treasurer The high desert mesa altitude (at 5,280 feet, a truly mile-high city) of Albuquerque, NM, seemingly had no impact on the level of competition or the blistering times of the competitors...

Copenhagen Police Bicycle Unit

By Colville-Andersen, Copenhagenize, April 3, 2009 As strange as it may sound, Copenhagen just got a police bicycle unit last week. Why we haven't had one before is beyond me. There was a media frenzy about it and the 8 officers paraded...

Los Angeles Fire Department Cycle Team Profile

by Robert Dunivin, EMSCI #205 Los Angeles (CA) Fire Department In 1984, the City of Los Angeles hosted the games of the 23rd Olympiad. The Los Angeles Fire Department had many issues to deal with for the games, including how to provide...

Bicycle cops leap at opportunity

14:43, Jan 31 2009, NZ Stuff [RUN FOR IT: Sergeant Mike Fitzsimons uses a tactical speed dismount technique to catch cycling course instructor Marianne Draijer during cycle training at Saxton Field.] MARTIN DE RUYTER/NELSON MAIL Nelson police officers now know how to...

Police bicycle patrols begin in Nelson

14:43, Jan 31 2009, NZ Stuff Nelson police are donning their bike shorts to kick off what is thought to be the country's first bicycle bobby patrols. Four specially designed bicycles, in police livery with lights and sirens mounted on the handlebars,...