In-Service Training - With a Twist!

by Lt. Tom Woods, PCI #010T/EMSCI #117 Denton Police Department (TX) While reviewing and performing the basic skills is always necessary in a good training session, cone drills and other routine work can sap enthusiasm if over-done or if they...

Getting Back to Basics: In-Service Training

by Mike Goetz, PCI #063T/EMSCI #003 Seattle Police Department In-service training for bicycles should be as common as other in-service training, like firearms training, Emergency Vehicle Operations Course, legal updates, and defensive tactics.  Yet many public safety bike units...

Creating an Annual In-Service Training

by Officer Jeff Shari, PCI#730/EMSCI #141 Cincinnati Police Division After being newly assigned as the bike coordinator for the Cincinnati Police Department, my first concern was to identify problems within the unit.  I began riding with different members and...

Quarterly In-Service Training Program

by TR Smart, PCI #695 Kettering Police Department (OH) I conduct annual quarterly training for the bike team of my own department and have done so since becoming certified.  The training is one full day the first month of each...

Building Training from Lessons Learned

by Curtis J. Cope One only needs to scan the headlines of newspapers or listen to the five o’clock news to find items that discuss some form of law enforcement issues. Many discuss the daily damage assessments of...

Superheroes Swooping In

By Jeannine Heinecke, Law Enforcement Technology Magazine Download the PDF.   Swoop! Zoom! These action words may conjure images of comic book heroes. Instead, they are part of the everyday language of real-life heroes — bicycle patrol officers. Contrary to...

Trends in Bike Patrol

By Kirby Beck The past couple of years have seen a slow progression of police bike patrols around the United States. In the United Kingdom, however, the use of mountain bikes in public safety has virtually exploded. In the 1960...

The IPMBA Instructor Course

By Kirby Beck Since IPMBA initiated the Police Cyclist Class in 1993, the demand for both instructors and instructor training/certification has been high.  To meet the demand, the IPMBA Board of Directors and a cadre of experienced instructors guided...

How to Start a Bicycle Patrol Unit

PoliceOne.com, June 2, 2004 Departments across the country reap the benefits of these silent, two-wheeled vehicle patrols.  by Mark Kariya  According to the Law Enforcement Bicycle Association, the use of mountain bikes as police tools began in 1987 in Seattle,...

Equipment and Uniforms for Bike Patrol

Introduction Bicycle patrol units have become increasingly popular over the past decade. They have proven to be a cost-effective, efficient, and a meaningful supplement to traditional patrol techniques. Whether used for high-impact street enforcement, community problem-solving, public relations, special events,...