IPMBA News
Gears & Gadgets: Disc Brake Alignment Tool
By David Cohen, Maryland National Capital Park Police Reserve Unit Like many of us, I enjoy perusing social media apps like Facebook. These apps, though, have a spooky way of incorporating advertising as if they were reading your mind....
UMPD tests e-bikes for faster response times
By Caven Wade, the Montana Kaimin, Septemer 8, 2022 Photo: Brad Giffin, UMPD Chief, stands behind one of the new e-bikes that will be used for the police to get around campus on Sept. 2. "With the heavy congestion with vehicular traffic...
Bike Shop Donates E-Bikes To Jersey Shore Police Departments
BY Shore News Network, AUGUST 31, 2022 (Photo: Chief Williams of Pleasantville PD, Chief Hankinson of the Margate City PD, Chief Sarkos of Atlantic City PD, Chief Fusner of Ventnor PD, and Chief Frank Culmone of Longport PD were in attendance and...
Meet the cycle cops nicking crooks - from the saddle
By Tom Seaward, Oxford Mail, 31 August 2022 Photo: A trainer waving a knife is caught by a police officer during this simulated training exercise at Heyford air base Picture: OM A DETACHMENT of riot cops on bicycles helped snare the suspect...
Nonprofit provides new patrol bikes for Phoenix police
The bike squad in the Sunnyslope neighborhood provides Phoenix police a way to connect with the community, according to a release. Submitted Photo. By Independent News Media, August 31, 2022 The nonprofit Phoenix Police Foundation has provided a grant to the...
MedStar’s BERT delivers the right resource to the right place
The Bicycle Emergency Response Team is engaging the community, while providing quick response to difficult-to-access venues By Matt Zavadsky, MedStar Mobile Healthcare EMSOne.com, August 31, 2022 Photo: MedStar’s BERT team members are all credentialed EMTs or paramedics and...
Chief plans to resume police bike patrols
By WILLIAM F. WEST, Rocky Mount Telegram, September 3, 2022 Photo: Police Chief Robert Hassell speaks and fields questions during a meeting of downtown stakeholders on Aug. 22 at City Hall. WILLIAM F. WEST/ROCKY MOUNT TELEGRAM Rocky Mount NC: Police...
Sedalia Police Department Announces Newly Formed Bike Patrol Unit
By KSIS Townsquare Sedalia, September 1, 2022 The Sedalia Police Department announced their newly formed Bike Patrol Unit on Thursday morning. The unit provides the SPD with additional abilities for enforcement and community engagement in areas that aren’t easily accessible...