IPMBA News
Health staff get on their e-bike to see patients
By BBC News, 4 August 2022 Image caption: Paramedic Nic Pendreich said he had seen some patients "a lot sooner" by using the bike. Image source: Rosie Brown At a glance: An e-cargo bike is being trialled by paramedics in...
Bicycle ambulances come to the rescue in Slovenian beach town
by TZVETOZAR VINCENT IOLOV, The Mayor.eu, 4 August 2022 Paramedics on wheels have the ability to provide more mobile, flexible and rapid healthcare services Izola is a small coastal city in Slovenia, which charms with its fishermen's heritage and Italian-style...
Menlo Park Police Department Bike Team now has two electric bikes
by Linda Hubbard,InMenlo, August 2, 2022 Photos by Robb Most (c) 2022 Earlier this year, Jeff Scanlan — owner on Pedego Electric Bikes in downtown Menlo Park — reached out to Chief of Police David Norris to find out...
These ambulances on bikes are saving lives
Paramedics are reaching those in need by pedal power, sometimes quicker than motorized vehicles Photo by: LAS Cycle Team @LAS_CycleTeam by MATT HANSEN, Canadian Cycling Magazine, AUGUST 8, 2022 More: https://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/these-ambulances-on-bikes-are-saving-lives/ The London Ambulance...
Castle Rock’s Dirt Jumps and Donuts provides fun for the next generation
By Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / July 29, 2022 Photo: Castle Rock Police Department (Castle Rock, Colo.) For five years, daredevils and cops meet in Rhyolite Park to race down dirt trails, test their mettle on jumps and connect over free...
Police bicycle patrol unit pedals again in Fort Smith
by Thomas Saccente, Arkansas-Democrat Gazette, July 31, 2022 Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o5ZLG6YaKo Photo: Manuel Valente-Sotelo (right) and Alejandro Marin with the Fort Smith Police Department’s Bicycle Patrol Unit ride on...
Looking back to 2002: Police bike patrols begin in Saltcoats
By Staff Reporter, Ardrosson & Saltcoats Times Photo: Cops on Patrol Saltcoats 2002 CRIMINALS in the Three Towns were set to be given a wheely hard time by the local force’s two new cycle-mounted officers. Saltcoats-based Constables Gordon...
Santa Maria Police Department receives new bicycle fleet from Main Street Cycles
By Joshua Nelson, Santa Maria Times, July 28, 2022 Photo: Scott Clark, left, owner of Main Street Cycles, recently contributed 11 bikes at cost to the Santa Maria Police Department. Clark also agreed to do routine maintenance on the bikes, which the...