IPMBA News
Kuat NV Base 2.0 Rack Passes the “Pothole Challenge”
by Adam Gaby, PCI #1362T-B/EMSCI #299T-B Five Rivers MetroParks (OH) Police Department Five Rivers MetroParks is a system of parks and bikeways that are spread across the greater Dayton, Ohio, region. From inner-city parks and rural tracts of...
When it Comes to Tulips, It’s Not All Roses Part II: Women’s Saddle Pain
by Elizabeth Bouchard, PCI #905-B/EMSCI #204-B University of Guelph (ON) Campus Community Police IPMBA Secretary Part I of “When It Comes to Tulips, It’s Not All Roses: Women’s Saddle Pain” was published in...
Setina Police Bike Rack: Transport Problem Solved
by Dave Sanders Beaverton (OR) Police Department Patrol officers often do not have a practical way to transport bicycles. These can be police-issued patrol bikes, prisoner property, abandoned bikes that are turned in to officers, or stolen bikes that...
What We Should Never Sacrifice
by Craig Lepkowski, IPMBA President In the previous issue, I described the public safety profession as one in which we are called upon to sacrifice much to protect and serve the citizens we serve. Among the sacrifices we...
I’m Still Here
by Allan Howard, PCI #001T Dayton (OH) Police Department I’m sitting here on a cold and snowy day, reflecting on the year 2020 and all it brought us. As you may know, in August of last year I...
Bike Patrol connects officers, residents
Photo: FORT CARSON, Colo. — Fort Carson Bike Patrol officers race neighborhood children while on patrol in a housing village last week. (Photo by Spc. Jody Leal) By Scott Prater, Fort Carson Mountaineer, July 31, 2021 FORT CARSON, Colo. — ...
How Port Huron Police will use e-bikes to patrol beaches, parks and special events
By Laura Fitzgerald and Bryce Airgood, Port Huron Times Herald, August 3, 2021 Photo: Port Huron Police Chief Joseph Platzer rides one of the department's new electronic bikes Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, at Port Huron Police Department. The city purchased four of...
Kannapolis Police officers using electric bicycles while on patrol
By David Whisenant, WBTV, August 2, 2021 Photo: Kannapolis Police Officers Nijah Armstrong, Adrian Attaway and Corey Kluttz.(Kannapolis Police) KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (WBTV) - You may have seen Kannapolis Police Officers riding bicycles in the downtown area, and if...