IPMBA News
DC deploys new unit of officers on 2-wheels
By Megan Cloherty, WTOP, July 21, 2021 | Photo: Officers volunteered for the assignment to be part of the community focused patrol unit, riding bikes and scooters in the city. (WTOP/Megan Cloherty) D.C. residents will soon see more police...
DC police to put officers on bicycles, scooters to patrol high-crime neighborhoods amid crime wave
Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday directed the police department to use "any overtime necessary" to address public safety. By Louis Casiano | Fox News | July 23, 2021 Washington D.C., officials announced a new crime-fighting initiative Wednesday that will...
Patrolling the streets on two wheels
Area police departments revving up their bicycle units By Lisa Curtis, The News Graphic, July 20, 2021 Photo: The Mequon Police Department’s newest bike patrol officer is Austin Boinski. CEDARBURG WI — As a kid growing up in Grafton,...
London Ambulance Service issues emergency alert amid Covid surge and heatwave
By Ross Lydall, The Evening Standard, July 22, 2021, Photo: LAS cycle paramedics Carol Summers and Tom Baverstock with Evening Standard health editor Ross Lydall (centre) / LAS An emergency alert was issued by London Ambulance Service (LAS)...
Cincinnati police increase officers, bike patrols to control crowds
By Katie Kapusta, Spectrum News 1 Cincinnati, July 17, 2021 CINCINNATI — After recent violence in downtown Cincinnati, the police department has asked officers to volunteer more time patrolling the city over the weekends. One way they’re doing that...
FTPD receives donation of new police bicycles and gives gift baskets to college sweepstakes winners
By MARK RENFREE, TAPInto Franklin/Somerset, July 14, 2021 Photo by Mark Renfree SOMERSET, NJ – It was a day of giving at the Franklin Township Police Department’s community relations bureau as the department accepted a donation of four...
Houghton Police begin bike patrol
By Jesse Wiederhold, WLUC, July 12, 2021 Photo: Patrolling the south side of the Portage Canal. HOUGHTON, Mich. (WLUC) - Warm weather is here for the summer in the Copper Country. This brings a surge of foot and bike traffic...
Ocean State Job Lot donates electric bikes to Narragansett PD
By Ryan Blessing, The Independent, July 10, 2021 Photo: Narragansett Police Department Patrolman Kyle Rooney, Community Service Officers Kyle Sanderson and Michael Deprete, and Patrolman Paul Boisclair pictured with some of the GenZe bikes. Photo Courtesy: Narragansett Police Department A...