Boulder, CO presenting the unified front needed to reduce bike theft

by Lily Williams, Bike Index, March 9, 2021 Photo: Boulder PD's weather-resistant, eco-friendly bike theft prevention cards - officers on foot and bike patrol place these cards in the spokes of parked bikes. The cards have a QR code...

Downtown businesses donate E-bikes

By DAVE HAVILAND, The Daily World, March 3, 2021 Dave Haviland photo: A closeup of one of the electric bikes donated to the city by the Downtown Aberdeen Association, made up of downtown Aberdeen businesses. Aberdeen WA – The streets of Aberdeen...

Park Tool announces BikeAAA as winner of their 2021 Community Grant Program

By Anne Arundel County, March 1, 2021 March 1, 2021 - Bicycle Advocates for Annapolis and Anne Arundel County (BikeAAA) has been selected as one of ten winners of the Park Tool 2021 Community Grant Program. BikeAAA was chosen from more than 300 applicants and...

Police agencies raise awareness of 3-foot bicycle law to motorists

By Mya Constantino, Las Vegas Review-Journal, December 30, 2020 - 8:26 pm Photo: Police officers, including a North Las Vegas Police officer, front, pull over motorists as Sgt. Michael Campbell, a traffic sergeant with the Clark County School District Police Department,...

Guest Editorial: E-bike safety and how IBDs are the first line of defense

by Clint Sandusky This article appeared on the Bicycle Retailer and Industry News website on March 1, 2021.  At the recent CABDA Online/Virtual Expo, I had the honor to present two seminars. This virtual format allowed presenters to reach far...

Putting the Brass on Bikes…Reprise*

by Austen Schlecht, PCI #1944 Castle Rock (CO) Police Department I earned my IPMBA Instructor certification in September and, in October, taught my first IPMBA Police Cyclist Course with my fellow instructor, Jake Coyle.  There were five students in that...

IPMBA Remembers Michael Alvin Shaw

Michael Alvin Shaw, age 43, of Springfield Township, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, October 3, 2020.  He was born on March 14, 1977, in Toledo, Ohio, to Gerald and Marlene (Lovejoy) Shaw.  Mike pursued excellence in law enforcement, following in the footsteps of...

Brian Cantele and Todd Myers Ride Into Retirement

IPMBA Instructors Brian Cantele (PCI #909) and Todd Myers (PCI #1118) have retired from the West Hartford Police Department after more than 20 years of service.  Throughout their tenure as IPMBA Instructors, they have trained hundreds of police cyclists, holding them all...

Bontrager SSR Multisport Bike Shoe:  The Best Bike Shoes I’ve Worn on Patrol

by Clint Sandusky, former PCI #849/EMSCI #159 Riverside (CA) Community College District Police Dept. (ret.) Perhaps the most important item a public safety cyclist should carefully consider, after PPE, is footwear.  What kind of footwear will be of high quality,...

You’re an Instructor. Now What?

by David Millican, PCI #1006T/EMSCI #343T Denton (TX) Police Department IPMBA Education Coordinator You have been cycling on duty for several years and it has become engrained in your daily public safety activities.  It has become part of...