Ebike ambulance hits the streets of Paris

By Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, November 24, 2020 Photo:  According to their designers, Emergency Bikes can reach urban Paris locations approximately twice as fast as traditional ambulances/Wunderman Thompson Paris Because bikes can skirt around traffic jams – and park...

Traffic Training Rides: Relevant and Realistic?

by Kirby Beck, PCI #002T/EMSCI #017T Coon Rapids (MN) Police Department (ret.)  Since its inception, IPMBA’s public safety cyclist courses have been, first and foremost, about teaching students how to cycle safely, comfortably and legally in...

FTR: The Most Misunderstood Traffic Law in History?

by Clint Sandusky Riverside (CA) Community College District (ret.) Before reading this article, I encourage everyone to first read Kirby Beck’s excellent and informative article, Did History & the Law Really Intend Cyclists To Ride Far To The...

Long-Standing Instructors

by IPMBA  Shortly after IPMBA’s official formation in 1992, founding members Allan Howard and Kirby Beck assembled a team of bike officers from around the country to create the first standardized training program for police cyclists.  That...

Aventon Gives Back: Ebike Donation to Firefighters

By Aventon Bicycles, November 25, 2020 View more photos:  https://www.aventon.com/blogs/aventon_bikes/aventon-gives-back-ebike-donation-to-firefighters The Los Angeles Fire Department, LAFD, is a pillar of the community here in the city of Los Angeles. Their continued service and...

IPMBA E-Bike Training Module Debuts!

by IPMBA Contrary to popular belief, e-Bikes are not new; nor are they new to the public safety sector.  As early as 2001, e-Bikes started appearing the IPMBA Conference Exhibit Hall.  They were not well-received.  This was in...

The “New Normal”?

by David Millican, PCI #1006T/EMSCI #343T Denton (TX) Police Department IPMBA Education Coordinator As this year passes by, each month throws us a new curve ball.  2020 is bringing continuous change and with each change comes the “New...

The Lighter Side of Thirty Years

by Tom “The Elder” Woods, PCI #010T/EMSCI #117T Denton (TX) Police Department (ret.) Photo:  Indianapolis 2008:  Tom on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Track.  Courtesy Tom Woods.  Thirty years down the road, and I&rsquo...

I Remember When…

by Artie Gonzales, PCI #141 Topeka (KS) Police Department (ret.) Photo:  San Antonio 2004:   Eppie and Artie at the Registration Desk.  Courtesy Jeff Shari.   Just the other day, my partner, sergeant and I were heading to...

Conference Memories: The Ones I Attended and the One that Got Away

by Bruce Jackson, PCI #239T/EMSCI #325T George Mason University (VA) Police Department (ret.) Photo:  Richmond 2011:  Hans Rey and Bruce Jackson.  Photo courtesy Bruce Jackson.  The year was 1993.  If IPMBA was a human it would...