The Dangers of Unconscious Competency

Photo:  The Indomitable Allan Howard, courtesy Allan himself.  Musings from the keyboard of Allan Howard, Experienced Cyclist #001 I'll have to take a pass on riding with anyone for a while.... On Wednesday, August 5, I was training on...

Foxwall EMS Chief Josh Worth leaves to take job in West Virginia

By TAWNYA PANIZZI, the Trib Live, August 10, 2020 Photo Courtesy Josh Worth Josh Worth is bidding farewell to Foxwall EMS in Fox Chapel after serving three years as chief. He is taking a job out of state. From a new bike...

Conducting IPMBA Courses During a Pandemic

By Rossman J. Shaffer, PCI #1914 Temple University (PA) Police Department While millions of Americans are rightfully quarantined or confined to their homes due to the dangers of COVID-19, law enforcement agencies have been confronted with another problem.  It has...

Hawthorne police hop on new bicycles to get to know community better

By NATHANIEL PERCY, Daily Breeze, July 31, 2020 Photo: Hawthorne Police Department Sgt. Jerome Michalczak, officers Tim Weeks and Gonzalo Cardenas patrol Hawthorne Memorial Park on Saturday, August 1, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Hawthorne police have invested in bicycles...

EMS Panniers and Weight Requirements - August 2020

View as a PDF.  IPMBA endeavors to keep abreast of changing technologies, methodologies, training requirements and other factors applicable to public safety cycling.  This includes best practices for training requirements for public safety cyclists and how those requirements...

Mellow Johnny’s ends sales of police bikes

by Dean Yobbi, Bicycle Retailer and Industry News, August 6, 2000 Citing crowd-control concerns, the Austin location cancels police contract. AUSTIN, Texas (BRAIN) — Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop Austin will no longer will sell bicycles to the Austin Police...

Opinion: Mellow Johnny’s to cops: No bikes for you

By Ken Herman, The Statesman, August 5, 2020 Related Photo:  Bicycle cops secure the 2017 Austin Freedom March (Shepard Ambellas/Intellihub) Discrimination, often a good thing, often gets a bad name. Fair-minded though you are, you support laws that discriminate. You...

Use of Police Bikes Creates Debate within the Industry

by Dean Yobbi, Bicycle Retailer and Industry News, July 2020 This article is available as a PDF.  

Mayor Barlow Announces International Police Mountain Bike Association School Hosted In Oswego

By Oswego County Today, July 31, 2020  Photo provided by Mayor Barlow's office. OSWEGO – The Oswego Police Department hosted the International Police Mountain Bike Association School (IPMBA) this week. IPMBA provides training nationwide and offers a wide array of...

Pastor purchases electric bikes for Chillicothe police to help increase community policing

About five years ago, Pastor Pfeifer and three other local churches donated regular bikes. By Stephanie Stanavich, WBNS 10, July 20, 2020 Chillicote OH - A few weeks ago, Pastor Mark Pfeifer said he helped contribute to purchasing two new electric bicycles for...