IPMBA News
Black Lives Matter movement puts Black-owned police bike brand in ‘awkward position’
by Steve Frothingham, Bicycle Retailer and Industry News, July 23, 2020 Editor's note: A version of this story ran in the July issue of BRAIN. Photo: A rendering of 1854’s police bike. FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (BRAIN) — ...
Lions learn of Bike Patrols
By Bradly Gill, News Editor, Camden News, July 25, 2020 Camden Police Department Public Information Officer Dana Wetherbee and Officer Ashley Watts spoke to the Camden Lions Club Wednesday at Catherine’s Bistro and updated the club on Camden’s...
Chillicothe Police get two new Ebikes, encouraging community policing
By Justin Reutter, Chillicothe Gazette, July 20, 2020 Photo: Sergeant Micah Shanks of the Chillicothe Police Department with a new Ebike outside of Rivers' Bend bike shop in July 2020. CHILLICOTHE - As part of an effort to improve community policing, Chillicothe...
Community policing by bicycle
By: John Thain, KTVA, July 15, 2020 Watch the video: https://www.ktva.com/story/42374745/community-policing-by-bicycle Photo by Bev Wernli via Flickr Anchorage AK -- In the midst of a continuing conversation about community policing, APD officers Matt Jensen and Rich...
Oakboro Police receives donation of new bicycles
By Charles Curcio, the Stanly News & Press, July 13, 2020 North Carolina - Residents of Oakboro will soon be seeing a new outreach by its police department. Instead of four-wheeled vehicles, these officers will only need two wheels. A recent...
An Unimagined Farewell
by Todd Prevost, PCI #650 (former) Lafourche Parish (LA) Sheriff’s Office It was the summer of 1999. I was one of three selected by my agency to attend the IPMBA Police Cyclist Course being instructed by then-Lt. Stanley Cosper...
Benelli Public Service e-Bike: Built for the Job
by Eric Barnes, EMSCI #400-B/PCI #1908-B Cypress Creek (TX) EMS/Montgomery County Constables Office Pct. 3 With e-Bikes slowly but surely making their way into public safety cycling, Cypress Creek EMS (CCEMS) has added five Benelli Public Service e-Bikes to...
Experimenting with e-Bikes: QuietKat and BULLS
by Ashleigh Rose Colorado State University Police Department Photo: D Allen with the BULLS Sentinel. Colorado State University (CSU), located in Fort Collins, Colorado, is home to 34,166 students as well as 8,000 faculty and staff members. In 2017, the CSU...