IPMBA News
Bontrager Ion / Flare 200 Daytime Running Lights
by David Cohen Maryland National Capital Park Police Reserve Unit In the Gears & Gadgets column that appeared in IPMBA News, Volume 28, Number 3, the 2019 Board Issue, I discussed daytime running lights (DLRs) as both a tool for public safety cyclists...
Bontrager: Headstrong and Sure-Footed
by Austen Schlecht Castle Rock (CO) Police Department Police cyclists ride at all hours of the day or night and in any and all weather conditions. It is important that we have strong head protection and are sure of...
CABDA West Expo: Back for 2020
by Clint Sandusky, former PCI #849/EMSCI #159 Riverside (CA) Community College District Police Dept. (ret.) For those of you that still don’t know what “CABDA” is, it is the Chicagoland Area Bike Dealers Association. So what are...
CABDA Midwest Expo 2020: At Home in Chicagoland
by Craig Lepkowski, PCI #1180-B/EMSCI #272-B Lake Forest (IL) Police Department IPMBA Secretary In February 12-13, 2020, I attended the CABDA Midwest Expo in Schaumburg, Illinois. The Chicagoland Area Bicycle Dealers Association (CABDA) re-launched its trade shows in 2014, and...
I Tip My Hat to You
Ed.’s Note: In this issue of IPMBA News, current IPMBA President Wren Nealy welcomes guest columnist Allan Howard, who served as IPMBA’s first President, from 1992-1997. A former Marine, Allan lives by the mantra of...
Forward from the Past
by David Cohen Maryland National Capital Park Police Reserve Unit, Montgomery County Division Photo: Bike 904 and the Seized Bike (MNC Park Police) In March of 2019, I was asked to help survey the 22 patrol bikes in my department’s...
Kerry Zieger vs City of Seattle Petition for Review
Bike Officer Kerry Zieger of the City of Seattle Police Department was injured during the May 2016 May Day riots when he was struck in the head by a projectile hurled by a protester. He filed suit against the City...
Bay County Sheriff’s Deputies Receive E-Bike Patrol Fleet
By Valerie Crowder, WFSU, June 30, 2020 Photo by Valerie Crowder: Bay County Sheriff Tommy Ford and some of his deputies listen to instructions for operating the e-bikes, which were built by YOLO Board + Bike in Walton County. Country music singer...