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These Cyclists Are Fighting Malaria and Saving Lives in Sub-Saharan Africa
A PILOT PROGRAM IN ZAMBIA DRASTICALLY REDUCED FATALITY RATES, PROMPTING CALLS TO EXPAND THE MODEL ACROSS THE CONTINENT. BY JACOB MESCHKE, Bicycling Magazine, SEP 21, 2018 Malaria is responsible for roughly 400,000 deaths in sub-Saharan Africa each year, more than two thirds...
Mansfield Police increase community presence downtown
By Noah Jones, Staff Reporter, Richland Source, October 3, 2018 Photo: Police officers pedal the streets with their Cannondale bicycles in Mansfield. MANSFIELD OH -- The city's downtown area is going to look more safe with the Mansfield Police Department...
The Albany Police Department has e-bikes—they’re still not exactly legal for the rest of us
Noted: The Albany Police Department has e-bikes, as that tweet above pointed out this week. "Pedal-assist" e-bikes are the same sort of bikes that advocates had been trying to get formally legalized in New York State during the...
Officers on bikes pursue man accused of driving drunk
by NBC 10 NEWS, Tuesday, September 11th 2018 South Kingstown police said Tuesday that two officers on bicycles stopped a man accused of drunken driving. Police said an SUV leaving a bar on Saturday night almost struck the two officers on bike...
Pedaling and Protecting
AUGUST 9, 2018 BY CITY OF UNIVERSITY PLACE, The Suburban Times Photo: U.P. Police Department’s Deputy Jason Smith chats with patrons in the Village at Chambers Bay. The U.P. Police Department is sporting a...
Return of the Lakewood Police bike patrol
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 BY CITY OF LAKEWOOD, The Suburban Times Lakewood WA -- If you’ve attended the summer concert series or were out during National Night Out last month, you might have seen some of the Lakewood Police...
Spirit Lake Police use pedal power for patrols
By: Brian Neale , KXLY, September 6, 2018 Photo Courtesy: Fresh Air E-Bikes SPIRIT LAKE, Idaho - The Spirit Lake Police Department found a new way to patrol the town during crowded summer events. The department teamed up with...
Vancouver Police Department resurrects bicycle officer unit
Vancouver police Officer Ed Letarte patrols Sixth Street in downtown Vancouver in July 2002. The police department is re-implementing the bike officer unit for the first time in nearly a decade. (Columbian files) By Jerzy Shedlock, Columbian Breaking News Reporter ...