Bike Mounted Usher: A New Use for Bike Patrol

by Clint Sandusky, former PCI #849/EMSCI #159 Riverside (CA) Community College District Police Department (Retired) We all know the benefits and using bicycles for public safety service delivery in a variety of environments.  Police, EMS and security personnel have used...

Can Nicotine Cure Your Winter Riding Blues?

by Allen Daniels, SCI #032 Bowdoin College (ME) Department of Public Safety Are you suffering from seasonal depression?  Do you get a warm, fuzzy feeling when you imagine riding your bike?  Are you “jonesing” to ride, but...

Bontrager Old Man Winter Riding Boots:  Cold Got You Down?

by Allen Daniels, SCI #032 Bowdoin College (ME) Department of Public Safety he Bontrager Old Man Winter (OMW) riding boot has a removable inner bootie made of nylon and fleece, stuffed with 200g of 3M Thinsulate® insulation, with a quick-pull...

Warnings Unheeded: Twin Tragedies at Fairchild Air Force Base

by Joshua Sinai Kiernan Group Holdings Andy Brown, Warnings Unheeded: Twin Tragedies at Fairchild Air Force Base (Spokane, WA: WU Press, 2016), 378 pages, $19.99 [Paperback], ISBN: 978-0-9978-6340-6. he author of this important book, who at the time of...

Interbike 2017: A Dream Come True

by Jared Williams, PCI # 1214 Tacoma (WA) Police Department Interbike.  This event has conjured up dreams for me for well over a decade.  It is touted as the largest annual gathering of the Bicycle Industry in North America.  ...

Just Another Tool in the Toolbox

By Maureen Becker, Executive Director Some may say it is a cliché, but all indications point to the e-Bike as exactly that.  It is not a substitute for a strictly pedal-powered bicycle any more than a bicycle is...

BPD Bicycle Patrol Unit allows police visibility, community interaction

Stephen Sleasman patrols Main Street in Bennington.  Photo by HOLLY PELCZYNSKI - BENNINGTON BANNER By Christie Wisniewski, Bennington Banner, August 27, 2018 BENNINGTON — While the Bennington Police Department's police bikes are stealthier than cruisers and better on gas mileage,...

Bicycle parking officers complete police-taught safety class

"It was exhausting but a lot of fun," says one participant. WRITTEN BY DAN KELLY, Reading Eagle, August 26, 2018 READING, PA —  Reading Parking Authority members held an impromptu commencement exercise at the monthly meeting Wednesday night. Executive Director...

Palatine Police Grateful For Bicycle Donated By Local Business

By Submitted to the Journal | on August 24, 2018 Sgt. Jason Watson (from l. to r.), Deputy Chief Dave Daigle, Allied Air Conditioning & Heating Corp. owner Brent Bauer, Police Chief Al Stoeckel and Deputy Chief Mike Seebacher. ...

Pedal power boost for Columbus police

By NBC4 Staff , August 24, 2018 COLUMBUS, OH (WCMH) - Six pricey bikes will give a push to Columbus police patrolling downtown, thanks to a grant awarded as part of the Smart City challenge. The e-bikes' pedal assist will help officer...