IPMBA News
TPD raising funds to buy pedal-assist bike
by y Tesina Jackson, Tahlequah Daily Press, July 13, 2018 Photo: Tahlequah Assistant Police Chief Steve Garner and Officer Pam Bell stand with two pedal assist bicycles. The Tahlequah Police Department is attempting to raise funds to purchase one to...
Even Denver’s Bicycle Cops Don’t Want to Ride on the Streets
Yes, police officers are exempt from the Denver law that prohibits riders from using their bikes on the sidewalk. But it says something that even a cop feels unsafe biking in the street. BY GEORGIA PERRY, 5280 Magazine | ...
Boston Police Step Up Bike Patrols After Shootings
By Beth Germano, CBS Boston, July 12, 2018 at 5:27 pm BOSTON (CBS) – Boston Police bike patrols are on the move in increasing numbers over the summer months in what they call a preventive move when it comes to city violence...
Cops with bikes: A way to engage the community or a tactic to bulldoze them?
by Anna Orso, the Philadelphia Inquirer, July 12, 2018 Photo: JESSICA GRIFFIN/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Police confront demonstrators outside the federal ICE office in Philadelphia on July 5. Several protesters were arrested. The Philadelphia Police department has been lauded for the...
Police in Johns Creek to get new bikes with $7K grant
By Mitchell Northam, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 11, 2018 More police officers will be on bikes soon in Johns Creek. The city’s public safety foundation received a $7,800 grant this week from the Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation, which will go towards...
Officers on wheels: Chief revitalizes police officer program
Chief revitalizes police officer program by Hannington Dia, Hudson Reporter, July 8, 2018 Photo: Officers Paul Martinez, Brendan Bowen, and John Solan with their patrol bikes. If you’re planning on committing a crime on a North Bergen street...
Greek police officers on bikes greet tourists at historic center of Athens
by Natasha Pavlopoulou, July 8, 2018 ATHENS, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The entrance to the Acropolis Museum, at the pedestrian street of Dionysiou Areopagitou which leads to the ruins of ancient Athens, is the starting point of a day for the eight police...
A Day in the Life of a Bicycle Cop
Officers on patrol have the opportunity to engage with their communities and provide a humanizing presence to the their departments. By Evan Coward, Published by Police Magazine (www.policemag.com), April 02, 2018 As I walk into roll call at...