IPMBA News
Rapid City officers are now on bike patrol
By Meredith James | KOTA TV, June 9, 2018 RAPID CITY S.D. (KOTA TV) - Now that the warm weather is here, there's something heating up for the Rapid City Police Department, bike patrol. The Rapid City...
Electric assist bicycles invade the Palouse
Local shop owners, police say e-bikes popular for conquering area hills By Scott Jackson, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, June 8, 2018 Despite a price tag reaching into the thousands of dollars, local shops are having trouble keeping electric assist bicycles, or e-bikes,...
Minot police officers transition from four wheels to two
By Molly Hurley | KFYR TV, June 7, 2018 MINOT, N.D. - Be prepared for the street! That's what Minot Police Officers have been training for this week. The Minot Police Department will send officers out to...
Fairfax County EMS bike team wins $10,000
By Angela Woolsey/Fairfax County Times, June 8, 2018 Photo: Transurban presents a $10,000 community partnership grant to Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova, Vienna Mayor Laurie DiRocco, and local fire department personnel, including members of the county’s...
Pittsfield Police Department rolls out electric mountain bikes
by STEPHANIE ZOLLSHAN — THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE, June 5, 2018 Through the leadership of Lt. Jeffrey Bradford the Pittsfield Police Department has acquired three new electric mountain bikes for officers to use to patrol the downtown area with speed and ease but...
Police bicycle patrols returning to Portsmouth
By Elizabeth Dinan, Seacoastonline.com, June 5, 2018 PORTSMOUTH -- Police officers will be patrolling downtown on bicycles this year, including on the midnight shift, said Police Chief Robert Merner. The chief’s announcement came during a recent Police...
Fairfax/Vienna public-safety wins grant funding
Jun 5, 2018, Inside NOVA The Vienna Volunteer Fire Department is part of a consortium that has received a $10,000 community-partnership grant from Transurban. The volunteer department will share the grant funding with the Emergency Medical Services Bike Team of the Fairfax County...
South Milwaukee cops bring back bicycle patrol, might get motorized Cheata bicycle
By Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal Published 5:23 a.m. CT June 13, 2018 (Photo: Submitted by South Milwaukee Police Department) SOUTH MILWAUKEE - The Police Department is singing the praise of the bicycle by adding the bike patrol back to the streets. ...