eMTBs:  To Use or Not to Use in Public Safety

by Clint Sandusky, former PCI #849/EMSCI #159 Riverside (CA) Community College District Police Department (Ret.) Bikes (electric pedal-assisted bikes) are becoming more and more prevalent.  They’re being ridden by the recreational and transportation cyclists, at MTB races, and...

EMS Cyclists Can Do It, Too

by Wren Nealy, PCI #860-B/EMSCI #154-B Cypress Creek (TX) EMS IPMBA President Since the beginning of IPMBA, Police Cyclists have been trained to ride their mountain bikes anywhere they could walk.  Negotiating urban obstacles, riding up and down...

IPMBA and EMS Cycling

by Tom Harris, EMSCI #861T-B/PCI #030T-B East Baton Rouge (LA) EMS IPMBA Vice President When I took my first IPMBA Course in 1996 – as an EMS cyclist taking the Police Cyclist Course under the watchful eye of Steve Jackson ...

Saint Paul Police’s Bike Cops for Kids:  First Year Lessons Learned

by Jason Bain, PCI #1046-B/EMSCI #278-B Saint Paul (MN) Police Department IPMBA Treasurer Turning the calendar to November, winterizing the bike fleet, and releasing officers to off-season assignments has provided me the opportunity to reflect on lessons learned from...

Get Involved with IPMBA

by James Englert, PCI #1081 Arapahoe County (CO) Sheriff’s Department IPMBA Industry Liaison Since you are reading this, you have some connection with IPMBA. Chances are whatever your connection is, you are probably at minimum a member, and there...

IPMBA Brand Ambassadors

by Gary Strang, PCI #1457 London (ON) Police Service IPMBA Membership Director How many times have you been asked about what it’s like to be a police cyclist?  Or what might be involved in police cyclist training? ...

When We Lead, We Grow

by Mike Wear, PCI #516T-B/EMSCI #059T-B Metropolitan (DC) Police Department (Ret.) IPMBA Education Director A recurring question for public safety cycling programs has emerged.  The question in simplest form is, “How do we keep our units growing?...

Failure to Train Applies to Bike Medics, Too

By Wren Nealy, IPMBA President In October 2017, I exhibited at the EMS WORLD EXPO and fielded lots of questions about EMS bike teams and how we use bike medics at Cypress Creek EMS.  Board Member Tom Harris was there...

Associação Internacional de Bicicletas de Montanha da Polícia em Belo Horizonte, Brasil

by Craig Lepkowski, PCI #1180-B/EMSCI #272-B Lake Forest (IL) Police Department IPMBA Secretary In May of 2017, I was afforded the opportunity to teach an IPMBA Police Cyclist class in Brazil.  Although I do not speak Portuguese, I am...

Bikes Are New East Hampton Town Police Asset

By T.E. McMorrow, The East Hampton Star, March 29, 2018 Photo:  East Hampton Town Police Sgt. Dan Roman with one of two state-of-the-art patrol bicycles, now part of the department’s fleet. T.E. McMorrow In an era...