IPMBA News
Bikes to enhance patrolling in S/Jongkhar
By Kelzang Wangchuk, Kuensel, November 21, 2017 To enhance efficient and effective patrolling and minimise crimes, the Samdrupjongkhar thromde provided seven bicycles to the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP). Thrompon, Karma Sherab Tobgyel, said that as per the proposal submitted by RBP, the...
Avon Police Receive Grant For Bike Patrols
By KEN BYRON, Hartford Courant, November 21, 2017 The police department in Avon has received a $1,000 grant from the Walmart store in town to help equip its bike patrol unit. A $1,000 donation from the Walmart in town will help the police...
Armadale Police bike patrols keep local cops rolling
By Jessica Nico, Community Comment News, November 15th, 2017 PATROLLING on two wheels is giving Armadale Police a more effective, visible presence in popular local spaces. Bike patrols have become a useful tool for the Armadale Police since they were introduced...
Vicksburg Police Department implements bicycle patrols
By John Surratt, The Vicksburg Post, November 15, 2017 Photo: Officers Steven Ragan, from left, Joseph Stubbs, Lee Kennedy and Walter Harris pose for a photo with their bikes at the Vicksburg Police Department Wednesday. (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post) Four...
LAFD Bike Medics: On the Road to Rescue
Photo: Alex Gormé, Bike Medic Specialist, at the LAX Employee Expo By Madeline Wright, Los Angeles Firemen’s Relief Association, March 11, 2017 If you’re anything like the typical L.A. driver, you may not notice...
Police bike patrols a wheel city boost
Photo: Constable Jon Round follows an officer. Picture: Laurie Benson Albany Advertiser By Jessica Cuthbert, The West Australian, 15 November, 2017 Albany police will soon be patrolling our streets on two wheels. The bike patrol will give Albany police officers a...
SLC neighborhoods see uptick in home burglaries as bike patrols reassigned to Operation Rio Grande
Fox13Now.com, NOVEMBER 8, 2017, BY TAMARA VAIFANUA SALT LAKE CITY – Home burglaries are on the rise in some parts of Salt Lake City, and some believe Operation Rio Grande may be a contributing factor. “People are feeling...
Shut up, drivers. Shut up, bicyclists. Here are the real Idaho bike laws
BY MICHAEL DEEDS, the Idaho Statesman, September 11, 2017 The first time I saw a bicyclist pedal through a red light in Boise, it irritated me. While the rest of us all sat in our cars waiting for the light to turn...