IPMBA News
Elizabethtown Police Department expands bike patrol
Police say being on bicycle aids communication with residents By Mary Alford, the News-Enterprise, July 24, 2017 Officers of the Elizabethtown Police Department are cruising around town more, but not in patrol cars. EPD has begun increasing its bike...
Military veterans to patrol Detroit on bicycles
George Hunter, The Detroit News, June 22, 2017 Travis Peters volunteered to serve his country, and is now doing the same for his city. Peters, who served in the U.S. Army during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, is one of 21...
Lacombe Police Take to the Streets on Bikes
By Jonathan Guignard, Lacombe Online, July 20, 2017 Photo: Constable Jeffrey Hewitt Lacome, Alberta -- Residents in Lacombe will now be seeing more police officers out on bikes. Lacombe Police Service now has a bike patrol unit, after four officers completed...
How (and why) to set up a bike patrol unit
Bike patrol units offer a high-visibility, proactive community policing presence that is budget-friendly for any size department by Doug Wyllie, July 19, 2017, PoliceOne.com Photo: IPMBA member and California POST Bike Patrol Instructor Clint Sandusky – who honorably retired from...
Gears & Gadgets: What Should be in Your Toolbox?
As I write this article, I am three days away from shoulder surgery and looking at a six-month recovery, including six weeks in a sling. Needless to say, I have a bit more time on my hands for doing...
Old Orchard Beach man donates bikes to police, international students
by WGME TV 13, July 15, 2017 Old Orchard Beach Police say Girard has consistently donated bikes for years. (Old Orchard Beach Police) OLD ORCHARD (WGME) -- Friday, Old Orchard Beach police expressed thanks to a local man who works to improve his...
Additional Police Bicycle Patrols Rolling Into Hamden
By Dan Corcoran, NBC Connecticut, July 13, 2017 Hamden CT -- More police officers will be riding on two wheels in the town of Hamden. The police chief said the department's expanded bike patrol unit is ready to roll. Grace...
Bikes let Yakima police get closer to public
By Donald W. Meyers, Yakima Herald-Republic, July 13, 2017 Shopkeepers waved and said hello as Yakima Police Officers Lyn Thorn and Claudia Padilla patrolled the North Yakima Historic District along North Front Street. But Thorn and Padilla weren’t driving a...