IPMBA News
Frederick police, emergency medical personnel ready for 2017 running festival
By Jeremy Arias, Frederick News Post, May 1, 2017 Frederick MD -- The rescue personnel assigned to cover the Frederick Running Festival this year will be riding in style thanks to the continued donations of a dedicated volunteer paramedic. Each year the...
Napa Police officers on bikes pursue speeding truck in downtown
By Napa Valley Register staff, May 1, 2017 Two Napa Police officers on downtown patrol pursued a speeding pickup truck on First Street and Soscol Avenue Sunday afternoon, police reported. The officers spotted a driver speeding east on First at about 3 p...
IPMBA Remembers Paul Conner
Paul W. Conner Anne Arundel County Police Department (Ret #1120) February 24, 1970 – February 5, 2017 Born and raised in Glen Burnie, Paul Conner attended Glen Burnie High School and the Community College of Baltimore. He began his Law Enforcement career as a...
Gift Helps Buy 12 Bikes for UCSB Campus Patrol
Donation from 1968 UCSB alumna Diane Dodds enhances safety-escort services on campus and in Isla Vista By Sophia Fischer for UCSB Alumni, April 25, 2017, the Nooshawk Photo: Rob Crew, left, coordinator of the UCSB Police Department Campus Safety Officers; CSO Nic...
Police will once again ride bikes through Sharpsburg
By CHRISTINE MANGANAS, the TribLive, Monday, April 24, 2017, Photo: by CHRISTINE MANGANAS | FOR THE TRIBUNE-REVIEW; Sharpsburg police Chief Tom Stelitano stands with the new bike purchased for Officer Brett Carb to use on patrol. Sharpsburg PA...
MDA launches unique emergency response electric bike squad
In world’s first, Israel’s national emergency response network adds 1,000 electric bikes to its array of rescue vehicles, easing access through narrow passages. By Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel 21C, APRIL 20, 2017 Life Riders volunteers get fully equipped...
When Rebuilding America, Remember the Cyclists
Sharing the road means much more than just checking your blind spot. By Rachel Z. Arndt, Popular Mechanics, January 25, 2017 "That light is for you, too!" This familiar refrain, or some slight variation, greeted me every other time I pedaled through...
AMR trains for faster ground response during special events
by Therese Apel , The Clarion-Ledger, April 13, 2017 At the next major event in Jackson, you just might see paramedics using their bikes to be more mobile in the crowd. The Clarion-Ledger (Photo: Sarah Warnock/For the Clarion-Ledger) A...