IPMBA News
Waterville bike patrol on streets for 16th straight summer
Officers on bicycles can see things, make contacts, that those in cruisers might not, police Chief Joseph Massey says. BY AMY CALDER, STAFF WRITER, Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel, July 26, 2016 Waterville police Officer Kyle McDonald rides his police bicycle during...
Augusta police officers patrolling downtown on bicycle
The program is an attempt to improve public safety and community relations. BY CHARLES EICHACKER, STAFF WRITER, Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel, July 26, 2016 Augusta Police Officer Brad Chase speaks Tuesday with Scott Andrews about his stolen tent while on...
Cleveland’s Bicycle-Mounted Police Unit Will Stay On After RNC
By Tucker Kelly, Scene and Heard, Monday, July 25, 2016 at 3:28 pm The Cleveland Police Department will continue to utilize the bicycle-mounted unit recently formed for the Republican National Convention. Though the horses from Cleveland and Fort Worth&rsquo...
Auckland cops swap four wheels for two
by ALICE PEACOCK, July 26, 2016, stuff.co.nz Photo by Peter Meecham: Constables Cole Edwards, left, and police newbie Joseph Daly on the beat on the Auckland waterfront. A crew of central Auckland cops are working on their pedal power,...
Police patrol on bikes: New substation coming to downtown Redwood City
July 25, 2016, 05:00 AM By Bill Silverfarb, Daily Journal Photo courtesy of Redwood City: A new police unit has been added to patrol downtown Redwood City that will soon be housed in a substation across from Courthouse Square. ...
First Person: What It’s Like To Be a Bicycle-Patrol Officer on the Front Lines During a Political Co
By Morgan Zalot, NBC 10, July 25, 2016 Photo credit: Joe Kaczmarek Philadelphia: Officer Joe McCabe knows firsthand what police officers working on the front lines at this week's Democratic National Convention are up against. As a bicycle patrol officer...
Weapon Defense: On and Off the Bike
by Bernie Hogancamp, IPMBA President In late May, two officers in my region were shot with their duty weapons after being disarmed. The first was in Lansing, Illinois, just a few miles from me; the second was in Appleton,...
Fort Worth police bring mementos home from GOP convention in Cleveland
Members of the Fort Worth Police bike patrol RODGER MALLISON STAR-TELEGRAM BY MARIA RECIOAND ANNA M. TINSLEY, Star-Telegram, July 24, 2016 Some of the Fort Worth police officers who went to Cleveland to help with the Republican National...