IPMBA News
Cop cycles spruced up
Turks and Caicos Weekly News, April 11, 2016 POLICE bicycles have been fixed up and fitted out to help improve community policing. The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force Community Policing Unit had bicycles repaired and improved with new gadgets on...
Bike patrols to start again in Franklin
By DEBORAH HIGHLAND, Bowling Green Daily News, April 11, 2016 Franklin police are gearing up to start bicycle patrols at the beginning of next month, a move that will boost community policing efforts and also provide opportunities for police to maneuver through...
Police plan to increase staffing, begin bike patrols
By Alyx Dote, KRCR News 7, April 6, 2016 CHICO, Calif. - The Chico Police Department has plans to begin summer bike patrols and increase staffing at Bidwell Park after several incidents. Police were able to catch two suspects and return...
Republican National Convention police bike bid goes to Florida company
City ordering 300 bikes, 310 helmets By Homa Bash, NewsNet5, April 7, 2016 CLEVELAND - Three hundred police bicycles will be rolling into Cleveland for the Republican National Convention from Florida -- because no local companies put in a bid. Safariland, a Jacksonville-based company...
Chico is bringing back bike police
By Kayla Fitzgerald, April 8, 2016, Chico State Orion Police bike units will begin patrolling Bidwell Park and downtown areas in the upcoming summer months. Tuesday, Chico Police Chief Mike O’Brien said two officers will be patrolling those areas...
How to Join a Bicycle Unit
You'll need to be physically fit, self-motivated, and up for close contact with the public to thrive as a bike officer. Police Magazine, April 06, 2016 | by Christian Bailey Photo: Firearms training for bicycle officers...
Cops on Bikes: The advantages are clear
By John Bennett, Connect Savannah, April 6, 2016 John Bennett is executive director of the Savannah Bicycle Campaign. I’VE BEEN THINKING about police patrol patterns and public safety lately, and not because I suggested increased parking rates and metering...
Bellevue Police creates bike unit to respond to changing crime patterns in city
by TINA PATEL, Fox 13, UPDATED AT 09:30PM, APRIL 1, 2016 BELLEVUE, Wash. -- The Bellevue Police Department says the city's streets are a little safer now that officers have started patrols on bicycles. The department hopes the bike officers...