IPMBA News
Martinsville City Police bike patrols making strides in cleaning up crime
By Christina Craig, WSLS 10, November 10, 2015, 4:27 MARTINSVILLE (VA) – The Martinsville City Police Department’s bike patrol program was gifted four new bikes thanks to a $174,000 grant from Attorney General, Mark Herring. The department currently has two full-time bike...
MPD Hosts Its First-Ever Community Bike Ride
BY CHRISTINA STURDIVANT, DCIST.com, November 10, 2015 Photo by Elvert Barnes The Metropolitan Police Department is rolling out a plan for community engagement with is first-ever community bike ride. Amid debate about the mayor's plan to increase police...
Switch box helps bike patrol keep hands on
By Jeffrey Sykes, Editor, Yesweekly.com November 4, 2015 Let’s say you’re one of Greensboro’s finest bike patrol officers and you simultaneously need to take off pedaling for all you’re worth and...
Delaware County EMS adds Cycle Response Unit
By Andrew Carter, Delaware Gazette, October 26, 2015 Photo: Members of the Delaware County EMS Cycle Response Unit will be out at festivals and other public events providing safety education as well as emergency assistance when needed. Pictured from left to right...
Hanoi people embrace bicycle police
TUOI TRE NEWS, 10/30/2015 Many residents of Hanoi have welcomed the sight of ward police on bicycle patrol since they took up the practice on a pilot basis nearly three months ago. In early August, 72 bikes were handed to police officers...
11 bikes added to LPD patrol unit
By Kelsey Powell, Reporter, October 26, 2015, KSWO ABC News LAWTON, Okla._ The Lawton Police Department has added 11 new bicycles to its crime-fighting fleet. The new mountain bikes, which total around $11,000, are equipped with lights, a siren and a bag on the...
Bike Patrol: Officers straddle transport options
With more than 31,000 residents to serve and protect, the Shawnee Police Department has its work cut out for it. Of the 82,775 service calls –– an average of 226 per day –– that came through the city's dispatch department...
University Police launch bike patrols
By Aubrey Cornwell, the OSU Lantern, October 20, 2015 Ohio State’s Acting Chief Craig Stone has recently implemented police bicycle patrolling in order to travel on campus more efficiently and have more interaction with students. According to Stone, University...