IPMBA News
UALR debuts bicycle patrols this fall
20 August 2013 8:22 am, Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock UALR students and employees came back to campus this week with a special treat: law enforcement officers on bicycle patrol, making officers more accessible in areas cars can’t patrol. The...
Innovative In-Service Training
by Michael Gommer, PCI #1105 Upper Dublin (PA) Police Department I am fortunate to work for a police department that values its bike patrol unit and has placed a strong emphasis on bike patrol training. Each year, the police department...
Savannah-Chatham Police Getting New Bikes
By Eric Curl, Savannah Morning News As part of an effort to get officers out of their cars and interacting with residents, the Savannah-Chatham police department will soon be getting 25 new bicycles to use on patrols. On Aug. 8, the Savannah...
Manpower problems force city police to take bicycle patrols off the streets
Sunday News, Aug 11, 2013 06:00, Lancaster, by Jeff Hawkes, Staff Writer Riding in the dark, his bicycle lights off, city police Officer Michael Whitaker came upon a cluster of young people at Woodward and South Christian like a phantom. Officer Ben Bradley,...
AED-Equipped Bike in Service at Berks County Parks
Posted: Friday, August 9, 2013 3:00 pm, bctv.org Thanks to the generosity of the Berks Lodge 71 of the Fraternal Order of Police and the Run4Sam organization, an automated external defibrillator (AED)-equipped bicycle is now in service in the Berks County...
Cops on bikes to hit Capalaba CBD
By Stephen Jeffery Aug. 8, 2013, 5 p.m, Bayside Bulletin, Australia CAPALABA shoppers can expect to see more police officers embracing pedal power around the suburb's business centre. Police stations across the bayside are embracing bike squads to cover areas considered...
Alton Police to Restart Bicycle Patrols
ALTON IL — City police are back in the bike saddles again, after putting up their two-wheelers for eight years. “The (bicycle patrol) officers are able to make arrests when officers in marked cars are not able to do...
Bicycle police patrols launched to tackle crime in Cambridge
Written by CHRIS HAVERGAL , Cambridge News, August 8, 2013 Police are getting on their bikes to combat robbery, burglary and theft in Cambridge. Officers believe travelling on two wheels will allow them to travel down alleyways and paths that would not be...