IPMBA News
Looking back to 2002: Police bike patrols begin in Saltcoats
By Staff Reporter, Ardrosson & Saltcoats Times Photo: Cops on Patrol Saltcoats 2002 CRIMINALS in the Three Towns were set to be given a wheely hard time by the local force’s two new cycle-mounted officers. Saltcoats-based Constables Gordon...
Santa Maria Police Department receives new bicycle fleet from Main Street Cycles
By Joshua Nelson, Santa Maria Times, July 28, 2022 Photo: Scott Clark, left, owner of Main Street Cycles, recently contributed 11 bikes at cost to the Santa Maria Police Department. Clark also agreed to do routine maintenance on the bikes, which the...
‘Face of the police’: St. George Police mountain bike patrol helps deal with the little things
By Mori Kessler, St. George News, July 27, 2022 Read the article and watch the video: https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2022/07/27/mgk-face-of-the-police-st-george-police-mountain-bike-patrol-help-deal-with-the-little-things/#.YuQ_XR7MKM8 Photo: St. George Police Officer Anthony Kearney of the mountain bike patrol takes time...
Bike Police, Foot Patrol, Plain Clothes Cops & Car 45 Mean Quick Response Time on Greenwich Avenue
By: GREENWICH FREE PRESS | July 27, 2022 Photo: Greenwich First Selectman Fred Camillo and Deputy Chief Robert Berry talked about police staffing in the area of Greenwich Avenue. Wednesday, July 27, 2022 On Wednesday afternoon First Selectman Fred Camillo and...
Fort Smith Police Department brings back bicycle patrol unit
by Tina Alvey Dale, Talk Business, July 19, 2022 Fort Smith AR: The Fort Smith Police Department’s Bicycle Patrol Unit is back in action after taking a hiatus for a few years. Started in the 1990s with a...
Lincoln Police adds electric bikes to patrol unit
The four electric bicycles will eventually be used by Lincoln Police officers to better navigate patrols during times of traffic congestion. By Ellis Wiltsey, KOLN, July 21, 2022 LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Every few years the bike patrol unit at the...
‘They weren’t looking for cops on bikes’: Police ebike trial deemed a success
By Hamish McNeilly, Stuff.co.nz, July 20, 2022 Photo: Dunedin police trial using ebikes for road patrols in early 2020. Hamish McNeilly. Some officers trialling ebikes found they could get to jobs quicker than their colleagues in vehicles. Police in Auckland,...
Racine police officer absolutely shreds on a BMX bike
A police officer in Racine is literally doing flips and tricks to break the stereotypes of both cops and BMXers/skateboarders. Introducing, Officer Michael Gordon. By: James Groh, WTMJ-TV, July 22, 2022 Photo: James Groh: Racine police officer...