IPMBA News
Belleville Fire Department adds … bike patrols? What the?
By Kevin A. Canessa Jr, The Observer Online, 6 October 2021 Photo: The new Belleville Fire Department Bike Patrol. Jaffee Communications. Belleville NJ -- You’ve no doubt heard of police officers on bike patrol — but firefighters? Yup....
Gears & Gadgets: You Know It’s Time to Service Your Bike When…
By David Cohen, Maryland National Capital Park Police Reserve Unit Like many of you, the pandemic turned my world upside in terms of time management. One of the items that got pushed to the back burner was the routine...
Law enforcement raise patrols in East Lansing for Homecoming weekend
By Kaylie Crowe, WILX, Oct. 3, 2021 Photo: Officers Chad Stemen, Shelby Humphries, Brittany Monroe, Traci Sperry, Ryan Kuhn, Jayson Young. Not pictured: Supervisor Sgt. Chad Pride. By Casandra Eriksen, East Lansing Info, June 28, 2017. EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) -...
Bike Patrol takes a back seat to Foot Patrols in the summer of 2021
'The foot patrol is always effective, just having the presence of an officer on the street provides a level of comfort to people that are using the community' By: Chris Dawson, Bay News, October 5, 2021 Photo: 2020 Bike Unit...
E-bike police patrols on campus
By Ana Belmonte, Office of the Chief Safety Officer, University of Utah, September 28, 2021 As part of the University of Utah’s goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve carbon neutrality, the U’s Sustainability Office donated three...
Cook County Sheriff’s Office sends officers to Chicago to help fight crime
By John Garcia, ABC 7 News, September 23, 2021 Watch the video: https://abc7chicago.com/cook-county-sheriff-tom-dart-chicago-crime-police/11041735/ CHICAGO (WLS) -- They're hard to miss: the line of uniformed sheriff's officers on bikes riding down Chicago Avenue in the West...
Hempstead’s Effort To Revitalize Downtown, Transit Hub Starts With Community Policing Unit on Bikes
By Jennifer McLogan, CBS New York, September 24, 2021 Watch the video: https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/09/24/hempstead-village-community-policing/ HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Hempstead Village, the largest village in New York, has a new vision to help draw...
Philadelphia Parking Authority to test bike patrol unit to ticket violators
These officers on two wheels will issue citations to vehicles stopped in lanes designated for cyclists and buses BY BROOKS HOLTON, PhillyVoice, September 22, 2021 Photo: The Philadelphia Parking Authority is creating a bike patrol unit that will ticket vehicle...