IPMBA News
Brian Cantele and Todd Myers Ride Into Retirement
IPMBA Instructors Brian Cantele (PCI #909) and Todd Myers (PCI #1118) have retired from the West Hartford Police Department after more than 20 years of service. Throughout their tenure as IPMBA Instructors, they have trained hundreds of police cyclists, holding them all...
Bontrager SSR Multisport Bike Shoe: The Best Bike Shoes I’ve Worn on Patrol
by Clint Sandusky, former PCI #849/EMSCI #159 Riverside (CA) Community College District Police Dept. (ret.) Perhaps the most important item a public safety cyclist should carefully consider, after PPE, is footwear. What kind of footwear will be of high quality,...
You’re an Instructor. Now What?
by David Millican, PCI #1006T/EMSCI #343T Denton (TX) Police Department IPMBA Education Coordinator You have been cycling on duty for several years and it has become engrained in your daily public safety activities. It has become part of...
Are You LinkedIn?
by Alan Beadle, PCI #484/EMSCI #076 City of Sylvania (OH) Police Division IPMBA Membership Coordinator In July 2020, during some of the most difficult and challenging times of our lives, I had the honor of being elected to the IPMBA Board of...
Fit for Duty: A Sober Reminder About Heart Health
by Greg Bowen, PCI #1227 Tarrant County College (TX) Police Department IPMBA Industry Liaison As public safety personnel, we are often subjected to long days with little or no physical activity. We respond to calls that get us stuck at...
What Drives You?
by James Englert, PCI #1081 Arapahoe County (CO) Sheriff’s Office IPMBA Treasurer Photo: Centennial Citizen, August 2008. I have been in law enforcement for almost 22 years. Within my department, I have worked in several different areas such as...
At a Half-Step, Forward…
by Michael Wear, PCI #516T/EMSCI #059T Metropolitan (DC) Police (retired) IPMBA Vice President Photo: Bike Portland, 2011 The public safety bicycle has a long history and is amazingly applicable to current societal problems. The ways in which public...
Are You Truly Listening?
by Craig Lepkowski, PCI #1180-B/EMSCI #272-B Lake Forest (IL) Police Department IPMBA President I’m tired of social media. I’m tired of the blame game. I’m tired of there being no middle ground. I...