IPMBA News
The Lighter Side of Thirty Years
by Tom “The Elder” Woods, PCI #010T/EMSCI #117T Denton (TX) Police Department (ret.) Photo: Indianapolis 2008: Tom on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Track. Courtesy Tom Woods. Thirty years down the road, and I&rsquo...
I Remember When…
by Artie Gonzales, PCI #141 Topeka (KS) Police Department (ret.) Photo: San Antonio 2004: Eppie and Artie at the Registration Desk. Courtesy Jeff Shari. Just the other day, my partner, sergeant and I were heading to...
Conference Memories: The Ones I Attended and the One that Got Away
by Bruce Jackson, PCI #239T/EMSCI #325T George Mason University (VA) Police Department (ret.) Photo: Richmond 2011: Hans Rey and Bruce Jackson. Photo courtesy Bruce Jackson. The year was 1993. If IPMBA was a human it would...
Conferences are the Glue that Binds
by Allan Howard, PCI #001T Dayton (OH) Police Department (ret.) Photo: The "Old Guard": Stu Bracken, Gary Gallinot, Kirby Beck, Allan Howard, Gary McLaughlin, Joe Martin, Andy MacLellan, Tom Woods As I sit here reminiscing about our organization...
Paramedics on electric bikes will deliver Covid care and flu jabs in London trial
By Ross Lydall, the Evening Standard, November 25, 2020 Photo: Ready to roll: The paramedic e-bikers in Merton/LAS Paramedics on electric bikes are delivering covid care and flu jabs to patients in their...
Waltham Forest police officers to receive new patrol bikes
By Victoria Munro, Local Democracy Reporter, November 14, 2020 Waltham Forest police officers will be less reliant on patrol cars after the delivery of almost 50 new bicycles to north east London stations. Inspectors Marcus Walton and Ugochi Ezeonwuka explained in an...
Serviciul de patrulare pe biciclete al Poliției se extinde în alte patru raioane ale țării
UNDP in Moldova, November 12, 2020 Douăzeci de polițiști, inclusiv o femeie, vor patrula pe biciclete în locurile publice din Orhei, Anenii Noi, Edineț și Ungheni. Datorită bicicletelor, oamenii legii vor ajunge mai rapid în locurile unde...
IPMBA’s Response to the Removal of “Enforcement” from Bicycle Safety Programs
November 6, 2020 When IPMBA became aware of the decision by the League of American Bicyclists (the League) to remove “Enforcement” as one of the five pillars of the Bicycle Friendly America program, the initial reaction was one of shock...