Opinion: Mellow Johnny’s to cops: No bikes for you

By Ken Herman, The Statesman, August 5, 2020 Related Photo:  Bicycle cops secure the 2017 Austin Freedom March (Shepard Ambellas/Intellihub) Discrimination, often a good thing, often gets a bad name. Fair-minded though you are, you support laws that discriminate. You...

Use of Police Bikes Creates Debate within the Industry

by Dean Yobbi, Bicycle Retailer and Industry News, July 2020 This article is available as a PDF.  

Mayor Barlow Announces International Police Mountain Bike Association School Hosted In Oswego

By Oswego County Today, July 31, 2020  Photo provided by Mayor Barlow's office. OSWEGO – The Oswego Police Department hosted the International Police Mountain Bike Association School (IPMBA) this week. IPMBA provides training nationwide and offers a wide array of...

Pastor purchases electric bikes for Chillicothe police to help increase community policing

About five years ago, Pastor Pfeifer and three other local churches donated regular bikes. By Stephanie Stanavich, WBNS 10, July 20, 2020 Chillicote OH - A few weeks ago, Pastor Mark Pfeifer said he helped contribute to purchasing two new electric bicycles for...

St. Paul police debut truck armed with ice cream, video games, bike helmets

By SARAH HORNER, Pioneer Press, July 23, 2020  Photo: Keisha Anderson, 8, gets instructions on how safely ride her bike from St. Paul Police sergeant Jason Bain during the unveiling of the St. Paul Police Departments Bike Truck in the Daytons...

Black Lives Matter movement puts Black-owned police bike brand in ‘awkward position’

by Steve Frothingham, Bicycle Retailer and Industry News, July 23, 2020 Editor's note: A version of this story ran in the July issue of BRAIN. Photo: A rendering of 1854’s police bike. FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (BRAIN) — ...

Lions learn of Bike Patrols

By Bradly Gill, News Editor, Camden News, July 25, 2020 Camden Police Department Public Information Officer Dana Wetherbee and Officer Ashley Watts spoke to the Camden Lions Club Wednesday at Catherine’s Bistro and updated the club on Camden’s...

Chillicothe Police get two new Ebikes, encouraging community policing

By Justin Reutter, Chillicothe Gazette, July 20, 2020 Photo:  Sergeant Micah Shanks of the Chillicothe Police Department with a new Ebike outside of Rivers' Bend bike shop in July 2020. CHILLICOTHE - As part of an effort to improve community policing, Chillicothe...

Community policing by bicycle

By: John Thain, KTVA, July 15, 2020 Watch the video: https://www.ktva.com/story/42374745/community-policing-by-bicycle Photo by Bev Wernli via Flickr Anchorage AK -- In the midst of a continuing conversation about community policing, APD officers Matt Jensen and Rich...

Oakboro Police receives donation of new bicycles

By Charles Curcio, the Stanly News & Press, July 13, 2020 North Carolina - Residents of Oakboro will soon be seeing a new outreach by its police department. Instead of four-wheeled vehicles, these officers will only need two wheels. A recent...