IPMBA News
Benelli Public Service e-Bike: Built for the Job
by Eric Barnes, EMSCI #400-B/PCI #1908-B Cypress Creek (TX) EMS/Montgomery County Constables Office Pct. 3 With e-Bikes slowly but surely making their way into public safety cycling, Cypress Creek EMS (CCEMS) has added five Benelli Public Service e-Bikes to...
Experimenting with e-Bikes: QuietKat and BULLS
by Ashleigh Rose Colorado State University Police Department Photo: D Allen with the BULLS Sentinel. Colorado State University (CSU), located in Fort Collins, Colorado, is home to 34,166 students as well as 8,000 faculty and staff members. In 2017, the CSU...
RexONE Rapid Extraction Device: Simple and Practical
by Steven Ray, EMSCI #349-B Fort Bend County (TX) EMS Fort Bend County EMS is located in the Southwest region of the Greater Houston area and provides patient care for approximately 886 square miles. Daily operations are carried out by...
Aardvaark Ankle Biters Reflective Leg Bands
By Kirby Beck, PCI #002T Coon Rapids (MN) Police Department (ret.) I’ve always believed that police bike patrol is the most effective at night. Bike cops are the “submariners” of the police world, with stealth...
Bontrager Ion / Flare 200 Daytime Running Lights
by David Cohen Maryland National Capital Park Police Reserve Unit In the Gears & Gadgets column that appeared in IPMBA News, Volume 28, Number 3, the 2019 Board Issue, I discussed daytime running lights (DLRs) as both a tool for public safety cyclists...
Bontrager: Headstrong and Sure-Footed
by Austen Schlecht Castle Rock (CO) Police Department Police cyclists ride at all hours of the day or night and in any and all weather conditions. It is important that we have strong head protection and are sure of...
CABDA West Expo: Back for 2020
by Clint Sandusky, former PCI #849/EMSCI #159 Riverside (CA) Community College District Police Dept. (ret.) For those of you that still don’t know what “CABDA” is, it is the Chicagoland Area Bike Dealers Association. So what are...
CABDA Midwest Expo 2020: At Home in Chicagoland
by Craig Lepkowski, PCI #1180-B/EMSCI #272-B Lake Forest (IL) Police Department IPMBA Secretary In February 12-13, 2020, I attended the CABDA Midwest Expo in Schaumburg, Illinois. The Chicagoland Area Bicycle Dealers Association (CABDA) re-launched its trade shows in 2014, and...