IPMBA News
Safety success in Toledo during Trump rally
By Melissa Voetsch | VTVG, January 10, 2020 TOLEDO (WTVG) - A major event in Toledo's history is now in the books, and Toledo's police chief says it all went well in downtown Toledo during President Trump'...
APD boosts downtown cops. Lt: ‘I want the officers out of their cars as much as possible’
by John Boyle, Asheville Citizen Times, January 10, 2020 Asheville Police Lt. Mike Lamb explains to the Downtown Commission Jan. 10 the department's plans for a new downtown police district. (Photo: John Boyle/jboyle@citizentimes.com) ASHEVILLE NC - Tourists and...
Salisbury Police Department to roll out bike patrol
Photo: Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - The Salisbury-Rowan Community Foundation on Thursday presented a check for $12,000 to the Salisbury Police Department to purchase several new bikes. Pictured in the foreground is one of those bikes. By Shavonne Walker,...
Converse community, SAPD bike patrol chip in to make Christmas special for local family
by Jim Lefko, News4SA, December 25th 2019 Photo: Two of the three new bicycles Nicole Dempsey's kids got from the SAPD Bike Patrol for Christmas (SBG photo) Nicole Dempsey was dreading her first Christmas as a single parent....
The Evolving Role of EMS in Active Shooter Hostile Events
by Wren Nealy Cypress Creek EMS IPMBA President It is 2019, and America continues to experience Active Shooter Hostile Events (ASHE). Several of these incidents have occurred at special event venues. On October 1, 2017, the Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest...
Be The Real Thing
by Allan Howard, PCI #001 Dayton (OH) Police Department (Ret.) The 2019 IPMBA Conference, held in Fort Worth, Texas, is in the bag, and it was a great success. I can’t thank the host agencies and personnel enough; you...
Statewide Bicycle Response Team Cooperation Produces Positive Results
by Gordon Cairns, PCI #1686-B Dayton (OH) Police Department On Saturday, May 25th 2019, 720 law enforcement officers from around the State of Ohio were called upon to assist the Dayton Police Department with a planned protest that would occur later in...
EMS Response to the Active Shooter
by Connie Pignataro Oakland Park (FL) Fire Department This article was posted on Fire Engineering on February 1, 2019. [Ed.’s Note: In the wake of shootings in Gilroy, California; El Paso, Texas; and Dayton, Ohio, IPMBA is examining...