Do the Hustle:  Avery REMTech MTB Pedal System

by Cameron Newton, PCI #1994-B Denton (TX) Police Department I was approached by Greg Bowen, IPMBA Industry Liaison, and Craig Payne, owner of Hustle Bike Labs, to test the company’s Avery REMTech MTB Pedal system for public safety...

Benelli E-Bike:  Best for the Job

by Felix Cauhape Allen (TX) Police Department In 2020, my department was looking to reorganize our bike unit.  This included replacing the old, worn-out bikes in our fleet.  Benelli provided us with a police e-Bike to test out. ...

Grab-and-Go Bicycle Carriers:  An Alternative to Rear Racks

by Steve Hitchon, Chief of Police Rural Municipality of Springfield (MB, Canada) Police Service The Springfield Police Service, which is located directly adjacent to the City of Winnipeg, started a bike patrol program in the summer of 2022.  The Rural...

CABDA West 2023:  E-Bike Safety at the Forefront

by Clint Sandusky, former PCI #849/EMSCI #159 Riverside Community College District (CA) Police Department (ret.) At the 2023 CABDA West Expo, held in Ontario (CA) this past January, there were various important and informative sessions pertaining to safety of e-Bikes.  Topics...

CABDA Midwest 2023:  A Sight to See!

by Paul DaiZovi Lake Forest (IL) Police Department The 2023 Midwest CABDA show in Schaumburg, Illinois, was a sight to see!  It was loaded with hundreds of vendors and attendees, all wanting to share their knowledge on everything bike, nutrition,...

CABDA East 2023: A Bicycle Rider’s Heaven

by John Barbour, PCI #1206 Princeton University (NJ) Police Department (ret.) On March 8th and 9th, I attended the Chicagoland Area Bike Dealers Association (CABDA)’s East Coast Expo.  It is a bicycle rider’s heaven.  They...

Growing Bicyclists in a Traffic Garden

by Ellen Drogin Rodgers, Ph.D., Fionnuala Quinn, B.E., and Rick Holt, M.S. This article appeared in the December 2022 issue of Parks & Recreation, the magazine of the National Recreation and Parks Association.  Reprinted with permission from...

Gears & Gadgets:  The Humble Cyclo-Computer

By David Cohen Maryland National Capital Park Police Reserve Unit The amount of data that is available to cyclists today through various devices is absolutely astonishing:  GPS mapping, heart rate monitoring, pedal cadence, power meters…the list goes...

YPD On Bikes Is A Win-Win For All

Opinion, Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan, August 1, 2023 The Yankton Police Department (YPD) has rolled out a new tactic to better serve the public. The department has acquired three electric, or pedal assist, bicycles to help officers patrol the streets and,...

Wheels On Patrol

Bike Police Are Now Rolling Throughout Yankton By Cora Van Olson, Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan, yankton.net, July 31, 2023 Photo:  Yankton Police Commander Monty Rothenberger with one of the department’s new electric bicycles that the city officials...