IPMBA News
Community policing in Treasure Island, officers testing out e-bikes
By Kailey Tracy, Fox 13 News, March 5, 2024 Treasure Island Police Department testing e-bikes Watch the video: https://www.fox13news.com/news/community-policing-in-treasure-island-officers-testing-out-e-bikes TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. - Vacationers are packing the beaches in the Tampa Bay...
Littleton ‘proactive’ police team will patrol using e-bikes, thanks to donation
by Nina Joss, Littleton Independent March 7, 2024 Photo: Littleton Business Chamber board members and Executive Director Korri Lundock award a $13,600 check to Chief Doug Stephens and the Special Enforcement Team at a city council meeting on March 5. / Photo by...
Coeur d’Alene police rolling out ebike patrols
Photo: Coeur d'Alene police Lt. Jon Cantrell, left, and Capt. Jeff Walther stand by two of the department's new ebikes Tuesday. Ebike patrols will begin May 1 in the downtown area. BILL BULEY/Press By Bill Buley, Couer...
Gears & Gadgets: Introduction to Fleet Management
by David Cohen Maryland National Capital Park Police Reserve Unit If you’ve recently become your department’s Bicycle Coordinator, hopefully, you were lucky enough to have a predecessor who was organized and left copious notes on the...
Always Look Eye
by Thomas Zermeno, PCI# 1390T-B/EMSCI# 412T-B Norman (OK) Police Department IPMBA Board of Directors: Education Perhaps one of the greatest instructors in cinema was Mr. Miyagi from the original The Karate Kid movies. You know the ones I...
ABUS Pedelec 2.0 MIPS Helmet: Comfortable and Functional with an Urban Flare
by Erik Pearce, PCI #1184 University of Wisconsin - Madison Police Department, and Clint Sandusky, former PCI #849/EMSCI #159 Riverside (CA) Community College District Police Dept. (ret.) You probably associate ABUS with innovative locks for bicycles, but did you know they also...
Keep Your Cool: Temperature Tee
by Sgt. Katie Fuchtman, PCI #1414 Arizona State University Police Department The summers in the Arizona desert can reach above 120 degrees Fahrenheit (48.9 Celsius), which make it difficult to stay cool while riding your bicycle on patrol. When I became IPMBA...
Pedal Retention. Love It or Hate It, You Must Have It
by Greg Bowen, PCI #1227T/EMSCI #526T Tarrant County College (TX) Police Department IPMBA Board Member (Industry) IPMBA requires four pieces of safety equipment: a high-quality public safety bicycle, in good mechanical condition, that fits the rider properly; a...