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receive an IPMBA Conference Registration Packet, contact:
International Police Mountain Bike Association
583 Frederick Road, Suite
5B
Baltimore, Maryland 21228
PH: 410-744-2400
FAX: 410-744-5504
E-MAIL: info@ipmba.org
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THE 21st ANNUAL CONFERENCE of the
International Police Mountain Bike Association
April 9 - 16, 2011 ~ Richmond, Virginia
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IPMBA 2011 Conference Group Photo Courtesy of Lisa Wheeler
The
21st Annual IPMBA Conference: Making it Happen in Richmond
In April 2011, bike officers and medics descended upon Richmond,
Virginia, for the 21st Annual IPMBA Conference. They were there not
only to acquire and improve their public safety cycling skills, but
also to ride alongside history. 2011 marks the occasion of the 150th
anniversary of the start of the Civil War, as well as the 100th
anniversary of the founding of Richmond’s first police bike squad.
IPMBA training took place in and amongst such historic sites as the
Tredegar Iron Works, the Civil War prison site on Belle Island, the
Lumpkins Jail site and slave trading district, and the former streetcar
barns. Attendees emerged not only with better bike skills, but with a
new appreciation of Richmond’s role in American history.
The IPMBA board, staff, members, and conference attendees would like to
extend their sincere thanks to the Richmond Police Department (RPD),
Richmond Ambulance Authority (RAA), the Virginia
Commonwealth
University (VCU) Police Department, the Richmond Office of
Emergency
Management, and their partnering agencies for hosting the
conference.
We appreciate the support of the City of Richmond, Mayor
Dwight C.
Jones, Richmond Police Chief Richard T. Norwood, Richmond
Ambulance
Authority
CEO
Chip
Decker, Virginia Commonwealth University
Police
Chief John Venuti, Richmond Fire & Emergency Services Chief
Robert
Creecy, and Richmond Emergency Management Coordinator Anthony
McLean.
We are also grateful for the generous in-kind and financial
contributions from the Richmond business community, especially Bon
Secours Health System and the Greater Richmond Transit Authority.
IPMBA would like to recognize the many dedicated individuals who
participated in the planning and implementation of this conference.
Event planning requires a team of highly motivated individuals like RPD
Sgt.
Danny
Rhodenizer (PCI #1063), VCU Lt. William Butters (PCI
#480), Derek Andresen (Richmond Office of Emergency
Management), Lt. James
Layne (Division of Capitol Police, Commonwealth of Virginia), and RAA
Lt.
Todd
Sheridan and Sgt. Gerrit “Bip” Terhune (EMSCI #213).
Bip
spearheaded the effort to bring the conference to Richmond and for the
RAA to become only the second EMS agency to co-host an IPMBA
Conference.
Of course, a committee alone does not a conference make. The show
cannot go on without a supporting cast. Also deserving of recognition
are RAA personnel Maj. Dempsey Whitt, Lt. Frank Romero, Lt. Brian
Talty, Sgt. Adam Bennett, Sgt. Rudy Elder, Sgt. Steve
Faynor, Mike
Curtis, Joe Eheart, Harold Mayfield, Mony Sams, Clinton Schott, Emily
Sims, David Starling, and Chris Tenley; VCU personnel Sgt. Nick
Hill,
Cpl. Ellsworth “Sonny” Pryor, Det. Loran
Carter, and Officers Duane
Thorp, Carla Middleton, and Michelle Cose; RPD Officers Jerome
Andrzejczak, Justin Bauwens, Steve Eacho, Michael
Ellison, Meridith
Mullins, Anthony Paciello, Michael Polley, Travis
Thompson, and Lindsey
Wallace; Virginia Capitol Police
personnel Cpl. James L. Cosby, Cpl.
James R. Seatonv, and Officers Michael B. Bresko,
John H. Collamore, and
John A. Fabian; and Christina Smith, Richmond Fire Department. IPMBA
appreciates the talents of Nancy Winner of the West End
Volunteer
Rescue Squad Auxiliary, who created IPMBA’s newest patch banner, and
the army of individuals who build and maintain the amazing network of
trails that make Belle Island a mountain biking mecca.
IPMBA thanks Hans “No Way” Rey for volunteering his time and
considerable talent, both as the leader of a popular skill-building
workshop and as the featured speaker at the post-competition dinner and
awards ceremony. He regaled attendees with tales of his globe-trotting,
and then autographed hundreds of copies of Dirt Rag magazine, with his
photo on the cover.
Last but never least, IPMBA thanks those who were able to overcome the
challenges of tight budgets and manpower constraints in order to attend
the conference. We thank you for celebrating 100 years of rolling in
Richmond with us!
Next stop… St. Paul, Minnesota... April 28 - May
5,
2012!
© 2011
IPMBA. This article appeared in the Summer 2011
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What is IPMBA?
The
International Police Mountain Bike Association is a non-profit
educational organization providing resources, networking opportunities,
and the best, most complete training for public safety bicyclists.
IPMBA has been setting the standard in public safety bicycle training
since 1991.
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International Police Mountain Bike Association
583 Frederick Road, Suite 5B
Baltimore, Maryland 21228
PH: 410-744-2400
FAX: 410-744-5504
E-MAIL: info@ipmba.org
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