An excellent mix of on-bike and classroom sessions presented by experts from around the country. On-bike sessions include basic, intermediate and advanced bicycle handling skills, firearms skills, bike patrol tactics, and officer survival. Classroom sessions include community policing, safety and liability, health & fitness, and bicycle maintenance. The Conference also features the nation's largest bicycle patrol-related product exhibition.

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IPMBA Police Cyclist Course

Description: Bicycle officers need to ride whenever and wherever they are needed. Proper training is essential to an officer's on-the-job performance and safety. It is also critical in reducing liability. The PC course provides bicycle officers with the skills they need to effectively serve their communities. The course is divided into eleven units: Bike Handling & Vehicular Cycling, Bike Fit, Group Riding, Hazard Recognition & Common Crashes, Obstacle Clearing & Riding Techniques, Patrol Procedures, Nighttime Patrol, Community Policing, Basic Maintenance, Legal Issues & Traffic Laws, and Fitness & Nutrition. This demanding class involves over 20 hours of on-bike time to develop and improve riding skills.
Course Length: minimum 32 hours
Testing Procedure: written & on-bike
Requirements: Applicants must be police officers currently assigned to bike patrol, officers applying to become members of a bike unit, or members of a department considering use of the bicycle.
Certification: IPMBA Certification is available to sworn police officers who successfully complete the practical test, earn a score of 76% or better on the written test, become members of IPMBA, and submit applications for certification accompanied by the appropriate fee.
Course Length: minimum 32 hours
Required Equipment: download .pdf
Testing Procedure: written & on-bike

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IPMBA Survival Tactics & Riding Skills Course
(formerly known as the Advanced Police Cyclist Course)
offered exclusively at the IPMBA Conference!

Description: The IPMBA Survival Tactics and Riding Skills Course is designed for bike officers who have already completed the basic school and have mastered the fundamentals of police cycling and bike-handling. This dynamic course, offered exclusively at the IPMBA Conference, is updated annually to reflect the latest training developments. This course is the result of the collective effort of a group of IPMBA-certified bike instructors who hold various other certifications, such as firearms, RedMan Simulations, and fitness instructors; and Simunitions Safety Supervisors, and who are technically skilled riders. This course is ideal for instructors and any police cyclists seeking to improve their essential skills, including low speed riding, urban obstacles, bike handling, and firearms.

The course is divided into multiple segments - slow speed skills, firearms, off-road riding, offensive and defensive measures, scenarios, and crowd management and control. In slow speed skills, students hone their riding skills, learn how to set up challenging and creative cone courses, and gain an understanding of how to use obstacles to enhance the learning process. A full day of bike-specific firearms training, taught by Team One Network instructors, includes intense drills and a competition involving both riding and firearms skills. In scenarios, students role-play as both officers and bad guys in scenarios based on actual incidents. Crowd management and control will provide an understanding of how to use bike-mounted officers to control and move a demonstration. The techniques and deployment skills taught are those used by the Seattle Police Department but are relevant to departments of all sizes. Finally, each day includes urban and/or off-road riding designed to enhance all riders’ skills, no matter what their level.
Prerequisites: IPMBA Police Cyclist Certification or equivalent. Open to fully commissioned law enforcement officers with arrest powers only.
Course Length: 40 hours
Required Equipment: download .pdf
Testing Procedure: on-bike

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IPMBA EMS Cyclist Course

Description: Safety, job performance, and efficiency are at the root of this training program. EMS personnel on bikes can frequently respond more quickly than those in motor vehicles, especially in congested urban areas and in crowds. They are also effective in search-and-rescue operations, such as those resulting from natural disasters. Students learn basic and emergency bike-handling skills, riding single and in pairs under various traffic conditions, ways to effectively and safely pack equipment, techniques designed to safely handle EMS scenes, and personal safety techniques. This course is a must for EMS and SAR personnel seeking to develop and improve their riding skills and their use of the bike on the job.
Course Length: minimum 32 hours
Testing Procedure: written & on-bike
Requirements: Applicants must currently be EMS personnel currently assigned to bike units, EMS personnel applying to become members of a bike unit, or members of an agency considering use of the bicycle.
Certification: IPMBA Certification is available to EMS personnel who successfully complete the practical test, earn a score of 76% or better on the written test, become members of IPMBA, and submit applications for certification accompanied by the appropriate fee.
Course Length: minimum 32 hours
Required Equipment: download .pdf
Testing Procedure: written & on-bike

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IPMBA EMS Cyclist II^TM Course
Offered exclusively at the IPMBA Conference!

Description: The IPMBA EMS Cyclist II Course is designed for EMS Cyclists who have already completed the basic school and have mastered the fundamentals of EMS cycling and bike-handling. This dynamic course introduces students to the rapidly expanding world of EMS cycling. As bike medics move beyond special events and into regular patrol, tactical medical situations, and varied crowd situations, they may be called upon to operate defensively in order to achieve and maintain scene safety. Units of instruction include Advanced Cycling Skills and Off-Road Riding, Advanced Load Placement and Carrying Devices, All-Weather and Low-Light Cycling, Inter-agency Operability, Self-Defense, Operating in Areas of Civil Unrest, EMS Response to Terrorist Attacks, Advanced Event Planning, and Search-and-Rescue. Combining techniques from the U.S., the U.K., and the Netherlands, this innovative class will prepare EMS cyclists to more fully incorporate their bicycle into EMS response for a wide range of situations. Offered exclusively at the IPMBA Conference!
Requirements: Current IPMBA Membership, IPMBA EMS Cyclist Certification or equivalent, completion of PAR-Q; open to bike-mounted EMS personnel in good physical condition only.
Course Length: 32 hours (four eight-hour days)
Testing Procedure: practical
Required Equipment: download .pdf

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IPMBA Maintenance Officer Course
offered exclusively at the IPMBA Conference!

Description: This course provides mechanically inclined bike patrol officers and EMS providers with the skills to maintain the department fleet and perform all but the most technical repairs. The emphasis of the curriculum is on preventive maintenance, general repairs, and overhaul of component groups. The course will cover component groups and the interrelated nature of the individual parts, bike-specific tools, cleaning and inspection, periodic maintenance and overhauls, and documentation. The benefits of an in-house maintenance officer are obvious: reduced bicycle downtime, fewer expensive repairs, and safer, longer-lasting bicycles. Instruction is provided by United Bicycle Institute (UBI), the most respected training institute in the bicycle industry. More graduates from UPI work in the field than from any other national mechanics school. UBI brings to the IPMBA conference not only years of experience, but also the philosophy that learning about bikes should be fun!
Prerequisites: Current IPMBA membership, mechanical aptitude and basic bike maintenance experience. Tools as indicated on the below list.
Course Length: 40 hours
Required Tools: download .pdf
Testing Procedure: written & practical

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IPMBA Instructor Course

Description: This course is designed to train and certify qualified persons as IPMBA Police Cyclist™ or Emergency Medical Service Cyclist™ Instructors. It is an intense course that will increase the students' confidence, reinforce their understanding of the basic principles of police/EMS cycling, improve their bike-handling skills, and prepare them to communicate that knowledge to others. Teaching methods include in-class presentations, on-bike drills, and peer and self-critiques. Students learn to identify and correct improper technique; how to assist students overcome individual difficulties; and how to incorporate various methods of instruction into the Police and EMS Cyclist™ Courses.
Course Length: 40 hours Testing Procedure: written & on-bike; evaluated presentations
Requirements: In order to be eligible for the IPMBA Instructor Course, you must submit the following items: 1) Instructor Application and fee; 2) a copy of your IPMBA Police/EMS Cyclist Certificate. (If you are not already a certified IPMBA member, you must submit the IPMBA Membership & Certification Application found in the Application Packet.); 3) a recommendation from your IPMBA-certified Instructor; 4) a recommendation/support from your department; and 5) the course registration form.
Certification: IPMBA Instructor Certification is awarded to qualified personnel who successfully complete the practical tests, earn a score of 80% or better on the written test, and receive satisfactory reviews of the required presentations.

Note: Applications are subject to review. If you have not met the above requirements and the pre-requisites described in the application, your course registration fee will be returned. Application, membership, and certification fees are non-refundable. We recommend that you wait for approval before purchasing non-refundable travel. You must submit your completed Instructor Application prior to or at the same time as your Instructor Course registration form or your course registration form will be returned unprocessed. Payment must accompany the registration form. Spaces cannot be reserved without payment or with incomplete applications and/or registration forms.

Bicycle Rapid Response Team Training
offered exclusively at the IPMBA Conference!

Description: This course teaches the equipment and tactics used by the Seattle and Los Angeles Police Departments for crowd control and escort methods. Topics to be covered during this intense 20-hour course include crowd management, crowd control, tactics and weapons of political extremists during special events, less lethal weapon options, chemical agent deployment, team concept and movement both on and off the bike, skirmish lines, arrest/rescue circles, crossbows, scout teams, and use of force. Approximately 85% of the course will consist of on-bike, practical experience. This course is designed to introduce the concept of bicycle rapid deployment to law enforcement bike units of all types and sizes. The principles are applicable to most crowd management situations, from demonstrations and parades to high school football games and college parties to politically-charged speaking events. Whatever size and type of crowds you are faced with, you will benefit from learning the escort, blocking, diversionary, and dispersal techniques that a bicycle mobile field force can employ.
Requirements: Current IPMBA membership, IPMBA Police Cyclist Certification or equivalent; open to fully-commissioned law enforcement officers with arrest powers only.
Course Length: 20 hours Testing Procedure: written & on-bike
Certification: A certificate of completion will be issued to each student who successfully completes the practical tests.

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IPMBA Public Safety Cyclist II Course
(formerly Intermediate Police Cyclist Course)
offered exclusively at the IPMBA Conference!

Description: This course is essential to the continued professional development of the Public Safety Cyclist. Designed for IPMBA members who have mastered the skills and information presented in the introductory IPMBA Police, EMS, and Security Cyclist courses, the focus of the PSC II course is on practical application. It is a hands-on, performance-based course with an emphasis on the development of critical thinking skills as they pertain to the implementation of Bicycle Operations. Topics include Effective Deployment of Bike Teams in Various Environments, Planning of Expedient Response Routes, Analysis of Crime Problems for Police and Security Cyclists, and EMS Strategies for Pre-Planning and Problem-Solving. Students will also enhance their knowledge of maintenance, skills development, advanced bike fit, obstacle clearing, medical scene management (EMS) and use of firearms (police and properly credentialed armed security.
Prerequisites: IPMBA PC Certification or equivalent.
Course Length: 40 hours
Required Equipment: download .pdf
Testing Procedure: written & on-bike

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IPMBA Security Cyclist Course

Description: This highly sought-after course has been developed to meet the requirements of the rapidly-expanding private security sector. It is designed for security personnel from a wide array of facilities, including corporations, colleges, casinos, amusement parks, hospitals, shopping & entertainment complexes, sports facilities, and cities which utilize citizen patrols and/or parking enforcement personnel. The goals of the course are to produce confident, competent, and effective personnel who operate in a safe manner and to reduce departmental liability. Well-trained security officers are less likely to cause property damage or injury to themselves, suspects, or third parties. And if injury or property damage is sustained, the possibility of a failure to train lawsuit is reduced. Units of instruction include fitness and nutrition, vehicular and technical cycling, basic maintenance, equipment, and security patrol procedures. Much of this demanding course is dedicated to hands-on, practical exercises. Certificates will be issued to those who successfully complete the course requirements.
Requirements: Applicants must be security officers currently assigned to bike patrol, officers applying to become members of a bike unit, or members of a department considering use of the bicycle.
Course Length: 24 hours
Required Equipment: download .pdf
Testing Procedure: written & practical
Certification: IPMBA Certification is available to qualified personnel who successfully complete the practical test, earn a score of 76% or better on the written test, become members of IPMBA, and submit applications for certification accompanied by the appropriate fee.

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IPMBA Night Ops-Firearms and Tactics^TM Course
Offered exclusively at the IPMBA Conference!

Description: The IPMBA Night Ops-Firearms and Tactics Course (NO-FAT) combines high-intensity tactical training with technical skill-building in a realistic environment focused on low-light operations. Bike officers who patrol at night are exposed to unique challenges and risks, and this class will teach them how to safely and effectively overcome them. Units of instruction include Technical Skills, including skill-building games, dismounts and low-light off-road riding; Live Fire Drills, both day and night, which highlight bike-specific issues such as lack of cover and susceptibility to falling; Offensive and Defensive Measures, including use of the bike as a barrier, foot pursuits, and use of force and weapon retention drills; and Reality-based Training utilizing scenarios designed to mirror actual situations bike officers typically encounter. Using RedMan gear and Simunitions®, students learn how to respond appropriately to the threat level presented in each scenario. Incorporating the latest trends in law enforcement training, this innovative course is realistic, relevant, and recent.
Requirements: Current IPMBA Membership, IPMBA Police Cyclist Certification or equivalent, letter from department authorizing participation in live fire exercises; Open to fully-commissioned law enforcement officers with arrest powers and in good physical condition only.
Course Length: 30 hours (three ten-hour days)
Testing Procedure: practical
Required Equipment: download .pdf
Note: At the discretion of the firearms instructor, any student may be removed from the firing line for any reason.

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