32 Hour International Police Mountain Bike Association Certification Course
Notice
- This event meets the criteria for specific mandated training
- Non members please click here to contact us to request access to online registrations.
Date: Monday, April 7, 2025
Ends On: Thursday, April 10, 2025
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Ends On: Thursday, April 10, 2025
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location:
Edwardsville Police Department
Instructor: Kent JonesEdwardsville Police Department
333 S. Main Street
Edwardsville, IL 62025
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Edwardsville, IL 62025
Class Limit: 25
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Be prepared for the street! This essential training combines Emergency Vehicle Operations for bike officers with patrol procedures, tactics, night operations, mock scenes, and basic bike maintenance and on-the-road repairs. Learn to ride like a pro, avoid crashes, and use your bike to foil the bad guys every time.
Outline
Outline
- Bicycles
- Introduction to Bicycles
- Bicycles Types
- Reasons for using a mountain bike
- Understanding Bicycles
- Bicycle frames
- Bicycle nomenclature
- Bicycle components
- On-Bike Equipment
- Public Safety Bikes
- Emergency vehicles
- Proper equipment
- Accessories
- Saddles
- Pedal retention
- Headlamps
- Audible warning devices
- Bags and racks
- Bar ends
- Kickstands
- Clothing and protective equipment
- Specialized products
- Enhance safety
- Improve performance
- Clothing and shoes
- High quality bike uniform
- Identifiable
- Visible
- Mandatory Equipment
- Mountain Bike
- Helmet
- Shatter resistant eyewear
- Pedal retention
- Vehicular cycling
- Laws
- Most states define bicycles as vehicles (Illinois does not)
- Cyclists have right to use the roadway
- Principles
- Obey the rules of the road
- Be predictable
- Be visible
- Be alert
- Communicate (MOST IMPORTANT)
- Rules of the road
- Illinois IVC
- Basic safety rules
- Hazards and crashes
- Hazard Types
- Cause dangerous riding conditions
- Learn techniques to recognize and avoid hazards
- Common crash types
- Overturn (most common)
- Off road
- Fixed object
- Pedestrian/animal
- Motor vehicle
- Cycling at night
- Hazards
- May not be seen by others
- Shadows
- Harder to see surface hazards
- More difficult to be located if you need help
- Detection
- Being noticed
- Active and passive lighting
- Conspicuity (being seen)
- State of being seen
- Result of being both detected and recognized
- Lights
- Requirements
- Types
- Bicycle maintenance and repairs
- Two kinds of maintenance
- Preventive
- Repairs
- Three basic rules of maintenance
- Never try to fix anything you don’t know how to
- Use proper tools
- Keep the bicycle clean and lubricated
- Carry a basic tool kit with you
- Tire pump/inflation device
- Basic wrenches
- Spare tube/patches
- Basic fitness and nutrition
- Maintaining good health is essential
- Improves physical abilities
- Prolongs healthier life
- Decreases chances of heart disease
- Guidelines for nutrition
- Based on life stage and gender
- Eat before you are hungry
- Drink before you are thirsty
- Caloric intake based on daily activity
- Vitamins and minerals
- Take multi-vitamin
- Eat wide variety of foods
- Three types of nutrients
- Carbohydrates
- Protein
- Fats
- Exercise
- Regular exercise
- Specific to type of results desired
- Appropriate for current level of fitness
- Medical Emergencies
- Recognizing a medical emergency
- Treatment of heat stroke
- Treatment of sprains/broken bones
- Treatment of head injuries
