Career Experience:

• 28 yrs as Police Officer with Coon Rapids (MN) Police Department (Retired)
• Police Bicycle Patrol Officer 1991 to 2004
• Past President and member of Board of Directors of IPMBA.
• Served on the League of American Bicyclists Board of Directors.
• Served as a member and Chairman of the Minnesota State Bicycle Advisory Board

Training Experience:

• League of American Bicyclists Effective Cyclist Instructor #183, certified in 1988
• Co-creator of the International Police Mountain Bike Association (IPMBA) Police Cyclist™ Training Course (1993) - Police Cyclist™ Instructor (PCI) #02.
• Charter IPMBA Instructor-Trainer
• Wrote the lesson plans and curriculum for the IPMBA Police Cyclist™ Course, which has become the standard of police bike patrol training around the world.
• Trained hundreds of bike patrol officers and IPMBA Police and EMS Cyclist Instructors from throughout the United States and internationally from the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, Israel, Netherlands, and Canada.
• Training consultant in bicycle and pedestrian issues for National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
• Invited presenter on Effective Cycling at Night to the United States Consumer Products Safety Commission (1994)
• Have instructed scores of classes and workshops on Bicycle Safety Education and Bicycle and Pedestrian Enforcement to police officers around the United States.
• Taught specialized workshops in Bicycle Crash Investigation in Dayton, OH (April 2006) Baton Rouge, LA (April 2007) and London, England (Sept. 2007)

Published Work:

• Co-author and contributor to The Complete Guide to Public Safety Cycling, Second Edition, published by IPMBA and Jones and Bartlett Publishers (2008)"
• Co-author of The Complete Guide to Police Cycling published by the League of American Bicyclists (1997) and Calibre Press (1998)
• Author of The Minnesota Peace Officers Guide to Bicycle Traffic Management published by Outdoor Empire Publishing (1986 & 1997)
• Co-wrote the training manual for the NHI training course- Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety and Accommodation - FHWA publication No. FHWA HI-96-028.
• Co-writer of the law enforcement training video The Law is For All.

Law and Order - The Magazine for Police Management

• Enforcing Bicycle Riding Laws, June 2007, Vol. 55, No. 6
• Bicycle Crash Investigation (Part Two), April 2006, Vol. 54. No. 4
• Bicycle Crash Investigation (Part One), March 2006, Vol.54, No. 3
• The Need for High Visibility Apparel, October 2005, Vol. 53, No. 10
• Trends In Bike Patrol, April 2005, Vol. 53, No. 4
• The IPMBA Instructor Course, June 2004, Vol. 52, No. 6
• Bike Patrol Uniforms, May 2003, Vol. 51, No. 5
• The Importance of Comfort, May 2002, Vol. 50, No. 5
• Bike Patrol Training, December 1999, Vol. 47, No. 12

  IPMBA News - The Newsletter of the International Police Mountain Bike Association.

• Emergency Stops - Move Back and Stay Back, Summer 2004, Vol. 13, No. 3
• IPMBA Meets "The Met", Spring 2003, Vol. 12, No. 2
• The Case of Bicycle Law Enforcement, Spring 2002, Vol. 11, No. 2
• Bike Patrol Training High Liability Activity, Fall 2000, Vol. 9, No. 2
• Plus numerous President Columns and Product Reviews

Related Links:

• IPMBA Meets the Met
• Bicycle Crash Invest Part One
• Bicycle Crash Invest Part Two
• The Case of Bicycle Law Enforcement
• Bike Patrol Training High Liability Activity

Education:

• BA degree from Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN 1988
• Attended University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus 1973-1974
• AES degree Normandale Community College, Bloomington, MN 1973

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