Level B Course

Class B certification will only be granted if a minimum of 24-hours, or three consecutive days of mountain bike training covering the following areas of instruction are given, and the student successfully passes a written and practical examination on these areas. Cardiovascular fitness for the police officer including target heart rate.

• Effective cycling & riding protocol
• Bicycle helmets and fit
• Bicycle nomenclature
• Daily inspections & Maintenance
• Bike fit
• Non-collision cycling injuries
• Falling and collision injuries
• Cycling crash prevention
• Gears and cadence
• Nutrition
• Hydration, dehydration and hyponatremia
• Temperature related issues
• Sun damage to the skin
• Police mountain bike dismounts
• Night riding
• Stretching
• Traffic stops
• Complete all practical riding, cone drills & bike as a defensive police tool
• Completed to the satisfaction of the instructor(s)
• Three training rides (minimum) using effective cycling & riding protocol
• techniques
• Cones drills
• Dismounts
• Emergency braking
• Curbs and stairs
• Bike officer tactics

Students must pass the written examination by a score of 70%. Practical exercises must be successfully performed and passed to the satisfaction of the Instructor(s) teaching the course. Students must: be able to successfully “Exit” the mountain bike safely and quickly, be able to demonstrate a full emergency braking using the front brake only, the rear brake only, and both brakes, demonstrate a safe and quick simulated arrest of a suspect on foot, and complete training rides using effective cycling techniques to pass this course

Level C Course 

Class C certification will only be granted if a minimum of 16-hours, or two consecutive days of mountain bike training covering the following areas of instruction are given, and the student successfully passes a written and practical examination on these areas. Cardiovascular fitness and target heart rate, and overview.

• Effective cycling & riding protocol
• Bicycle helmets and fit
• Bicycle nomenclature
• Daily inspections
• Bike fit
• Non-collision cycling injuries
• Falling and collision injuries
• Cycling crash prevention
• Gears & cadence
• Hydration, dehydration and hyponatremia
• Temperature related issues
• Sun damage to the skin
• Police mountain bike dismounts
• Night riding
• Stretching
• Complete all practical riding, cone drills & bike as a defensive tool exercises.
• Completed to the satisfaction of the instructor(s)
• Two training rides (minimum) using effective cycling & riding protocol techniques
• Cones drills
• Dismounts – No take down maneuvers
• Emergency braking
• Defensive tool exercises

Students attending a Class C course must pass the course by successfully passing practical portions of the training to the satisfaction of the instructor. Officers attending a Class C course cannot be accepted as instructor candidates until they have passed a Class B or higher course