Basic Level
Courses

Level A certification will only be granted if a minimum of 32-hours, or four 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.

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• 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)

• Four training rides (minimum) using effective cycling & riding protocol techniques

• Cones drills

• Dismounts

• Emergency braking

• Curbs and stairs

• Bike officer tactics

• Bicycle related firearms training and using LEBA’s range safety rules​

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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 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.

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• 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

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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 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.

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• 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

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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.