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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

– ABOUT US

Why Trident? 
Trident is defined as having three prongs, points, or teeth.  We felt this name was fitting since we only specialize in serving Police, Security, and EMS and offer the three major training organization’s curriculum.  We incorporated this idea in to our logo by using the front forks, symbolizing a trident.

How it all got started.  
In 1991, in upstate New York, officers from the City of Corning Police Department, the City of Ithaca Police Department, Cornell University Police, and Ithaca College Office of Public Safety formed FLPMBA (Finger Lakes Police Mountain Bike Association) to follow the trend set forth by both LEBA and IPMBA.  FLPMBA instructors after obtaining their certifications from either LEBA or IPMBA held their first class in the summer of 1992.  As the association grew, FLPMBA with the assistance of both LEBA and IPMBA started to create their own program which incorporated firearms module in the training. 

By 1993, Officers: Fred Myers, Donald Barker, Scott Salino, Bill Vinti, Jim Steinmetz, John Fox, Thomas Hauseman, Jose Dominguez, Stanley Slovik, and Dirk Hightchew approached Joseph Bargovic, Senior Training Technician of New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) finalized the Basic Law Enforcement Bicycle Patrol Course for statewide qualification.

In 1994 FLPMBA in conjunction with New York State DCJS held its first state recognized course at Ithaca College.  Ithaca College has continuously hosted this training ever since.  The current Course Director, Master Patrol Officer Erik S. Merlin has carried on this tradition from his predecessors since 2003, when the training was in jeopardy of no longer being offer at the college.  MPO Merlin has continued to offer new services and raise the quality of instruction to new heights to provide the most challenging training course offered in New York State.    

How Trident got started.
Over the years we have never seen a brand new mountain bike come to our training course.  With that said, we have seen the worst of the worst.  Department’s know that any of the training courses offered are hard on all of the equipment and the newer officers are stuck with the older, less maintained bikes.  No matter how much you notify the departments to have functional equipment; there is always one bike that is unfit and too dangerous for the student to ride.  So we fix the bikes on site so training can continue.

We have seen a trend with many departments as they grow and increase their individual programs they tend to affiliate with more national and international associations’. Whether or not this is to reduce some of the liability concerns, to obtain advanced training & qualifications, and/or maybe to have a better curriculum than what their state can provide.  We believe it’s our job to provide you with what you have requested and meet your departmental needs.