Free security mark for York cyclists (From York Press)

Free security mark for York cyclists

8:31am Friday 16th December 2011 in Cycling news

CYCLISTS in York can have their bikes marked by police for free in the run up to Christmas.

A team of officers from the York West Safer Neighbourhood Team will be at York College, Tadcaster Road between 10am and 4.30pm tomorrow and Sunday, marking cycles and registering their details on a national database.

Sergeant Iain Sirrell, of York West Safer Neighbourhood Team, said: “I would urge people to take advantage of one of these sessions as a deterrent to thieves.

“We would like to see as many people as possible come along to the event so that the bikes can be registered with the local police and on immobilise.co.uk, which covers the whole country. Having your bike marked allows the police to easily and quickly identify bikes that are lost or stolen.”