Cyclists register their bikes on police database (From York Press)
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Cyclists register their bikes on police database
8:34am Friday 15th January 2010 in
MORE than 300 York cyclists have added their details to a new police database intended to battle bike crime.
Under Operation Spoke, cyclists register themselves and their machines on a police database, with the bicycle being given a unique police reference number which is written in UV ink on the frame.
Police are then able to reunite stolen or lost bikes with their owners or challenge anyone in possession of a cycle to which they are not registered.
PC Jonathan Hodgeon was with the Guildhall Safer Neighbourhood team in Parliament Street yesterday offering cyclists the chance to register.
He said: “Everybody has been very enthusiastic and it’s been really good fun.
The team will also be in Parliament Street today, Saturday and Sunday, from 10am to 3pm.
Cyclists can also discuss the scheme with police community support officers, all of whom have been issued with equipment to register people.
Details can be found at yorkagainstcycletheft.co.uk Other registration events will be held tomorrow at Tang Hall Community Centre, between 10am and noon, and at David Lloyd’s leisure centre on Hull Road, between 10am and 2pm, both tomorrow and on Sunday.
On Saturday, Haxby residents can register between 9am and noon at Ethel Ward Playing Fields and the team will be in Strensall Village Hall car park from 1pm to 4pm.
Comments(5)
pedalling paul
says...
10:21am Fri 15 Jan 10
This scheme usefully supplements the microchip "Immobitags" which can be fitted inside the frame by cycle retailers. To read these latter tags, the saddle and supporting tube must be removed. The tag can then be read with a probe. Useful nationally for reuniting recovered bikes with their owners, but a bit fiddly for roadside checks.
So York police have introduced this local system. The code can be read easily under any circumstances eg a stop check of a suspected bike thief.
Bikes and other household valuables can also be registered at www.immobilise.com to increase their chances of recovery if stolen and later recovered.
evelyn_trent
says...
11:33am Fri 15 Jan 10
Garrowby Turnoff
says...
5:41pm Fri 15 Jan 10
evelyn_trent wrote:It was a four-man tent.
A good idea... but the police really do have to get their act together with these public service initiatives: why did it take four uniformed officers to put their tiny tent up in Parliament Street this morning?
Garrowby Turnoff
says...
5:43pm Fri 15 Jan 10
Garrowby Turnoff wrote:Sorry, it was a four-man trent...
evelyn_trent wrote: A good idea... but the police really do have to get their act together with these public service initiatives: why did it take four uniformed officers to put their tiny tent up in Parliament Street this morning?It was a four-man tent.
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Alex Alderson, left, has his bike added to the cycle database by Sgt Jon Asvadi and PC Jonathan Hodgeon, right, in Parliament Street in York
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Garrowby Turnoff says...
9:31am Fri 15 Jan 10