San Francisco Police Have Twitter Account Tracking Stolen Bikes

They have even started "outing" bike thieves by posting their pics on twitter. Seems like San Francisco's bike scene is more active than ours....and their theft situation is worse.

Maybe CPD will start a similar account so we can share info on stolen bikes, thieves, hotspots, etc.?

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Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on August 11, 2013 at 11:42am

The picture in that article makes me wonder if cordless cut-off tools shouldn't be "behind the counter" in much the same way Sudafed is.

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Permalink Reply by Josh L. on August 12, 2013 at 3:57pm

well I'm assuming that as the weather is more bike friendly there..and I am guess the Bay area has a younger popular, there are more bikes and hence more bikes to steal. A much higher cost of living might push people into bike theft who might not do so here. Rents are 2-3x what they are here.

h' 1.0 said:

I'm having a hard time making sense out of this article and exactly how Twitter got someone a bike back.

Can anyone help?

Also, what would the basis be for saying that SF's bike theft situation is worse than ours?

As to tools being behind a counter-- I doubt the majority of thieves buy them at Lowe's and Menards.