[TheThinkTank] Stolen bikes form the shop: plans for recovery?

[Froilan Landeros]

very good to know.

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Jonathan Morrison <
jonathan at slcbikecollective.org> wrote:

> http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bike_Theft#Recovery
>
>   On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 9:27 AM, The Recyclery <therecyclery at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>  Hello bike friends,
>>
>> Last night during open shop two bikes were stolen from our volunteer bike
>> parking. Both were road bikes, and one was a very expensive titanium frame.
>> We have no idea who might be responsible. I'm asking if you have any ideas
>> about how to get these bikes back. The thefts were reported to the police.
>> We are going to take two other approaches: 1) talk to the youth in our
>> Earn-a-Bike program and ask them to talk to everyone they know who may have
>> taken them. We're not sure at all that it was a young person, but just in
>> case, we want youth friendly to us to be in the know and on the look-out. We
>> haven't decided if a reward should be involved. 2) make fliers alerting
>> people to the theft and ask them to keep an eye out.
>>
>> What are some creative approaches other shops have taken?  I'm less
>> interested in security measures for the shop than for specifically trying to
>> track down some bikes that have already been taken. Unfortunately, our shop
>> will probably be locked to people until they are let in for at least a short
>> while.
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>> Sharlyn
>>
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