Tag: bike thefts

September 7, 2010

A couple bike thefts on Cap Hill, via CHS

Capitol Hill Seattle had a couple bike theft reports recently. First, a man estimated by a witness to be in his 60s spotted his bike being stolen at the back door of the QFC at Harvard and Pike September 2. He pursued the thief, and here is what a witness wrote to CHS: Old man…
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tagged: bike thefts, capitol hill, chs
September 3, 2010

Weekly Bike Theft Map (Aug 26 – Sept 2)

This week, a bike thief was caught after someone reported her bike stolen to SPD, according to the SPD Blotter. Moral of the story? Report those bike thefts, and urge your friends to do the same. View Bike Thefts (Aug 26 – Sept 2) in a larger map
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tagged: bike thefts
August 30, 2010

SPD online reporting system leads to arrest of bike thief

Report those bike thefts! Here’s a blurb from the SPD Blotter: North Precinct detectives recently investigated a case where a citizen utilized the new Community Online Reporting Program to report her bicycle stolen from her front yard on July 27th. The bicycle was actually taken on July 22nd. The key to this case was the…
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tagged: bike thefts, spd
August 23, 2010

Your (very late) bike theft map (Aug 13-23)

View Bike Thefts (Aug 13-23) in a larger map Better late than never, here’s your weekly bike theft map, this time covering ten days. Again, this data is from SPD reports, and cannot be considered scientific or anything. But still, lock your bike extra-carefully if you are within ten blocks of Cal Anderson Park …
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tagged: bike thefts, cal anderson
August 13, 2010

Your weekly bike theft map (August 8-15)

View Bike Thefts (August 8-15) in a larger map Buy a u-lock if you’ve only got a chain. That’s the advice from one UW campus police lieutenant over at BikeWise. Good advice. For those new to the bike theft map, the data is pulled from Seattle police reports. This is not scientific. However, report those…
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tagged: bike thefts, spd, uw
August 6, 2010

Your weekly bike theft map (July 30 – Aug 6): Now featuring West Seattle

View Bike Thefts (7/30 – 8/6) in a larger map I don’t know why West Seattle data was not available before, but I sent inquiries to SPD and never heard back. However, the data has magically turned up! Congratulations, West Seattle, turns out you have bike thieves, too! (Thanks, whoever fixed that.)
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tagged: bike thefts, stolenbicycleregistry.com, west seattle