The largely mythical, cash and benefit free FoB award is summarily and arbitrarily awarded to: Rebecca (Beck) MugfordBicycle Recovery SpecialistProperty RoomMadison Police Department I could not find the serial number for the bike I had stolen a few years back, but I had filed a stolen bike report back when and I contacted Madison PD to see if they could give me a copy of the report (with my serial number on it). I knew this might smell like a scam for someone trying to "reclaim" bikes, so my expectations were low. However, I just got a response from R. Mugford which I will excerpt: "I was able to recover the serial number from your stolen report. I have sent your stolen report number with your serial number and contact information to the University of Wisconsin Police Department. This seems strange, but even though you submitted the stolen bike report, I cannot share any information contained in the report. (The only exception is other Police Agencies, who also have to follow personal information protection policies.) This is a policy to protect your personal information from being sent to the wrong person and to have a record of who accessed and viewed your report information. That being said, I did not want to send you through the rigmarole of contacting the Records Department to get a simple serial number. (The Records Department currently has an eight week backlog.) I am aware that the recovery of these 600 bicycles is time sensitive. I know you want to know if your bike was recovered, AND UWPD really wants to get these bikes back to owners! So, I securely sent UWPD all your bike information for you. UWPD stated they would contact you if they had the bicycle in their storage space. If they do have your bicycle, UWPD will be contacting you through email or your phone number." That was far more than I expected. All hail Beck Mugford, who besides having a GREAT name is a true friend of bikers! Thanks for the extra effort! -------------Patrick Lenon
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