Exactly where does that money go?
On Sunday, June 14, 2015, John Rider <[email protected]> wrote: > Just a reminder that if you live in Madison, you are legally required to > register your bicycle with the City. And, every bicycle dealer in the City > is required to register every bicycle that they sell to a Madison > resident. The cost is $10.00 for 4 years, but every bike ever registered > is still in that database. Not a well-known ordinance, almost no money for > publicity, not a high priority for the Police or the City Attorney’s > Office, but the ordinance is there none the less. Many bikes have been > returned to their owners by the Police Property Room because they were > registered. > > > > So if you bought a bicycle from a bike shop in Madison and they didn’t > offer to register your bike, the shop was in violation of city ordinance, > and they did you a disservice. They could have charged you the $10.00, > easily gotten all of the required info from you at the time of sale, and > your serial number and contact information would now be in an easily > searchable bicycle registration database. > > > > Just thought you would want to know, > > John Rider > > (Former City of Madison Bicycle Registration Coordinator) > > > > *From:* Bikies [mailto:[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>] *On > Behalf Of *Harald Kliems > *Sent:* Sunday, June 14, 2015 1:26 PM > *To:* William Hauda; bikies-danenet.org > *Subject:* Re: [Bikies] Stolen bikes > > > > There have recently been a couple of cases in Madison where a stolen bike > was recovered from pawn shops, at least partly based on the recorded serial > number. And then of course there were the 600 recovered bikes where the DA > had to drop the case against the alleged thieves/fences because it was > impossibly to prove that the bikes had indeed been stolen. Recorded serial > numbers certainly would've helped with that > http://www.wkow.com/story/29172015/2015/05/27/exclusive-police-seize-600-suspected-stolen-bikes-but-da-drops-case > > So no, a recorded serial number won't prevent your bike from being stolen > nor from being sold on Craigslist or at a yard sale. But if the bike _is_ > recovered, it'll provide you with an easy way to identify the bike and > prove ownership. > > > > Btw, the Bike Fed has partnered with BikeIndex to facilitate the > registration of your bikes in an online database: > http://wisconsinbikefed.org/2015/03/18/bike-theft-ring-busted-and-we-launch-stolen-bike-registry/ > > > > Harald. > > > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 4:11 AM William Hauda <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > > This bike theft and the urging by Madison PD to keep a record of > serial numbers for identification again begs the question of how useful > that actually is. There is no national database of bicycle serial > numbers like there is of VINs for motor vehicles, so how can knowing the > serial number of a stolen bike even be helpful? > > http://www.channel3000.com/news/2700-bike-stolen-from-garage-in-madison-neighborhood/33549346 > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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