The Portland Police Bureau said officers “conducted a bait bike crime reduction mission in the Downtown core, Old Town, South ...

Last week, CU Boulder Police had the same bait bike stolen twice in 24 hours. "We arrested one gentleman, took the bait bike back out to the bike rack, and another person stole it," said Matlock.

Just like a bait car, UTA police know exactly where the bikes are and officers hope to catch thieve 'red-handed'. "We'll just follow where the bike goes," Gomez said.

A bait bike program intended to deter bicycle thefts in Sacramento is also reeling in thieves suspected of other property crimes in the city, police say. Since late 2013, when police began placing ...

On January 28, before 10 am, the Coronado Police Department noticed their bait bike moving away from where it was initially locked. So they sent an officer down the Silver Strand near Leyte Road ...

He and Sgt. Sean Ryder are leading the Bait Bike Program. “We hope bicycle thefts will eventually decline as we raise awareness about the bait bikes.” Public Safety will hold a “Coffee with a Cop” ...

Multiple bait bikes can be deployed and monitored by one person, and if a thief takes a bait bike, it will be monitored in real time by software. Officers can then be sent to apprehend the suspect ...

That’s the most maddening thing about bike theft enforcement, of course: cheap bikes are stolen just as often as expensive ones, and the loss of a bike can matter far more to the life of someone ...

The implementation of “bait bikes” comes at a time when the school has increased the amount of bike parking spaces for students and faculty from 1,500 to more than 3,500.

Officials say bait bikes serve as a deterrent to would-be criminals. The bicycles, equipped with GPS tracking, are deployed at random times to random locations.

Law & Justice Local News Seattle bike-bait sting netted a lot of homeless people, but few convictions Oct. 4, 2019 at 7:00 pm Updated Oct. 5, 2019 at 2:11 pm By Danny Westneat ...