Posted on 11/13/2022 6:10:02 AM PST by devane617
Saw a video on YT, the guy said if you want to lock up your $$$$ bike, use no less than 4 locks with varying chain, cable,, bars and even then all you are buying is time. If it takes the thief longer than a couple seconds, they’ll move on
The video also showed pro bike thieves working out of a cargo van, a couple seconds with cutoff saws or bolt cutters, Chuck the bikes in the van, very quick, swarming tactics, hit and scoot.
IIRC as of Jan 1, in illinois, trespass calls will not get a response from LEO and probably the owner dare not do anything to the trespassers. Same folks voted to keep pritzker as gov. Freaking twilight zone going on here! 2022 is the new 1984!
They may need to investigate the local police:
Many years back, when I had a bicycle shop. I had a customer come in the store with a bike asking about getting the bike repaired. I had a carbon-fiber bike exactly like the bike and at the time, I knew that there were only 2 bikes like that in the state: My bike and a bike that was stolen about 2 weeks earlier. However, the customer who brought the bike in was not the kind of person who would steal a bike...he was a UPS delivery drive who delivered in the area. I had the stolen bikes serial number and I confirmed it with the printed police report of stolen bikes that we received once a month.
I told the guy that the bike was stolen and that I knew the owner, personally, and he had reported it stolen.
The guy with the bike told me that it was impossible because he had purchased it from a city police officer...from the trunk of his cruiser. He knew the officers name. I called the police and a captain came by with the officer. The guy with the bike recognized the officer...repeated the same story that he told me. The officer denied it...the captain said that it was impossible that the officer sold the bike. And the police left, the guy who had the bike stood by his story. I called the chief of police and told him what happened. He “investigated” and called me back to tell me that the bike had been recovered from a homeless person and it did not match the serial number or description of any reported stolen bikes. So they sent it off to a police bike auction in a larger city 75 miles away, and it was sold at auction. I told them that I had a copy of the stolen bike report where the bike was listed. He said they must have overlooked it. I asked it how the bike came back to the same city, how the person with the bike knew the officers name. He had no answer. Shortly afterwards, a police captain came by with the thieving officer and confronted me as to why I was harassing his officer. I told him that he was a thief and should be charged. He said there was no evidence of a crime.
For the next several months, I was harassed by the thieving officer. He would park in front of my house at night for hours, sometimes in his cruiser and sometimes in his personal car. I talked to an officer who I knew well regarding the matter. He told me that he had suspected for years that there was a ring of officers who were reselling confiscated items but he was never able to get proof. He suggested that I stop pushing the issue because he couldn’t guarantee that there would not be severe retaliation. Eventually, I got more at ease with the officer sitting in front of my house...I would walk my two Neapolitan Mastiffs at night and stop at his car...knock on the window, wave to him and snap a picture showing his car in front of my house. Eventually, he stopped the harassment. As far as I know the guy never got in any trouble with his job...but eventually, everything a person does catches up with them.
They have crime in Sanctuary Cities?
Sad story. You have to be extremely careful dealing with police like this, because they literally have a licence to kill and will not hesitate to do so. I'm surprised he didn't find an excuse to kill your dog.
If they treated Angle Grinders and Cutting Wheels as they do guns...
There is a funny story where the B Town mayor called the State Police And asked if they could cover some shifts.
The State cops are probably still laughing at him.
I owned a bike shop in the 80’s. I’m amazed at what they’re getting for bikes today. What’s next, $80K pickup trucks? :)
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