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Supervisors hear SFPD, advocates and residents on spike in bicycle thefts and visible 'chop shops'
Summary
A city hearing highlighted sharply rising street-level bicycle thefts, SFPD prevention efforts and community calls for a dedicated theft unit, better secure parking, improved registration and more enforcement against chop shops.
The Land Use & Transportation Committee held an hour-plus hearing on a rising tide of bicycle thefts in San Francisco and on visible street-level 'chop shops' where bikes and parts appear to be dismantled and sold.
Supervisor Scott Wiener opened the discussion saying the rise in thefts is undermining biking as transportation and noting $25,000 in budgeted prevention funds in the near-term. Sergeant Matt Friedman of the San Francisco Police Department and Commander Greg McEachern described a multi-pronged approach of education, bait-bike deployments, the Safe Bikes…
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