Bike Theft: How It Works, and What Police Are Doing in San Francisco

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2018

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Thousands of bikes are stolen in San Francisco every year. What are police doing about it? And how does this crime operation work? Reported by Daniel Potter. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Paul Lancour, Ryan Levi, Katie McMurran. Additional support from Julie Caine, Ethan Lindsey, Suzie Racho and David Weir. Holly Kernan is Vice President for News. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller. Ask us a question or sign up for our newsletter at BayCurious.org. Follow Olivia Allen-Price on Twitter @oallenprice.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:06.0	You don't have to be a cyclist in the Bay Area to appreciate that bike theft is a problem.
0:10.0	Walking around, you see broken eulocks next to bike racks where someone's ride is just vanished or
0:16.2	skeletal frames that are still locked up but the wheels and the seat pretty much anything that's not welded into place, has been picked clean.
0:26.0	An analysis found that in 2012, there were more than 4,000 actual attempted or unreported
0:32.0	bike thefts in the city.
0:33.4	Some $4.6 million worth of bikes were taken.
0:37.2	Today, Bay Curious has gone to the Bikes. You might say we're bicycle curious?
0:48.0	We'll answer two questions about bike theft, what police are doing, and how it works.
0:53.6	I'm Olivia Allen Price. Support for Bay Curious
1:06.1	Bay Curious is brought to you by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company,
1:09.4	still family owned, operated, and argued over.
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1:19.1	Visit Sierra Nevada.com to find your new favorite beer today.
1:24.0	Fellow bike enthusiast Daniel Potter is here to talk bike theft with us today.
1:28.0	Hey Daniel.
1:29.0	Howdy.
1:30.0	So let's meet our first question asker, shall we?
1:32.0	Yeah.
1:33.0	My name is Robin Lee.
1:35.0	I'm a professional engineer here in downtown San Francisco.
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