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Bike security marking give-aways

Northumbria Police

15 October 2009


Police are holding a free crime prevention cycle marking event to help put the brakes on cycle theft.
After a very successful free bike marking day held earlier this month, officers are staging another event this time at Four Lane Ends Bus Interchange on Saturday, October 17, from noon to 2pm.
Officers from Killingworth Neighbourhood Policing team will be setting up their crime prevention stand and encouraging cyclists and travellers to pick up crime prevention tips and stop for a general chat about any policing concerns they may have.
PC Graham Eley and Community Support Officer Tim Cousins will be available to help visitors and offer them advice.
PC Eley said: "The bike marking event we held recently at the Killingworth Centre was a big success so we're pleased to be back and hope to help more cyclists keep their bikes safe.
"We also want to remind riders to take care not to lose their bike to an opportunist thief, by keeping it secure at all times while unattended. The interchange is a busy venue and we hope to speak to lots of visitors during the afternoon."
Officers will apply the stencil with the security marking kit onto the bike, owners can then register their bike so it's recorded on the national database with bikeregister.com
If it is subsequently stolen and recovered, it can be reunited with its rightful owner. Each bike is also labelled as having been security marked, which also acts as a deterrent to bike thieves.
Police have a number of free security bike marking kits available on the day on a first come first served basis, for local people who live in the Killingworth area.
Pictured is PC Richie Parker with youngsters at the earlier bike marking day