Campus Cops Catch Bike Thieves With "Bait Bikes"

Colleges & Universities University of Minnesota
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<p>"With a high concentration of bicycles and larges crowds to hide in, campuses and universities have been a favorite target for bike thieves. Sometimes they take just one, sometimes a crew comes and cleans out a whole rack. Now campus police at the University of Minnesota are fighting back with “bait bikes.”</p>

<p>These are bicycles which the police have been embedded with a GPS tracking device and lock up at racks around campus. A sensor in the back detects movement and sends a signal to the police. They then follow the signal back to the lair of the bike thieves.</p>

<p>There’s nothing worse than being late for your next class and your two-wheeled ride that was supposed to jet you across campus is gone. The sting op has already netted arrests…"</p>

<p>I love it when a plan comes together. Have any of you students had theft issues at your school?</p>

<p>[Campus</a> Cops Catch Bike Thieves With “Bait Bikes” - The Consumerist](<a href=“http://consumerist.com/2011/10/campus-cops-catch-bike-thieves-with-bait-bikes.html]Campus”>Campus Cops Catch Bike Thieves With "Bait Bikes" – Consumerist)</p>

<p>[‘U’</a> Campus Police Catch Thief With GPS Bait Bike CBS Minnesota](<a href=“http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/10/04/u-campus-police-catch-thief-with-gps-bait-bike/]‘U’”>'U' Campus Police Catch Thief With GPS Bait Bike - CBS Minnesota)</p>

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<p>I don’t have a bike at the moment, but I don’t know anyone who’s had their’s jacked. There are a few sad, rusted old bikes with missing wheels still locked up around campus though.</p>

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<p>It will lack the pathos of “Bait Car” where the perps find themselves locked inside the car they just jacked and start to cry as the cops approach. You also see what crazy lies cops have to hear every day. No wonder they don’t feel that great about the people they have to deal with most of the time. I love that show.</p>