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British Transport Police. Cycle Crime. British Transport Police Working with partners Cycle Crime Facts Police Actions Bike Thieves Cycle surgeries Know Mark and Lock How to Lock your bike Locks Competition Launch & Prizes. Aim of today. British Transport Police.
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British Transport Police Cycle Crime RESTRICTED
British Transport Police Working with partners Cycle Crime Facts Police Actions Bike Thieves Cycle surgeries Know Mark and Lock How to Lock your bike Locks Competition Launch & Prizes Aim of today RESTRICTED
British Transport Police • UK First Police Force Est 1826 • Railway, Metro, Underground, • docklands light railway and trams • National Police Force • Covering 3,000 rail stations • 10,000 miles of track • Investigate all crimes on Railway RESTRICTED
Working with Others NETWORK RAIL – Own the rail infrastructure RESTRICTED
Working with Others South West Trains – operate Trains on the Network RESTRICTED
Working with Others Every Police Force in the country use ‘Bike Register’ for bike Marking & registration RESTRICTED
Working with Others Local Police Forces Hampshire Police – Surrey Police – Sussex Police - MOD RESTRICTED
Cycle Facts On average 7 cycles are stolen from Train stations everyday RESTRICTED
Why the Rise in cycle crime • Cycle ownership has been made popular by the Olympics & projects like the Bike to work scheme • Cycle riding is seen as a healthier option • Cycle ownership has risen as it can be more cost affective to ride than drive a car where you have to pay for parking • A basic bike is now around £500 • Expensive bikes cost thousands RESTRICTED
Police Actions • Police Patrol Railway stations • Catch and arrest cycle thieves • Send cycle thieves to Court • Put out crime awareness posters • Put of use a D Lock tags • Cycle Surgeries • Crime Bike • Collect broken locks RESTRICTED
Suspects don’t like D Locks Steal any cycles Look for insecure cycles Use tools to break poor quality locks Sell your bike on internet or to people they know Don’t think how a theft affects you Bike Thieves RESTRICTED
Cycle Surgeries Police and Rail Community Officers attend a Railway station on a given date and here using Selectamark equipment we security mark cycles – so that the cycle shows it belongs to someone and should it be recovered after being stolen we could get it back to the owner RESTRICTED
Know, Mark & Lock • Know your bike ( location of scratches, the extras that you have put on it, the changes you have made to make it personal to you. Serial numbers • Use Selecta mark to security mark your cycle to deter thieves from taking it • Use a D lock to lock your bike RESTRICTED
How to Lock your bike RESTRICTED
Poor Cycle locks RESTRICTED
Best Locks are D Locks RESTRICTED
Competition Design a poster that can give ‘cycle crime prevention advice’ RESTRICTED
Competition Prizes • NWR - £50 Amazon Voucher • SWT - Tickets for a family of four • SELECTAMARK - Water bottle and pens • BTP – Certificate • The Winning poster will be made into a A1 poster to go up at a Railway station RESTRICTED