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AccordionBruce wrote:
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The Project 529 bike theft prevention project in Vancouver cut bike theft by almost half and returns stolen bikes by the thousands (rather than auctioning them off like most police departments)Bike theft is a huge economic issue, but police departments hate to put any effort into it, even though a tiny investment is proven to pay off
Not to absolve Vancouver’s Police Department, with one of the highest budgets in North America garnered on anti-homeless campaigns