New tech aims to assistance forestall motorcycle theft

(KPRC)

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – The Jacksonville Beach Police Department volition beryllium registering residents’ bikes utilizing a caller exertion that aims to assistance forestall bicycle theft.

The bicycle registration lawsuit volition instrumentality spot from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday astatine the Police Department astatine 101 Penman Road South. Due to the weather, police said that the lawsuit volition beryllium successful their covered garaged bay. Those attending are asked to participate the northbound parking batch disconnected of Shetter Avenue. From there, radical tin bring their bicycles into the bay for registration.

Bicycle DNA is simply a high-tech registration programme that volition nexus a bicycle to its proprietor and assistance Jacksonville Beach constabulary and instrumentality enforcement agencies astir the state place ownership.

“There are implicit 10,000 constabulary departments that are presently enrolled successful the program, truthful if a bicycle stored present successful Jacksonville Beach and ends up successful Miami, Florida, oregon Seattle, Washington, it tin inactive beryllium identified who the proprietor of that spot is,” explained Shawn Andrea, president of Protech DNA.

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Bicycle DNA stickers volition beryllium provided to residents for registration. The peculiar registration stickers person respective microscopic dots embedded into the adhesive. Even if a sticker is removed, instrumentality enforcement tin inactive authenticate ownership.

“When our residents or, you know, radical coming retired to the formation oregon visiting, you know, they’re getting their bicycle stolen. I mean, that’s a large thing, truthful we privation to marque that halt truthful that, you know, radical tin consciousness similar they tin thrust the streets and bash what they request to bash with their bicycles,” said JBPD Detective Jason Lamont.

So acold this year, Jacksonville Beach has seen $60,000 successful motorcycle theft.

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