We'd like to decrease the number of bicycle thefts, which account for the largest percentage of total thefts, and thereby trim the number of overall Penal Code offenses.

By a very unfortunate coincidence, by Canondale bike was stolen from it's space outside my apartment. I reported it to police, but this is the third time, and I'm not expecting to see it again.

(That was an hour and a half I'll never get back!)

Yet each time I bought a new bike they insist on this waste-of-time police registration process.

Attempting to crack down on bicycle theft is, in the bigger picture of policing, is a positive symptom (ie. think of places like Barcelona or Kabul), relatively speaking.

Also, placing onus on owners is a new one. However are you going to be locked away for not bothering to lock your chari when you stop at your konbini? Probably not.

Would prefer though introduction of corporal or capital punishment for high school students in dark uniforms at night who ride without looking at their smartphones, the only source of light to see them coming as they never bother to turn on lights and the police never bother about them riding doing their smartphones anyway.

When I was stopped by a couple of policemen late at night for a 'bicycle check' on my not very expensive MTB; they said that I should have two locks for my bicycle and at least one should be a chain. One was not enough!

Make that 3 locks factory fitted, seat lock and a chain lock. The factory fitted lock can be disabled quickly with a screwdriver.

Look up "bait bike" on YouTube.

Thou shall not be disappointed.