Two bike messengers saved the day for a Los Angeles man Monday when they chased a bike thief for five blocks downtown and then knocked him to the ground, causing him to flee, police said.
read @ LATimes
February 23, 2010, 11:45am
THE RAMPART
CYCLING. STREET ART. CULTURE. LIFE.
Bike couriers chase down bicycle thief in wild downtown pursuit
Bicyclist busted with pot in tires at San Ysidro border crossing (read @ LATimes)
February 23, 2010, 1:07am
Hikers have found human remains at Griffith Park on my favorite trail, the Mineral Wells. Crazy… read more here.
February 16, 2010, 2:13pm
An interactive map showing 40 homicides from Jan. 1, 2010 to Jan. 24, 2010.
January 26, 2010, 2:53pm
As downtown continues to grow as a dense residential neighborhood, so has bicycle usage, which in turn has had a downside: increased bicycle theft. 2009 saw a 63% increase in thefts in the neighborhood and 2010 was looking no different. But police this past weekend may have helped put a stop to that increasing neighborhood crime trend after arresting men involved in a theft ring.
continue reading at laist.com via TOLA
January 25, 2010, 3:17pm
Doctor sentenced to 5 years in prison for assaulting bicyclists
A doctor convicted of assaulting two bicyclists by slamming on his car brakes after a confrontation on a narrow Brentwood road was sentenced today to five years in prison.
Christopher Thompson, wearing dark blue jail scrubs, wept as he apologized to the injured cyclists shortly before he was sentenced.
“I would like to apologize deeply, profoundly from the bottom of my heart,” he told them, his right hand cuffed to a court chair.
read @ latimes
January 08, 2010, 11:54am
WHICH BIKE PARTS HAVE YOU HAD STOLEN FROM YOUR PARKED BIKE?
January 07, 2010, 10:00am
LAPD Bike Crimes Liaison: Lieutenant Andre Dawson 213-792-3551
repost from anonymous cyclist:
LACBC, folks from Echo Park Cycles and other cyclists showed up to the meet and greet with Chief Charlie Beck on Saturday where we alerted him that physical assaults on cyclists, harassment by motorists and bicycle thefts have been increasing in LA.
Chief Beck is interested in addressing these issues seriously and has assigned Lieutenant Andre Dawson, as the bicycle liaison in his office to work with us on addressing these concerns.
LAPD will be putting together a work group to continue to work with cyclists on addressing these issues. LACBC will also continue to work with them to develop educational material that all their officers will be required to view during their roll call and training.
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Here is what you can do now!
Report all assaults, thefts or acts of harassment, regardless of how minor they are. It is an initial step that we can do now, to help them track and identify where these problems are happening and to help them identify suspects.
-Call in and report incident to LAPD precinct in area of occurrence*
-If you are assaulted: give as much info as possible regarding suspect, license plate, color of car, clothing they were wearing, etc
-If your bike was stolen: give then as much info about the bike, serial #, color of bike, make/model, suspect info, etc
*If the officer refuses to take the report or says that they do not have time, that it is not a crime or any other excuse, call Lieutenant Andre Dawson at 213-792-3551 and explain the situation to him.
He has assured us that he will make sure to take care of it and hold the officers accountable for what is happening in the area.
January 06, 2010, 4:00pm
BIKE THEFT STING OP in the RAMPART
repost from anonymous cyclist:
FYI regarding a Rampart Bike Theft Detail. We conducted an undercover Bike theft detail on 12-15-09 and made (3) arrests. We focused on areas, within Rampart Division, that have seen a spike in bike thefts. The following locations resulted in arrests.
1) Heliotrope south of Melrose
2) 2nd St / Occidental St
3) Vendome / Sunset
Iris Santin Senior Lead Officer (2SLO45)
Rampart Division
1401 W 6th St
Los Angeles, CA 90017
213-793-0778
31383@lapd.lacity.org
January 06, 2010, 1:10pm
