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05-31-2014, 06:44 AM
Police Use Twitter, 'Bait Bikes' to Combat Theft
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In San Francisco (http://mashable.com/category/san-francisco-san-jose/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), one Twitter (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/mashable.com/category/twitter/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) account is watching over your bikes.
******r Matt Friedman of the San Francisco Police Department is behind the Anti-Bike Theft Unit (http://www.parkstation.org/anti-bike-theft-unit.html), a program that utilizes Twitter and GPS trackers to thwart bike thefts in the city.
See also: Pinterest's Hidden Talent: Fighting Crime (http://mashable.com/2014/05/07/police-use-pinterest-crime/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The main tools in Friedman's utility belt: "bait bikes" fitted with GPS trackers and left chained up on the streets of San Francisco
The GPS-enabled bait lets ******r Friedman and the Anti-Bike Theft Unit track bike thefts in real-time — and ultimately nab the thief.
After a bait bike is stolen, the Anti-Bike Theft Unit tracks down the thief, arrests them and then posts a picture (https://twitter.com/SFPDBikeTheft/status/377926884920524800/photo/1) of the thief to their Twitter account, @SFPDBikeTheft (https://twitter.com/SFPDBikeTheft): Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/30/police-bike-theft-twitter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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In San Francisco (http://mashable.com/category/san-francisco-san-jose/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), one Twitter (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/mashable.com/category/twitter/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) account is watching over your bikes.
******r Matt Friedman of the San Francisco Police Department is behind the Anti-Bike Theft Unit (http://www.parkstation.org/anti-bike-theft-unit.html), a program that utilizes Twitter and GPS trackers to thwart bike thefts in the city.
See also: Pinterest's Hidden Talent: Fighting Crime (http://mashable.com/2014/05/07/police-use-pinterest-crime/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The main tools in Friedman's utility belt: "bait bikes" fitted with GPS trackers and left chained up on the streets of San Francisco
The GPS-enabled bait lets ******r Friedman and the Anti-Bike Theft Unit track bike thefts in real-time — and ultimately nab the thief.
After a bait bike is stolen, the Anti-Bike Theft Unit tracks down the thief, arrests them and then posts a picture (https://twitter.com/SFPDBikeTheft/status/377926884920524800/photo/1) of the thief to their Twitter account, @SFPDBikeTheft (https://twitter.com/SFPDBikeTheft): Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/30/police-bike-theft-twitter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Twitter (http://mashable.com/category/twitter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Bike (http://mashable.com/category/bike/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Social Media (http://mashable.com/social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Police (http://mashable.com/category/police/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Us World (http://mashable.com/us-world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/pM3YfOpED60