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Bike and scooter theft is an endemic problem in Miami Beach. Virtually everyone who has ever owned a bike or a scooter has experienced one or more times. Moreover, bike and scooter thieves have become more sophisticated and brazen in their techniques and methodology to overcome even the most modern locks. I suspect that many of these stolen bikes and scooters end up being sold or otherwise delivered to a small group of “fences,” “chop shops,” or cargo vessels bound for foreign countries.

I would like to discuss encouraging the Miami Beach Police Department to engage in proactive undercover operations using “bait” bikes and scooters equipped with tracking devices to ascertain where and to whom stolen bikes and scooters are taken, in order to better combat this problem.