Divvy Bike Scandal

The Department came out with guidelines on how to determine if a Divvy bike is stolen and how to properly document, arrest and write up a arrest for the theft. Crime in Wrigleyville and Boystown has done some good reporting on it all:

• It has been less than two weeks since CWBChicago broke the news about a massive theft problem that is affecting Chicago’s Divvy bike-sharing program. Thieves have learned a technique that will release bikes from the system’s docking stations without paying, we reported.
  
  Now, a local TV station has aired footage of the technique. We can confirm that what you will see in the video is the same general method used by two Divvy thieves that our staff personally saw in action during late June and early July.
  
  The ever-present blue bikes are the property of Chicago taxpayers, not Divvy. So, every bike that is stolen comes out of your pocket, not the company’s.

That last paragraph is particularly galling - taxpayer own the bikes? Then why weren't we all consulted about where to put the docking stations? Because we'll tell you right now we have a problem with where about half of these stations ended up being placed - in fact, we pointed it out here years ago when the stations started appearing all over the ghetto....what the fuck did Rahm and Divvy think was going to happen?

Now you have some other company wanting to put actual free bikes out all over the place - no docking station at all, and another outfit who thinks some sort of "scooter sharing program" will be the next big thing. These people are morons, but some politico (or dumbass mayor) will see a chance to spend more tax payer money irresponsibly without any input from the people footing the bill.