Stolen Bicycle

It's amazing how officials and the police don't want to get involved when something gets stolen from a Metro station. My grandson has been riding one of my bicycles to the Metro station, locking the bike up, and riding the Metro Rail. Last night he rode the Metro and went to retrieve the bike. Someone had cut the lock cable and stolen the bicycle. He said that the Metro Transit Police, and the Station Manager, were not all that cooperative. He spend an hour filling out paperwork, and asked that they review the tapes from the security cameras. The gave him the run around, stating that it would be impossible to identify the thief from the tapes. Maybe so, but if you zoom in, you just might get a look at that individual. My feeling is they are trying to skew statistics.  I'll leave it at that. I was thinking about buying a cheap bicycle to ride to the metro, but if I do, I will rent a bicycle locker at the station for $120 per year, in order to keep the bike safe. I'm not all that crazy about riding in the coming winter months, but it might be an easy alternative to trying to make later night bus connections, or having to park at the Wayne Avenue garage in Silver Spring, and taking the crosstown J bus. I'll have to see about it. In the meantime, I'm not a happy camper. That bike cost me over $300 used, and it was a really good bike. It's time for a little hard ass law and order. Maybe Metro will let us form a citizen watch committee, who's members can hide and observe the bike racks. Make sure there are at least three watch members at all times, so that they can be credible witnesses in cases involving theft. It's time to get tough on petty crime. If you do, the bigger stuff goes away too. It's the "broken windows" approach that worked so well, along with "stop and frisk," both of which worked very well in New York City.  It's time to get real tough on crime.