Here's an interesting reading on a guy who's recovered 22 bikes in Seattle by cross-referencing Craigslist posts with Bike Index reports and confronting the sellers. I was surprised to find that the Seattle Police were willing to work with him, and also why the hell police departments can't use a scant amount of resources to do this sort of thing themselves.
Meet 'Bike Batman': Seattle's vigilante reuniting stolen bikes with their owners <http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/15/bike-batman-seattle-theft-vigilante-anonymous> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.