Bike campaigners to hold summit with police chiefs over rising thefts

Bristol’s motorbike owners have called a summit with police chiefs because of the rising numbers of bike thefts in and around Bristol. A campaign group set up to represent motorbike owners, many of whom have had their bikes stolen, say the tactics of the young bike-stealing gangs has changed, and they are now selling on the bikes they steal instead of just simply riding them around and dumping them.

The summit will see police and crime commissioner Claire Moody meet the Bristol Bike Theft Awareness group (BBTA), along with several senior police officers. The campaigners say they want to raise the issue with police, find out more about what the police are doing about the growing problem, and work together to combat the

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