Free Police security Marking.

[jonny jeez]

Is it worth it, looks like a paint that can be ground off?...but is free and tempting

Any experience...

 

[arch684]

Got stopped by the police last year and they gave me a marker pen that only shows up under ultra-violet light.Don't know if it works i don't have an ultra-violet light

 

[Tin Pot]

Got stopped by the police last year and they gave me a marker pen that only shows up under ultra-violet light.Don't know if it works i don't have an ultra-violet light

Were they really police?

 

[Drago]

Were they really police?

They look legit...

They offered to mark his bottom bracket.

 

[arch684]

Yes they were real police they were the same one's who arrested me before

 

[HLaB]

The police marked my bike and said the info, etc would be in the post, that was 2-3 years ago and I'm still waiting and apparently my ex colleague is too!

 

[mjr]

Is it worth it, looks like a paint that can be ground off?...but is free and tempting

Take photos and record serial numbers. Look after it yourself.

Most police upload your details to one of the privately-owned databases (often without getting informed consent, as the terms that allow marketing and data transfer aren't shown anywhere at the event), such as that immobilise that published what people owned earlier this year, which isn't good for security.

 

[jonny jeez]

Take photos and record serial numbers. Look after it yourself.

Most police upload your details to one of the privately-owned databases (often without getting informed consent, as the terms that allow marketing and data transfer aren't shown anywhere at the event), such as that immobilise that published what people owned earlier this year, which isn't good for security.

I was thinking that too, jst record all the details and keep a record. but my mates bike was stolen and recovered when the police stopped a kid for an unrelated issue and checked the code on his BB.

can I register my bike on a national database somehow or shall I maybe just invest in some micro dots and register it that way. the problem with that is I'm not convinced the police know how to read microdots...or even know that they exist. to check a recovered bike against ownership. the microdots seem to rely on the Microdot company being made aware of the recovered bike.

so perhaps, to cover all the bases I should have the police mark it too.

 

[jonny jeez]

My main question is, does this marking remain permanent, can it not be polished off or ground away by a theif?

 

[Drago]

The Bow Street Runners will check for SmartWater, and if it's a pricy bike may scan for Datatag. Unlikely they'll check for anything else, alt least not consistently across the nation.

 

[subaqua]

My main question is, does this marking remain permanent, can it not be polished off or ground away by a theif?

nothings permanent. we proved that by polishing away "Security Etchings" on steel and glass in work

 

[mjr]

I was thinking that too, jst record all the details and keep a record. but my mates bike was stolen and recovered when the police stopped a kid for an unrelated issue and checked the code on his BB.

What did they check it against, though? The reason I suggest keeping a record of the frame serial number and so on is then you can give them to the police and upload it wherever you like IF the bike is stolen and you don't have to deal with the spam and potential publication before then.

Also I'm not inclined to trust the police to handle my bike safely, much less my data. I would really strongly prefer that they simply showed people how to record their own bike's details and then resources were put into cycling issues (thefts, obstructions, ...) instead of recording people's bike details for them.