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Bike thefts in Whitewater cause frustration

March 1, 2016

March 1, 2016 Imagine enjoying a movie with your girlfriend on a Sunday morning, and your roommate bursts into the house asking if you had brought your bike inside for the winter. This is the exact situation...

Students who ride their bikes to Hyland Hall and Upham Hall can feel more secure leaving their bikes on campus. Due new technology including a tracking system for ‘bait bikes,’ bike theft is down almost 70 percent.

The cycle of stealing

October 2, 2013

By Michael Riley   Every day in 2010, Cameron Barker would ride home from class to Benson Hall where he would secure his new $1,500 bicycle in the bike locker he had purchased at the beginning...

New ‘Bait Bike’ program debuts

September 6, 2012

  Stealing bikes on campus will be a lot harder this school year. The UW-Whitewater campus police have installed a new “Bait Bike” program designed to catch potential bike thieves. “It...

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