Rising bicycle thefts in the Dresden Neustadt: How safe are GPS trackers?

Rising bicycle thefts in the Dresden Neustadt: How safe are GPS trackers?

bicycle theft on the advance-a GPS station as a solution?

The increasing number of bicycle thefts in the streets of Dresden alerts the residents, including Mira Recht, whose red bike was stolen last August. The fact that the police can clarify fewer thefts is worrying, but the numbers of stolen bicycles are not declining. The theft of bicycles seems to be a common occurrence around Bautzner Straße in Dresden Neustadt.

An interesting question that arises is whether the use of a GPS tracker in the bike after theft would have helped. The Berlin police do not seem to use such private data, while the official position of the Dresden police on this topic is not clear. It remains to be clarified whether civil servants can use the GPS data at all and whether owners can be present when securing their stolen bicycles.

It is important that owners of stolen bicycles are informed about effective possibilities to find their bicycles. A GPS transmitter could be an effective solution in the future to contain bicycle thefts and give the owners a better chance of getting back their stolen bicycles.

- Nag