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CITY OF VANCOUVER TELEPHONES: AREA Cove 604

CANADA - EMERGENCY & COMPLAINT 683-1122
ADMINISTRATION 684-7111
TELEX : 04/S06501

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September 6, 1972

Mr. D.H. Little,

Deputy City Clerk
City Hall,
Vancouver, B.C.

Dear Sir:

The following, as requested, is copy of information that I recently furnished
_ Alderman Phillips with respect to the impact of our compulsory Bicycle
- Registration Program. .

"(a) Compulsory bicycle registration was discontinued in Vancouver in
1963. At that time the registration fee was 50¢ and the number of
bicycles registered was 21,000. in 1964 registration was placed on
a voluntary basis and immediately the number of bicycles registered
dropped to 11,000 and con‘inued to reduce until 1969 when the
program became totally ineffective. ;

(b) Compulsory registration was reinstituted commencing September 1,
1971, The purpose of this program is to:
| C4} reduce thefts; - . -
(ii) identify recovered bicycles. - nee erm ere ne aoe

The effectiveness of this program is illustrated in the following figures.
During the first six months of 1971, 1461 bicycles were reported stolen
and 146 recovered. During the same period in 1972, 972 bicycles were
reported stolen and 478 recovered. ; ;

At the present time there are 400 recovered bicycles that are not
registered being processed. The number of these machines that will be
identified will be very minimal." _

“Yours very truly,

J. R. Fisk,
Chief Constable.