Thanks for the suggestion.  We are looking at a tagging procedure for the future.

Sharon Kompalla
Area Director/Residence Life
RIT
1-585-475-4303
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Tim Branyen" <tab7530@rit.edu>
To: "Sharon Kompalla" <slkrla@rit.edu>
Sent: 10/9/2007 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: Abandoned, damaged, or broken bicycles in UC

A suggestion for future bicycle clean-ups.

Have some sort of printable or retrievable tag to put around your bike.
That way there is no question if a bike has an owner or not.  It seems you
are putting public safety in a situation where they need to make a judgment
call that should not be theirs to make...

Thanks,

Tim.

On 10/8/07, Sharon Kompalla <slkrla@rit.edu> wrote:
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>  Residents of University Commons:
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> In an effort to make room for current residents' bicycles in the racks of
> each University Commons lobby, Residence Life and Housing Operations have
> partnered together to remove bicycles that appeared abandoned, damaged,
> broken, and un-rideable (missing wheels, bent frames, rusted or missing
> chains, etc.).  Beginning last Friday, several bicycles were removed from
> the UC bike racks, tagged with the building number they were removed from,
> and taken to an alternate storage location belonging to Housing Operations.
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> In the event that your bicycle appears missing from the rack in your
> lobby, please contact me specifically with your building number and a
> description of your bike so I can determine if it was removed by Housing
> Operations during this process.  Please contact me before reporting it as
> stolen to Public Safety.  If your bike is determined to be in storage with
> Housing Operations, it will be returned to you; however, we ask that you not
> store any un-rideable bicycles in the lobby racks so there is ample room for
> bicycles that are currently being used by residents.
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> There have been several bicycle thefts reported to Public Safety thus far
> this quarter – the majority of which occur in University Commons.
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> In order to help combat theft or other crimes on the RIT campus, please be
> sure to lock up your bike when stored in the rack and to report any
> suspicious activity you might see to Public Safety.
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> Below is a reminder from RIT's Public Safety Department:
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>    - Be aware of your surroundings;
>    - Report suspicious activity immediately to the Public Safety
>    Department;
>    - Watch out for your neighbors property and help reduce criminal
>    activity;
>    - Become a crime prevention partner with Public Safety to reduce
>    property theft and vandalism
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> *Public Safety Emergency*: 475-3333
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> *Public Safety Screen Name:* Publicsafetydispatch
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> *Public Safety Business Number*: 475-2853
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> Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns, or to
> report abandoned or damaged bicycles in your building.
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> Sharon L. Kompalla
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> Sharon L. Kompalla
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> Area Director/College Panhellenic Advisor
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> Center for Residence Life - Apartment Area
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> Riverknoll, University Commons & Greek Circle
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> (585) 475-4303
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> AIM: SLKgrad
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