{"id":4273,"date":"2013-09-26T06:09:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T06:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/?p=4273"},"modified":"2013-09-26T06:09:24","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T06:09:24","slug":"bike-thefts-up-in-fairfax-county-what-can-you-do-to-protect-your-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2013\/09\/26\/bike-thefts-up-in-fairfax-county-what-can-you-do-to-protect-your-property\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike Thefts up in Fairfax County &#8212; What Can You Do to Protect Your Property?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fairfax County Police have reported a 36% increase in bicycle thefts from September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2013 when compared to the same time frame last year.\u00a0 Biker and attorney Doug Landau has had a racing bike stolen out of his garage after the Reston Triathlon.\u00a0 The Fairfax County Police later found a car with many garage door clickers that had been stolen out of unlocked cars in driveways. The thieves came back later when no one was at home and stole the bicycles !<\/p>\n<p>Citing open garages as a culprit in many of the recent crimes, police are urging residents to take precautions to protect their bikes.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some recommendations from Crime Prevention Officers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Close garage doors.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Invest in a hardened steel U-lock.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Don\u2019t leave bicycles outside for days, or nights, on end. Thieves may be watching and may target \u201cunused\u201d bicycles.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Consider installing motion sensor lights or alarms on your property.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Take a photo of your bike and record the serial number; this will aid in recovery should your bike be stolen.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Consider registering your bicycle on the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalbikeregistry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0National Bike Registry.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairfaxcounty.gov\/police\/crs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Report the stolen item online.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fairfax County Police have reported a 36% increase in bicycle thefts from September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2013 when compared to the same time frame last year.\u00a0 Biker and attorney Doug Landau has had a racing bike stolen out of his garage after the Reston Triathlon.\u00a0 The Fairfax County Police later found a car&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2013\/09\/26\/bike-thefts-up-in-fairfax-county-what-can-you-do-to-protect-your-property\/\" title=\"Continue reading &lsquo;Bike Thefts up in Fairfax County &#8212; What Can You Do to Protect Your Property?&rsquo;\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[107,505,561,665,725,1004,1580,1840,2499,4051,4052],"class_list":["post-4273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cases","tag-abrams-landau-ltd","tag-best-biking-lawyer","tag-best-herndon-bike-lawyer","tag-best-reston-biker-lawyer","tag-best-virginia-biker-lawyer","tag-bike-theft-fairfax-county","tag-cyclist-doug-landau","tag-doug-landau","tag-help-cyclists","tag-preventing-bike-theft-in-fairfax-county-va","tag-preventing-bike-theft-in-virginia"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bike Thefts up in Fairfax County - What Can You Do to Protect Your Property? 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