The woman bought an electric bicycle and wanted to have it marked. In Bolesławiec, bicycle marking is handled by the municipal police. However, it marks bicycles only on the condition that the person is a resident of the city. So what about residents of Bolesławiec Municipality? Where can they have their bicycles marked?
“Does this mean that if you live in the countryside, your bicycle can be stolen?” the reader asks ironically.
What does Bolesławiec Municipality say?
We asked where residents of the municipality can have their bicycles marked.
The response states that:
A municipality has no statutory obligation to keep a register of bicycles or mark them. If it has its own “municipal police force” (Municipal/Commune Police), such tasks may then be carried out by a service subordinate to the mayor.
As we read in the remainder of the response:
In the case of Bolesławiec Municipality, which does not have its own service in the form of a municipal police force, we do not carry out this type of activity. Locally, such campaigns are often conducted by the Police or the Municipal Police. In addition, nowadays virtually every bicycle frame has its own individual factory number, so additional milling of the frame and interference with the paint and frame material is completely pointless.
In conclusion, the Municipal Police will mark a bicycle, but only for city residents. Meanwhile, the Police in Bolesławiec do not mark bicycles. The reader is therefore left to remain especially vigilant and keep an eye on her new purchase.