I am disappointed in the information gathered and reported in “Dude, where’s my bike?” (SN 9/19) For example, how many are stolen a year? Why couldn’t the MSU police comment on theft statistics? What percent of reported thefts are recovered?

The MSU police and The State News should be aggressively collecting and reporting bicycle theft statistics. I believe that police briefs vastly underreport bicycle thefts. An MSU police officer told me that an average of 10 bicycles are stolen a day during the school year. I was hoping your front page story would address theft numbers. You only said, “Since the beginning of the semester, the MSU Police Department has taken 56 bicycle larceny reports” and “(MSU police) could not comment on how this compared to years past.” Not comment? Why? What’s the secret about theft statistics?