Thread started by mr.easy at 08.29.10 - 12:42 am

My friend had serious accident on Santa Monica blvd last week. Police came ambulance took him away. His nearly new Masi Caffè Racer Dopio disappeared.

Many calls to all authorities got runaround and no info on what happened to bike.
Anyone have any experience with getting a bike back from the cops?
Anyone see this bike around. Gray 56cm with a rear rack

WEAR A HELMET!!!
my friend has a hole in his skull where a helmet should have been



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this happens all the time. happened twice to me (not bikes just personal belongings)

cops are assholes and get away with it



tree fitty
08.29.10 - 12:46 am

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Check the hospital. Most of the time the bike will be brought to the ER with him. If the bike is not totally trashed security might have it.



ToddAlmighty
08.29.10 - 4:07 am

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For some reason it's a big deal for the cops or the fire department to take custody of the bike after a collision that requires a trip to the hospital. You could also try the fire department... Sometimes they take the bike.





Roadblock
08.29.10 - 5:30 am

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+1 on the Fire Dept. That's where my bike went while I went to the ER...



alicestrong
08.29.10 - 7:44 am

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If your friend has not located his bike have him shoot me an email and I will try and help him out. 35128@lapd.lacity.org



Sgt. David Krumer
08.29.10 - 9:46 am

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yup its happened to me twice now...once with an ipod and another time for my canon t1i



ohdagyo
08.29.10 - 3:06 pm

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Hello Mr. Easy,

I suggest you trace back the reports made by the emergency crew and the police. Between those two reports, there should be a reference to your friend's bike. You can email me if you need any more information.



Officer Friendly
08.30.10 - 12:03 pm

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Bike recovered at Cedars Sinai ER after ER flatly insisted over the phone that they did not have it.


Thanks everybody!
Ride safe



mr.easy
09.1.10 - 11:12 am

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Glad to hear it, and thanks for the update.

But it sounds like you should be issuing an apology or a correction to the title of your incendiary thread that suggested an LAPD theft of a bike.



dudeonabike
responding to a comment by mr.easy
09.1.10 - 11:47 am

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That's exactly what I was thinking.



petr0lb0mb
responding to a comment by dudeonabike
09.1.10 - 12:15 pm

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This happens a lot. I'm just glad it got resolved.



Officer Friendly
09.1.10 - 1:16 pm

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