Avalon Police Schedule Bike Auction on May 8

AVALON — The Avalon Police Department is holding a Bicycle Auction on Saturday, May 8, at 1 p.m. at the Avalon Department of Public Works, 14th Street and Dune Drive.
The bicycle auction will be conducted by the Avalon Police Department, with cooperation from the Avalon Department of Public Works.
“This will be a great opportunity for the public to pick up a bicycle at a fraction of retail cost,” stated Avalon Police Chief
David Dean. “These bicycles have been recovered by the Avalon Police Department and have gone unclaimed for several months. This will be a fun way to get the bicycles back in service while saving the public money at the same time”.
The bicycles that will be part of the auction were largely recovered in 2009 by the Avalon Police Department. Bicycles are sometimes left unattended on public property for a variety of reasons. The Avalon Police Department exhausts every opportunity to get these bicycles back to the owner before they are put aside and included in a bicycle auction.
“We have conducted bicycle auctions in previous years, and they are very popular”, Dean said. “Thanks to the Avalon Department of Public Works, these bikes have been stored during the winter in a dry, secure location and will be available to the public on May 8th”.
The bicycles will be sold to the highest bidder, and are sold in an “as-is” condition. The bicycle auction will follow an Open House being held at the Avalon Public Safety Building earlier in the day.
The Avalon Police Department is encouraging all bicycle owners in Avalon to participate in a brand new “Bicycle Registration Program”. The program is free, and available to everyone in the general public. Bicycle owners fill out a registration card at the Avalon Police Department, and a special registration sticker is affixed to the bicycle. The registration program will make it much easier for police to successfully recover a bicycle if it is lost or stolen.
“We remind everyone this summer to store their bicycles in a locked, secure location like a shed or a garage while not in use”, Dean said. “Unfortunately bicycle thefts are commonplace in shore resorts, and inflate crime statistics. Bicycle thefts are crimes of opportunity, and the public can easily eliminate this problem by locking and securing their bicycles when they are not in use”.
For more information, visit www.avalonboro.org or call the Avalon Police Department at (609) 967-3411.