BEND, OR -- Bend Police says bike thefts are down, thanks to a number of prevention measures implemented over the past year.
After the number of bikes stolen from inside city limits jumped by nearly 50-percent from 2014 to 2015, the department formed the Central Oregon Bike Theft Task Force, with help from other area police agencies. They also used "Bait bike" sting operations to arrest more than a dozen suspected thieves.
Read more about last year's spike in bike thefts.