On the 1st, about 40 people including local crime prevention volunteers and policemen gathered at JR Kameari station in Katsushigatan-ku, Tokyo, calling for a key to prevent bicycle theft damage.

Characters of popular manga "Katsushika ku Kameari Park pre-departure place" set in the local area also participate, distribute tissues written as "locking habit, let's learn" to station customers and others, attention I called.

In the Katsushika Ward, bicycle theft damage suffered one after another, and it accounted for 44% of the criminal offense that occurred within the ward, over 1,800 last year, so from 1st a key to the bicycle The ordinance of the ward which obliges to call is enforced.

There are no penalties in the Ordinance, but it means that volunteers and others are easier to call as a basis for seeking to lock.

Yoshihiro Takahashi, chief of the Kameari police station, says, "When temporarily stopping a bicycle or when parking on the premises of a home, it is often unlikely to be stolen and locked, so be sure to lock it I want you to do it. "