Originally Posted by
bikehoco
Instead of confronting them and risking personal harm, just take a picture of the thieves and the bikes.
Taking a photo would likely be seen, by thieves, as "confronting them." And it would be utterly useless, since all the cops do in those situations is write a report and move on. It's not like they're going to put the thieves' pictures on milk cartons, or run facial recognition software, for a relatively trivial crime.