I agree with you. I think it's a miscarriage of justice to bait an uninformed opportunist in a poor part of town with an expensive bike, thus luring the poor uninformed slob into committing a felony. I fail to see what they're trying to accomplish. It will certainly do nothing to target sophisticated theft rings that target high end bikes. And if they're trying to target crimes of opportunity, why lure these people into committing a felony? Why not just tag them for stealing an inexpensive bike-- it's not like they know the difference.

From the standpoint of preventing bike theft, I think this does nothing, and I'm disappointed with the effort. A little research into bike theft, and a campaign that targets the theft rings would have actually done something worthwhile. This was just BS windowdressing that did nothing. Shame on the Albuquerque Police Dept.