Not to dwell on the obvious BUT if the OP had been a little proactive and took a few minutes to use a free public BikeRegistry service off the net to register and TAG his bike BEFORE he got his bike stolen he would be in a much better position than he is presently finding himself in. As it is, with no proactive action taken beforehand, he is now a member of the 2% club. (as you probably know from your research, a transalt.org study showed a 2.2 recovery rate for stolen bikes).

Do you honestly believe the police actively discuss stolen bikes in their morning role call/briefing with the intent of “going out and apprehending the scoundrels???”

Believe it or not, most police (and the majority of the public) COULD NOT CARE LESS.

SO, to improve the situation, WHO needs to take action?

IMHO, therin lies the 2nd mistake.

I rest my case.