The City of Coronado just opened an online form that allows anyone to voluntarily register their bikes online.
Information submitted on the form is transferred to the Coronado Police Department who then registers the bike with the National Bike Registry. If you have previously registered your bike with the CPD, you do not need to register it again. Also, you can still bring your bike into the police station and have them register it for you on site.
There are two big benefits to registering your bike:
#1) It helps the police identify bike thieves. When police investigate suspects, they reference the registry to see if any serial numbers come up as a match with reported stolen bikes.
#2) It makes returning stolen bikes to their rightful owner much easier.
Thanks to the city staff and the CPD for creating this feature.
The link to the new form is http://www.coronado.ca.us/bike-registration
