The MWRTA has been given the green light to take bicycles abandoned on their property (likely stolen bicycles) and dispose of as they see fit, per the Framingham Police.

A resident further communicated with the police about the MWRTA allowing bikes to be stashed behind a shed on their property in the MBTA parking lot which they lease/manage. We learned some shocking tidbits.

When Police went to check out the two bikes which was reported to them as confirmed stolen with owner known, days after it was first reported it to them – they got there and after at least several weeks of them being stashed on their property they were “disposed of”. In fact police went on to suggest that anything left abandoned on their property was theirs to be done with as they pleased, including items that are likely stolen.

This is another example of exemplary police work in our fair city. Apparently regifting and/or disposal of stolen property is okay… at least in Framingham.

Maybe we at Framingham Forward are old fashioned… what do you think of the interchange below? If you had an item stolen that costs $100 or more to replace, and it was found by someone, would you want it potentially to be regifted or destroyed by a public agency because it was found on their property?

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