SAN LEANDRO, CA – October 19, 2005 – The National Bike Registry (NBR®), the only nationwide bicycle registration and recovery service of its kind, is offering police departments its 2006 Official Bike Registration Station program, a way to protect bikes in the local community and reunite recovered stolen bicycles with their owners. The program allows police free, 24/7 password-protected access to the NBR registry so any bike they find can be cross-referenced to possibly find the owner. Many owners have already recovered their bikes through the NBR service.

By becoming an NBR Official Bike Registration Station, police departments can use NBR instead of designing and implementing their own bike registration systems, which may be costly and time-consuming. NBR can also complement existing local bike registration programs. NBR’s national scope enables it to work across local and state borders, allowing police to match bikes to owners no matter where they were stolen and recovered.

Participating police departments receive an NBR Official Bike Registration window decal, bike registration forms, posters, public relations support, bike safety materials, and other information. This allows them to promote the program and register bikes in their community at safety fairs, bike rodeos, rallies, and other events. Participating police departments and events will be listed on the NBR website.

Police departments may also purchase NBR bike registration packs at the exclusive law enforcement price of $3.50 per pack (they retail for $10) to sell, give away to the community, or use as fund-raisers. The pack includes a 10-year NBR registration, a tamper-resistant, serialized security label for the bike, and a bonus label that gives the user BoomerangIt Lost & Found Return Service for cell phones, PDAs, laptops, or other valuable gear.

“Police have a tough job in recovering property and then going out to find the rightful owner,” said Eddie Orton, president of NBR. “We want to save police departments’ time and effort in reuniting bikes and their owners and provide them with a valuable community service.”

“NBR is the official bicycle registration system for the nation’s most progressive law enforcement agencies. We are working diligently to provide more information to the community so every bike is registered,” added Orton. With the low-cost NBR service, a bicycle owner can apply the labels obtained from an Official Bike Registration Station or online at www.nationalbikeregistry.com and www.boomerangit.com, then record the serial number and description of the bike in the company’s secure database by phone, by mail, or online. Often just seeing the NBR label can deter a thief, who knows it will be harder to resell an obviously stolen bike. The finder of a bicycle, either the police or a Good Samaritan, calls 800-848-BIKE or accesses the NBR website to trigger a notification to the owner. NBR is the official bicycle registration service of the National Crime Prevention Council and McGruff^® ID Armor^® the Crime Dog

About The National Bike Registry (NBR®)
A division of BoomerangIt, The National Bike Registry is the leader in the bike security industry. We have more than 300,000 bikes and scooters registered in our system. The National Bike Registry works with law enforcement agencies around the country to return stolen bikes and scooters to their rightful owners.

About BoomerangIt
BoomerangIt (www.boomerangit.com) based in San Leandro, Calif., is a global lost and found return service that works with law enforcement and others to return lost and stolen property to its rightful owners. BoomerangIt provides an easy, inexpensive means to label and identify valuable items. It is also a theft deterrent, as studies indicate thieves are less likely to steal marked property. Founded in 2001, BoomerangIt now has more than one million members and is the official lost and found service of the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC), with a portion of sales benefiting the “McGruff^® ID Armor^® the Crime Dog” programs. For more information or to purchase BoomerangIt labels and tags, visit www.boomerangit.com or call 800-2Boomit (800-226-6648).