Local Police Include Bikes in Crackdown

The Cambridge police force's annual crackdown on vehicles "littering" local streets went into its preliminary stages yesterday, some two weeks ahead of last year's schedule.

This year's crackdown promises to be especially severe. Two local uniformed officers spent half an hour yesterday carefully writing out warning tickets for the row of bicycles parked outside the Adams House dining room entrance.

"We even have special pliers to cut chain locks," one officer warned as he wrote. "We'll bring a truck over and cart 'em all away to the station." He carefully attached the ticket to a pair of handlebars, then moved on to the next vehicle.

Like cars, the bikes were in their places last night.