Wouldn't doing this be a solution?

"Motorcycle-riding attackers rained bullets," "Hand grenade attack by motorcycle-riding attackers," "Motorcycle-riding and helmeted assassins." We watch or read news with these and similar headlines almost every day. In recent years, armed attacks by motorcycle riders have particularly increased. When we asked retired police officer Savaş Kurtbaba about these types of attacks, his suggestion was, "If helmets were assigned numbers just like vehicle license plates, one could reach the individual through that number." So, is it really that difficult to do this? If implemented, wouldn't it be a solution?

We watch or read news about attacks by helmeted motorcycle riders almost every day. We even hear about such attacks happening to people we know. Of course, following these attacks, the police launch an investigation to catch these individuals. However, if no footage or evidence is found, catching them becomes quite difficult. We asked retired police officer Savaş Kurtbaba, who served as a homicide detective in Istanbul for years, about these attacks.

Having served in the police force for 33 years and having carried out many successful operations during his tenure, Savaş Kurtbaba said, "In the last 2 years, motorcycle assassinations have started to occur much more frequently in large cities, in provinces where there are many escape routes, and in provinces with traffic congestion and high population density. Most result in death. Those who are lucky survive with injuries. This method is borrowed from the drug trafficker Escobar. He is the person who invented this tactic. It has been taken as an example and has officially become the method used by assassins in our country. It existed in previous years as well, but it has increased even more in the last 2 years. Solutions for the police in such attacks have become difficult. Because either the motorcycle turns out to be stolen, or the license plates are. Since they also wear helmets, their faces are not visible, so neither camera footage can be obtained nor facial recognition can be performed. However, they are only caught if they leave evidence at the scene.

To solve these attacks, I think helmets should be assigned numbers just like license plates. Serious penalties should be imposed on anyone who wears a helmet without a number. A law or decree should be issued regarding this. To give an example, during the years we worked, purse-snatching was very common. It was resulting in death.

I was working at the Public Security Branch Directorate. We prepared and submitted a report to the Department of Public Security. We suggested that these types of crimes be processed as robbery, that is, extortion. Because the penalty for robbery is severe. What happened? Over time, the purse-snatching incidents ended. Returning to our topic, helmets must definitely be assigned numbers. Currently, everyone who owns a motorcycle and everyone who will buy one should have their helmets numbered. To prevent imitation, a cold seal, a General Directorate of Security seal, should be stamped on them. Believe me, if this helmet numbering system starts, these types of incidents will end within 4 or 5 months. For example, in Latin American countries, following the increase in such motorcycle attacks, it was forbidden for two men to ride a motorcycle in many cities in Colombia, and the result was reflected in the statistics. Because there was a 30 percent decrease in incidents."

In fact, as 12punto, we asked Kurtbaba the same question in November and received the same answers. We had also reported this interview as 12punto. 5 months have passed. "Wouldn't doing this really be a solution?"