bait car story....
06-19-2005, 01:03 AM
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bait car story....
http://easylink.playstream.com/katu/...tcars_11am.wvx
A small insight as to the guy stealing vehicles.... Kind of spooky considering my wife and two kids could have been driving around on the same roads with this junkie. the guy is high on crystal meth and is just plain out of control. The bait car program has made somewhat of a dent in the local car thefts. If nothing else it has been able to clearly identify who is stealing the cars. and the kinds of activities that go on in the vehicle
It just chaps my hide that the guy has 123 convictions for the same thing....
(a cut and paste form their web site)
What is a bait car?
A bait car is a vehicle of any type that is owned by the police and is intended to be stolen. It is parked in high auto crime areas and left there, sometimes for an hour, other times for days. Once the vehicle is stolen, police are immediately dispatched to the moving bait car. Once police are following the bait car, the engine is disabled remotely and the suspects are arrested. Everything that is said and done by the suspects inside the bait car is recorded on audio and video which is used for court purposes. The bait car program began in Greater Vancouver on May 1, 2004 and was expanded to Vancouver Island in April 2005. A further expansion to the interior of BC is under active discussion.
A small insight as to the guy stealing vehicles.... Kind of spooky considering my wife and two kids could have been driving around on the same roads with this junkie. the guy is high on crystal meth and is just plain out of control. The bait car program has made somewhat of a dent in the local car thefts. If nothing else it has been able to clearly identify who is stealing the cars. and the kinds of activities that go on in the vehicle
It just chaps my hide that the guy has 123 convictions for the same thing....
(a cut and paste form their web site)
What is a bait car?
A bait car is a vehicle of any type that is owned by the police and is intended to be stolen. It is parked in high auto crime areas and left there, sometimes for an hour, other times for days. Once the vehicle is stolen, police are immediately dispatched to the moving bait car. Once police are following the bait car, the engine is disabled remotely and the suspects are arrested. Everything that is said and done by the suspects inside the bait car is recorded on audio and video which is used for court purposes. The bait car program began in Greater Vancouver on May 1, 2004 and was expanded to Vancouver Island in April 2005. A further expansion to the interior of BC is under active discussion.
06-19-2005, 01:24 AM
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we have that program here in Sacramento CA , they leave the car in Mall parking lots and on this one , the car shut off and the doors will lock, locking the thiefs in the car til officers arrest them
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