Posted on 07/09/2025 7:04:39 PM PDT by simpson96
A Toronto police officer suggested that residents leave their car keys by the front door to avoid a home invasion, seemingly to let criminals steal their vehicle if they break in, leave and avoid injuries.
The Toronto Police Service issued a statement Wednesday confirming that an officer made the remarks at a recent community meeting.
The officer suggested “that people leave the keys to their vehicle in a faraday bag by the front door,” the statement said.
“While well meaning, there are also other ways to prevent auto theft motivated home invasions,” it continued.
Faraday bags block signal-duplicating devices used to replicate key fobs which criminals can use to steal vehicles.
In Toronto, home invasions and break-ins for auto thefts rose 400 per cent last year, the Toronto Police Service said.
At an Etobicoke community meeting, Const. Marco Ricciardi is heard saying, “To prevent the possibility of being attacked in your home, leave your fobs at your front door.”
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“They’re breaking into your home to steal your car. They don’t want anything else,” he said, which CityNews first reported.
“A lot of them that they’re arresting have guns on them and they’re not toy guns, they’re real guns. They’re loaded.”
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Best joke of the day.
Except you’re serious. 👍
Don’t let a good kid go bad🙄.
They’ll tell them to just give up their houses and let them move in.
This is but one of a slew of reasons why Trump was joking that he wanetd Canada to be the 51st state. Flew way over the Canuck’s heads.
Dont need a northern California/Australia/France of 30+ million people.
The same Keystone Cops that had the Ken and Barbie murders happen right under their incompetent noses.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Homolka
With respect, a one word tweak on your reason.
Replace “can’t” with “won’t”.
That’s “Bang, bang. eh?’’
Why not leave the car title and registration there to help the criminal if he gets pulled over? /s
Who could possibly think up such insanity?
Even the Joe Biden approach would work. Shotgun blast, right through the door.
Indeed.
History has shown that the end result of protecting people from their own stupidity is to live in a world full of fools.
Why even have keys in a nation of cowards?
Leave the keys in a basket on the hall table with a big sign that says CAR KEYS and a live cattle prod inside. Or a leg hold animal trap. Of a bowl of nitric acid.
So... the Toronto police department should leave the keys to the cop cars by the front door...
Based on the experience of 2020, why are you so sure they voted for it?
Dominion Election Systems started out as a Canadian company.
Canadian Idiocracy.
Weird Al - Canadian Idiot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_TfBbR6L0M&list=RDC_TfBbR6L0M&start_radio=1
Car insurance companies will go along with this——????
That's on them to do something about.
Why not leave the keys in the car with some cookies and milk.
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