I leave my keys in the ignition of my truck here at home. During the winter I go out and start it before I walk down to the post office.
The officers should be liable for any costs incurred. They are *not* our nannies. We are their employers.
The police are obviously bored and have little to do. If I were a taxpayer in that town, I would want to see their budget substantially cut.
“Owners received warnings for failing to protect their property....”
I leave my windows down and doors unlocked so people won’t break the windows to get in the car - which has happened to me twice in the past.
So......I’d get a warning for protecting my property?
These cops are morons.
Sounds like this department is overstaffed. The township could save the taxpayers some money.
How about a warning to the police department about entering private property without permission or warrant? If a private citizen was doing this, the police department would be out to arrest him.
If these police have nothing better to do they could find a quiet place and Choke their Chicken.
I leave my car doors unlocked so no one will break the windows, there is nothing left in the car worth stealing.
If you want the car doors locked , find some damned fool legislator and make it a law.
Since when was teaching residents "hard lessons" the job of a police department? Silly me, I thought they were tasked with upholding laws and arresting criminals.
I got used to locking my car during my career with NY State Corrections. We had to lock our cars as they were parked on state property. At home, I decided it was a good idea to lock it because I didn’t want to come out some morning to find some drunk or other type of person asleep in the back seat of my car. Even though I’ve been retired since 2003, I’ve never gotten over being security conscious.
Sounds like they’ve been Barney Fifed.
When I lived in West Germany in the 70’s, I got a citation for not locking my car overnite.
I think it was the idiots from the East Coast,places like Massachusets who turned California into what it is today.
Just bad humor and really, don’t they have more important things to do?
I wouldn’t be surprised if these unlocked vehicles get towed away and impounded!
Sounds like a bunch of under-worked, bored cops probably over broadly interpreting some stupid law.
Some of us leave our cars unlocked for a reason.
I have one with a canvas top. If I lock the doors, all a crook has to do is slice the roof with a Knife and he is in.
It is cheaper to let them open the door.
(plain truth: you CAN NOT secure a convertible.)
Sounds like they may be in bed with the locksmith companies, like LE has been with tow truck/wrecking yard companies for years and years now.
What the cops are telling us is that the victims (or potential victims) are the cause of crime, not the criminals.
The short answer is they have too many police officers...save the taxpayers some money and lay off a couple...
We had a cop open our mailbox and then asked us if we knew it was open and proceeded to read the riot act about mailboxes. Excuse me, but we’re out in the country and the mailman isn’t going to deliver the mail to the front door. Besides that, the cop might want to think twice since messing with mailboxes is a federal offense. I played along with the bozo but cussed a blue streak as I slammed it shut when he left. Idiot.
Busybody would-be commissars in Marxachusetts.
End of story.