Posted on 09/19/2022 6:01:12 AM PDT by george76
I knew the head of our state patrol auto theft task force, well he was on and off cause the state only bothered to fund it every few years.
Not sure about our ranking for auto theft but we are probably in the top 5
He is now retired and happy.
Car theft is only a problem if you believe in Private Property Rights. Looting and theft of property is ‘reparations’.
BTTT
In the early 2000s, my uncle was in the insurance business at the time and car theft was real bad for large sedans. Smugglers would steal them in Denver then make runs to Juarez to pick up cargo to return back to Denver. Buicks were a high value target for example.
This may be a dumb question, but how are these cars being stolen? If your car is locked and on your property, are they pinging the keys and using the code to open the vehicle? Are they car-jackings? The first can be protected against by shielding the car keys in the house, the second by ease of concealed carry and not prosecuting folks for shooting car-jackers.
I’m in Florida. Anyone tries to take my car gets their reparations paid for with lead.
“Dude, smoke some pot and ride a bus.” - Official Democrat Response
“New study reveals criminals commit majority of crime. Experts and politician’s baffled.”
Amazing stuff, glad I’m in a quiet backwater with little of that activity.
I wonder if Colorado is going to keep voting for Democrats or finally wise up.
These are cars being driven by every day, hardworking Coloradans.
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No, they’re being driven by contemptible kulaks who deserve to suffer.
For older cars, they just drill out the locks, hot wire the ignition and drive away. It takes less than one minute.
For newer cars, they have break-in kits that ping the receivers in the vehicles around them until they hit a code that unlocks a nearby car. They just roam through a parking lot until they hear a "click", then get to work.
I am not sure how they bypass the keys or the fob on newer cars. But way too many people simply leave the fob in their car. All the thieves need do is try the doors.
Stolen vehicles are often recovered - badly damaged. It appears they are rented out for use in other crimes, mostly residential and commercial burglary, then stripped for parts afterwards.
Carjacking in Colorado is still very rare.
Theft of catalytic converters from cars is on the rise. Those thieves often work in pairs with a mechanic who gets the converter and an armed lookout who guards the mechanic. Very dangerous to approach. Sometimes they work in daylight.
The local prosecutors allow all these people to be released on recognizance while awaiting trial and prefer to settle cases with "restorative justice" payments to victims and payments of fines rather than jail sentences.
I think I see a problem here.
The small number of criminals who do get caught have no money for "restorative justice" payments. What they do to make their payments is go out and steal more cars.
We used to hang horse thieves. Now we make lofty excuses for their crimes.
In Aurora. Had my car stolen in 2019 in front of my house. My fault. Horrendous anxiety to come out and see my car gone and lots of fallout from it...immediately and longer term.
The guy that did it was a known/wanted thief and drug addict doing crimes throughout the Denver metro area and other parts of Colorado. The police knew him immediately just by looking at the surveillance camera that was up in front of my house and the neighbour’s house. By some smarts of my estranged spouse and very good luck, my car was located that night. Thank God. Not damaged other than some things missing that were in it. The thief was located later on in 2019 doing another crime in another part of town. They sent me a witness impact statement in early 2020, but it was just as Corona was heating up and I had so many things going on at the time that I never followed up on what happened to him. He’s probably been long out even though he had many crimes that he committed. I can’t even remember his name, but I suppose I could figure it out. His family was a piece of crap, too, not surprisingly. They would not help the police even though they knew he was awful and wanted nothing to do with him. They refused to be of any help. Rotten world out there. And car theft is a huge deal to individuals and society. It impacts us all.
<< I wonder if Colorado is going to keep voting for Democrats or finally wise up. >>
I was just saying a little bit ago this morning that I think that there is probably no turning back in Colorado. We are definitely California-lite now, and like them we have too many people that will be surrounded by crime and rubble and still voting for Democrats each cycle. It makes absolutely no sense, but they have that much cement in the cranium and Will never get it. It sure makes me sad because I grew up here, and, like California, Colorado is a wonderful state. But some people with their ignorance and stubbornness are ruining it for all.
Multiple car break-ins at southeast Denver apartment complex leaves residents asking for help.. seven cars in their parking garage were broken into.. the property manager could have prevented it but kept the building and parking garage entrances open throughout the weekend.
Multiple residents who live at the City Gate Apartments off of Brighton Boulevard said the broken parking structure gate has been left wide open for several months.
A big factor causing the skyrocketing crime is Polis and pals emptied out prisons of serial, repeat criminals..
Been here since ‘76, started in Denver, wanted better area, went to Lakewood. That declined, went to Littleton. Traffic ridiculous, retired to Grand County. Denver peeps and tourists put so much stress on that area we moved way out west on I-70 where it’s like the 1960’s again.
Terrible to see what’s happened. Denver lady called my wife, wants to go to an event but afraid to go alone, Wife said, “You crazy, I don’t go to Denver anymore, period.”
I’ve got a friend that lived in California, but decided to move to Colorado for a better life in the 1990’s. He moved and moved and now lives near Rifle. Loves it there.
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