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Same type of thing goes on in Hawaii...at least on Oahu. While over there several years ago, we rented a Mustang convertible to self-tour the island. The car rental agent advised us to leave nothing in the car,and suggested we leave the top down at all times so vandals/theives wouldn't cut it to scour the inside of the car for valuables.

We stayed at a B&B is Waimanalo, and everywhere we went, even to the grocery store, thugs were hanging out watching our car. We even got followed once for about 20 miles by a carload of them.

A friend of ours went over there, and locked her purse in a rental car (hardtop) to go in and buy a soda, and in 5 minutes the car window was smashed and her purse, as well as camera equipment was stolen.

So I guess the only way to feel safe after spending thousands of dollars to vacation in Hawaii is to stay locked in your hotel room...that's the only place I saw any police, was around the hotels. I guess all the bikinis around there distracted them.

I used to live on Oahu. A neighbor ran off a guy trying to steal my motocross bike out of my pickup one day. Guess he didn’t notice the massive chain that was locked to both the bike and the truck’s frame. That’s pretty much how it was out there. If it wasn’t bolted down, it was gone.

And speaking of the cops, I was once stopped by a cop in Waikiki for walking across an empty street against the light seconds after being offered drugs and solicited by a few prostitutes within sight of the same cop. He let me off with a warning after I asked why he wasn’t doing anything about what he obviously saw and heard happen to me.