Posted on 03/14/2024 7:35:13 PM PDT by bitt
In the face of an alarming rise in car thefts, Toronto Police Service (TPS) Constable Marco Ricciardi has offered a controversial tip to residents: leave car keys in the front door to avoid violent home invasions.
During a community safety meeting in Etobicoke, Constable Ricciardi addressed the issue, stating, “To prevent the possibility of being attacked in your home, leave your fobs at your front door because they’re breaking into your home to steal your car. They don’t want anything else.”
In short, don’t make it hard for thieves to steal your car. This is what an unarmed society looks like.
This suggestion has come as Toronto grapples with a car theft rate that sees a vehicle stolen every six minutes, a costly crime spree racking up nearly $1 billion annually, according to the Canadian Finance and Leasing Association (CFLA).
Toronto has witnessed a 400% surge in home invasions and break-ins for auto thefts, underscoring a troubling trend of increased violence and the use of firearms by criminals targeting vehicles, Global News reported.
Toronto Police Service released the following statement:
An officer at a recent community meeting suggested that people leave the keys to their vehicle in a faraday bag by the front door. While well meaning, there are also other ways to prevent auto theft motivated home invasions. For additional context, in Toronto, home invasions and break and enters for auto theft occurrences rose 400 percent in 2023. Police are concerned about an escalation in violence, where all sorts of weapons and firearms are being used to steal vehicles, and that includes during home invasions. While Toronto Police have always advised the public to prioritize your safety over your vehicle, here are ways members of the public can protect themselves, their homes and their vehicles:
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Here in NY state, they will take it as a challenge and try to out do it!
Minimize conflicts with thieves, shoot first
Darn! I was sure this one was The Babylon Bee.
I’m really bad at this game.
Exactly what one should expect from the cucked Canucks.
I mean, to have voted for Castro’s little bastard in the first place......
Do car dealerships in Canaduh still get to lock their keys away after business hours? That seems like an unfair advantage.
I had to do a double take to make sure this wasn’t the Babylon Bee.
Is there enough to go around?
Why not just ask the owners to put a big welcome sign out, leave their wallets and passwords on the kitchen counter, and kill themselves in the front yard so that not only will thieves spared the possibility of conflict, but will have a nice place to live?
Why not leave it running? I mean, we wouldn’t want car thieves to be inconvenience to turn the keys. Also, why not leave a few dollars in the car so they can drive thru Tim Hortons? 🤓 Stealing cars might make them hungry..
You can tell what police tell people who don’t have rights to own firearms.
Leave my No Radio Sign on the dash and leave the car unlocked. It was never bothered but then again 72 Mav was hardly a target.
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There are plenty of strategies and that certainly is a reasonable one. I used to do the same with high end bicycles... I remember tootling about university with friends who had bikes where the lock weighed more than the bike. Meanwhile, I had a total junker picked up at a garage sale for $1 and never locked it... and never had it stolen and after a few years, I gave it away. Meanwhile, my high end bike was locked away until I wanted to take it out for a real ride at which point it was always within sight.
At some point, one would think the car makers are going to have to realize that this can’t be good for sales... I’m a case in point. I have four vehicles and the newest one is a 2007 model. I’ve been into a few dealers but always get turned off and as I told the last sales rep I saw...... I’m buy a new vehicle when a) they make them serviceable by any reasonably adept individual, b) they make them secure from theft and c) they change their design so that they no longer are massive surveillance computers with 4 wheels attached....Until then, I’ll keep the vehicles running that I already own.
Why not leave all your valuables on the front porch so they won’t break in for those either?
This was a huge block on Gutfeld yesterday, and both Greg and Tyrus were on fire with it.
Haha, I know. We all have the same problems. What doesn’t change is freedom loving people want freedom for themselves and their countrymen, that doesn’t change at least.
I bet the RCMP isn’t too happy about this.
WHY NOT DEMAND THAT THE CAR DEALERSHIPS DO THE SAME????
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