Advisory: Putting Cops on the Dots --- Look Who’s Stealing Cars #LAPD
Putting
Cops on the Dots --- Look Who’s Stealing Cars
Pin maps are an age-old way police keep track of crimes and identify patterns. Putting cops on those dots on the map often results in drops in crime.
Such has been the case in the Mission Area, which has seen a spike in stolen cars. “We’ve seen a drop of about 5 stolen cars per week over the last month, compared to August,” said Lt. Paul Vernon, commanding officer of the Mission Detective Division. “But the number of stolen cars is still high compared to the same time last year.”
For the same four weeks last year, the Mission Area had 50 cars stolen over 4 weeks, compared to this year’s 83.
Patrol officers have been focused on stolen cars (GTA), following a profile that’s developed lately:
* 33% of GTAs are taken between midnight and 6 AM.
* 88% of GTAs are taken from the street or parking lots
* Nearly 50% of GTAs are Hondas and Toyotas
* 83% of GTAs taken are for models over 10 years old
* Majority of cars are recovered within a couple days, not stripped
Over the last 3 days, LAPD patrol officers assigned to the Mission Area have arrested 7 men, all gang members, among three stolen cars.
“Two of those cars had not even been reported stolen yet,” Lt. Vernon explained. “But the officers knew the times, places, and types of cars being stolen, so they were looking and ready to pounce if they saw a car fitting the profile.”
Not surprising to police, one of the arrestees was on probation under the state’s AB 109 realignment program, released from prison just a couple months before from a GTA conviction; and another arrestee was just released on regular parole.
“We’re seeing a gradual uptick in crime, primarily property crimes, because these are the types of criminals being released from jails,” Lt. Vernon explained. “We’ll keep putting the cops on the dots and push the crooks back through the ever faster revolving door.”
In the mean time, police recommend that owners of cars with model years before 2001 purchase steering-wheel anti-theft devices that will visibly lock their steering wheel to the brake pedal.
Prepared by
Lt. Paul Vernon
Pin maps are an age-old way police keep track of crimes and identify patterns. Putting cops on those dots on the map often results in drops in crime.
Such has been the case in the Mission Area, which has seen a spike in stolen cars. “We’ve seen a drop of about 5 stolen cars per week over the last month, compared to August,” said Lt. Paul Vernon, commanding officer of the Mission Detective Division. “But the number of stolen cars is still high compared to the same time last year.”
For the same four weeks last year, the Mission Area had 50 cars stolen over 4 weeks, compared to this year’s 83.
Patrol officers have been focused on stolen cars (GTA), following a profile that’s developed lately:
* 33% of GTAs are taken between midnight and 6 AM.
* 88% of GTAs are taken from the street or parking lots
* Nearly 50% of GTAs are Hondas and Toyotas
* 83% of GTAs taken are for models over 10 years old
* Majority of cars are recovered within a couple days, not stripped
Over the last 3 days, LAPD patrol officers assigned to the Mission Area have arrested 7 men, all gang members, among three stolen cars.
“Two of those cars had not even been reported stolen yet,” Lt. Vernon explained. “But the officers knew the times, places, and types of cars being stolen, so they were looking and ready to pounce if they saw a car fitting the profile.”
Not surprising to police, one of the arrestees was on probation under the state’s AB 109 realignment program, released from prison just a couple months before from a GTA conviction; and another arrestee was just released on regular parole.
“We’re seeing a gradual uptick in crime, primarily property crimes, because these are the types of criminals being released from jails,” Lt. Vernon explained. “We’ll keep putting the cops on the dots and push the crooks back through the ever faster revolving door.”
In the mean time, police recommend that owners of cars with model years before 2001 purchase steering-wheel anti-theft devices that will visibly lock their steering wheel to the brake pedal.
Prepared by
Lt. Paul Vernon
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