Owners warned to lock cars after spate of thefts
(CNS): Police are warning drivers to be on alert after a number of thefts from inside vehicles in George Town, and urging them to remove valuables from inside their cars and to make sure they are locked. A number of thefts and attempted thefts have taken place in the Smith Road and Windsor Park areas over the past weeks and the police are advising people to reduce the chance of being a victim by following a series of precautions.
Owners are advised not to leave valuables, such as shopping bags, handbags, electronics, money or jewelry, where they are visible in vehicles and never leave them there overnight or for extended periods. People should park vehicles in well lit areas and if possible in places with security cameras or security officers on sight. Vehicle should be locked and not left running or with the keys inside, even for a short time.
The thefts are under investigation and police are encouraging all members of the public to report incidents to the police, regardless of whether or not anything was stolen, by calling the George Town Police Station at 949-4222, or your nearest police station.
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@RCIP – How about catching the thieves and thereby eliminating the problem? Grand Cayman is 100 square miles, with a population of 70k people (most of whom know each other or, at the very least, know how to find just about anyone) and has one of highest per capita incomes in the world. With all the resources that you have access to RCIPS, why the heck can’t you find and arrest these guys?? Why should we have to cower in fear to criminals? Instead of telling us what we should do to avoid being victims of crime, why don’t YOU catch the damn criminals and make an example out of them in order to deter any other knuckleheads???
You know they probably know who is responsible, but proving it is the difficult bit.
It’ll go quiet. One or two individuals are released from prison, and hey presto, crime occurs similar to the MO of the recently released.
If you knew how the justice system here works you would know that catching the thieves does not “eliminate the problem.” These guys spend a month or two in jail and then are back out and at it again. Check the court records and you will see there are no shortage of theft cases. How do you think those cases get to court in the first place? Now check the penalties and you will start seeing the issue.
Mid term break…….Bad parenting……..
I leave about 3 dollas in change max in the car.
If unna brave enough to hotwire, take note that the hidden GPS has its own power supply and alerts me the second my vehicle moves.
DO NOT LOCK YOUR CAR unless you don’t mind the damage they make when they pry it open or break a window.
The better advise would be to keep your cars empty. Don’t use it to store loose change, laptops, iPads, spare sunglasses or anything at all of value. Then leave it unlocked.
Take whatever risk you like. They are looking to see what they can take.
POLICING???? Hello cops get offer your butts and started driving around and profiling. Shake em down
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of course, success and all!
They deliberately damaged my car inside because they found nothing. I felt so violated.
There have long been scrounging nocturnal crackheads searching for loose silver change. They will disregard the $250 designer sunglasses too. Clearly society needs to fill long-standing social cracks that create these circumstances. A proper drug rehab facility might be a start.
Nocturnal crackheads. Sounds like the name of a punk band in the 80s. That view might tend toward viewing the criminals as victims of circumstance. While we’ve all heard stories about drug accessibility in prison, I would guess that overall prison is decent with rehab.
Your scenario would require arrest, successful prosecution and court-ordered rehab, which I think is necessary. I like your view, and I understand the “social cracks”. I don’t want to give up on our young men.
I don’t know what the answer is, other than I’ll do my best to beat the shit out of any I find breaking into cars. Anybody’s cars. I will call RCIPS first, but not hold my breath on a speedy response.
or karma hits them eventually – there used to be a guy who broke into cars to steal change (like mine) – then he was hit and killd by drunk driver in SS a few weeks later haha
That’s terrific Stacey. I’m glad the death of this person made up for your loss of change. Let’s hope you’re right about karma.