Bait Cars- steal one, go to jail--

[smiles 0]

Muncipal Provincial Auto Crime Team's (IMPACT) in my city (Vancouver, B.C.) has just launched their website which includes audio/video clips of everything that is said and done by the suspects inside the bait car. Talk about a program that makes sense, and is getting rave reviews.


Bait Cars are parked in high auto crime areas and left there, sometimes for an hour, other times for days. Once the vehicle is stolen, police are immediately dispatched to the moving bait car. Once police are following the bait car, the engine is disabled remotely and the suspects are arrested.

gotta luv it!!

watching the audio/vid clips crack me up!!

http://www.baitcar.com

-does your city have a program like this??

SMiles

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[Travman 6]

I'm all for it, they should go to gaol, etc.
But it sounds like its bordering on entrapment.

[ScottishJohn 25]

Then that would mean any car parked on a public road was bordering on entrapment if a thief stole it
and got caught.

Stealing is stealing.
We all know that stealing a car is against the law , it doesn't matter if it's a bait car or a car owned by a member of the public.

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[chuckbrown 0]

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But it sounds like its bordering on entrapment.

Entrapment involves someone doing something they wouldn't have otherwise done but for the actions of the police. Providing a criminal with the opportunity to commit a crime isn't entrapment if the criminal would have otherwise commited the crime, i.e., stolen a car anyway.

[dbattman 0]

Instead of disabling the car and arresting the thief, how about tracking it to the chop shop and busting the whole ring?

[BillyVance 35]

They should make a TV series out of it!

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[mr2mk1g 10]

A spark plug fitted inside the petrol tank would be much cheaper than a tracking device.

[Hooknswoop 19]

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A spark plug fitted inside the petrol tank would be much cheaper than a tracking device.

In the short term, yes, but long term, i.e. having to get a new car everytime instead of being able to re-use them, a tracking device is a lot cheaper.

Derek

[mr2mk1g 10]

hmmm... you're right... what about if we take into account court time, prosectuion time, police time and jail time plus the costs of their re-offending?

[TheAnvil 0]

My friend is a cop in the People's Republic of Memphis. He says it's awesome to hear the stories morons tell who get caught with these. They have one that will shut itself down and lock you inside whil transmitting its location to the police. ROFLMFAO.

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[diablopilot 2]

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In the short term, yes, but long term, i.e. having to get a new car everytime instead of being able to re-use them, a tracking device is a lot cheaper.

Yes but there are a surplus of cars avaliable from the Durg Bust Seizures. They're already "pimped-out".

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[Hooknswoop 19]

LOL! OK, now it is cheaper

Derek